The English Language Arts portion of the MCAS primarily tests reading comprehension on short passages, typically the length of an article you’d find in a magazine. Go visit the DESE website to ...

"Massachusetts is ranked number one in education thanks in part to our strong graduation requirements," argues one letter.

Massachusetts voters approved dropping comprehensive tests as a requirement for getting a high school diploma but rejected a ...

Massachusetts, long the darling of American education, is about to shut down a major engine of its success. Ballot Question 2 asks voters to end the requirement that students pass a fairly low bar on ...

I am a longtime educator and I plan to vote “Yes” on Question 2, which would replace the MCAS test as a high school graduation requirement. Instead, students would need to demonstrate that ...

which would nix the MCAS standardized testing graduation requirement for Massachusetts high school students. If the question is passed, students would continue to take the test as an assessment ...

Children acquire new knowledge, discover new interests, and practice new skills for the next leg of their “relay” from kindergarten through senior year. The most recent, declining MCAS results ...

Before Massachusetts created the MCAS graduation requirement as part of its Education Reform Act of 1993, Latino students faced disproportionately lower graduation rates, college admissions ...

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

While the presidential race looms large in many voters’ awareness, Massachusetts voters heading to the polls next Tuesday will have the opportunity to weigh in on five ballot questions that could ...

Do you want to end high-stakes testing — the practice of allowing one test to determine whether or not a student receives a ...