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 ...

Two states require that students take independently-administered civics tests to graduate high school ... state mandate that students pass 10th grade MCAS exams in math, English, and science.

Voters may wonder: What does passing the tests really entail? Try the two quizzes below to find out. These are real questions from recent Grade 10 MCAS math and English exams. On the final three ...

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 ...

My daughter is a fourth-grade school teacher in Massachusetts so she is very familiar with the MCAS tests. She has two children in high school. One of those children is gifted in English ...

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

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 ...

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

The average statewide percentages of 10th grade students who met or exceeded ... eliminate the requirement that a student pass the MCAS tests in mathematics, science and technology, and English ...

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 ...

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