and 18 out of 60 points on the biology exam. The tests are administered to 10th-graders every spring on separate subjects, ...

The change goes into immediate effect, freeing the class of 2025 from passing exams in English, math, and science in order to ...

The passing score for biology is 467; for physics it is 470 ... She recognized that there are problems with the MCAS but said ...

Novels are not on the MCAS so schools don’t emphasize them. Don’t let anyone fool you, schools certainly do “teach to the test” because schools and districts are judged by the MCAS results.

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 ...

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 ...

The first question, a measure to affirm the authority of the state auditor to audit the state legislature, was overwhelmingly ...

"A way to assess performance and how kids are doing, that is through the MCAS exam," she said. "Massachusetts has the best public schools in the country because of our high standards, not in spite ...