Students from the rural Massachusetts community of Orange, MA, gained 15 points over last year's state test results. These scores also represent a 26-point improvement over the district's results in ...

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

Massachusetts voters approved plans to audit the state Legislature, scrap the MCAS high school graduation mandate and allow ride-hailing drivers to unionize, but rejected proposals to legalize psyched ...

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

Alyssa A., Norwood “A kid who doesn’t pass the MCAS because they’re not very academically inclined would be better served by ...

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

Question 2 repeals the requirement that students pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, which all public school students are required to take in 10th grade, in order to graduate high ...

The support for nixing the testing requirement could foreshadow public opinion on state standardized testing in general.

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

Ballot Question 2​ on the future of MCAS exams has been one of the most contentious issues in Massachusetts during the 2024 election.