Voters shall have the opportunity to make Massachusetts’ educational system more just for all students. By voting YES on ...

Massachusetts voters resoundingly approved a ballot question that will remove the requirement that high school students pass ...

I am a supporter of eliminating the MCAS as a graduation requirement, not just because of students with disabilities or second language learners but because “teaching to the test” creates a ...

WHAT THEY SAY. IT DOES NOT DO. THE MCAS IS A MEASURE OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE STUDENTS ARE RELATIVE TO THE STANDARD. I WOULD AGREE THAT SOME KIDS CAN’T TAKE TESTS, RIGHT? NO, I WOULD NOT AGREE ...

The high stakes MC *** S is bad for students, bad for them as educators and bad for the Commonwealth Massachusetts has become the leading education state in the country. What the voters should be ...

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 ...

she asked. We had been reviewing for the upcoming MCAS exam, and I had spent all of class dragging my students through a practice test. Olivia wasn’t simply angry that she had to prepare for and ...

Here’s why: The core issue with high-stakes testing like the MCAS is that it reduces a student’s entire educational experience to a test score. No standardized test can measure a student’s ...

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 ...

Across Massachusetts, students have been performing poorly on the MCAS English test ever since the pandemic. And Taunton is no exception. Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Education ...

In just a few weeks, Massachusetts voters will decide whether MCAS test scores will still be used as a graduation requirement for high school students. Question 2 has ignited a spirited debate ...