On last spring’s exams, 10th graders had to earn at least 25 percent of available points on the math test and 39 percent on the English test to graduate.

Question 2 sought to eliminate the decades-long standardized test as a prerequisite to a high school diploma. It was backed ...

A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just ...

Massachusetts voted to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement, but the test will still be administered. Here's what ...

MCAS results from 2024 are in. A look around SouthCoast shows high school results differed steeply from one district to ...

The average statewide percentages of 10th grade students who met or exceeded expectations ... 470 and 499 are “partially ...

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $2.5 million to the “Vote No on 2” campaign that opposes a ballot ...

The argument for keeping the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement is based around maintaining high, universal standards across the state for students who have a high school diploma. John Schneider, ...

Based on recent MCAS scores, the Central Berkshire Regional School District has seen growth in many areas, but work still ...

Massachusetts voters will decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System should remain a high school ...

culminating in Question 2 on the Nov. 5 election ballot. The Grade 10 MCAS tests English Language Arts, Mathematics, and one of the high school Science and Technology/Engineering tests (Biology ...

I am writing to share a perspective that many Massachusetts voters probably do not have. During the 23 years before the 1993 Education Reform Act, I was a high school teacher, counselor and ...