What happens now that Mass. voted to end MCAS as a grad requirement?
Massachusetts voted to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement, but the test will still be administered. Here's what ...
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With MCAS exit exam scrapped, supporters say more 'authentic learning' comes next
A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just ...
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CBRSD MCAS Data Shows Value of the Interventionist Model
Based on recent MCAS scores, the Central Berkshire Regional School District has seen growth in many areas, but work still ...
Voters in Massachusetts end MCAS graduation test requirement
Massachusetts voters resoundingly approved a ballot question that will remove the requirement that high school students pass ...
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School Committee receives MCAS update
As­sis­tant Superintendent Christine Elliott provided an accountability and MCAS update for the School Committee during their ...
The Swellesley Report14d
Wellesley Public Schools students’ English MCAS scores remain lower post-pandemic; math & science mostly positive
State-wide MCAS scores show that Wellesley elementary and middle school students still have not recovered to pre-pandemic ...
USA Today22d
Cape and Islands 10th grade MCAS scores: Several schools underperforming. Here's the data.
The public high schools on the Cape and Islands scored on average almost 2% lower in science, about 4% lower in math, and ...
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Teachers unions cheer passage of Question 2, ending MCAS graduation requirement
The argument for keeping the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement is based around maintaining high, universal standards across the state for students who have a high school diploma. John Schneider, ...
Ballot Question 2 targets final high school MCAS test
More than 30 years ago, Massachusetts legislators passed a landmark education bill that established for the first time ...
Opinion
End of MCAS graduation requirement is not the way R.I. should want to close achievement gap
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 ...
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Guest columnists Jo Comerford and Stephen G. Sireci: Voting ‘yes’ on Question 2 and here is why
Do you want to end high-stakes testing — the practice of allowing one test to determine whether or not a student receives a ...
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Cape and Islands 10th grade MCAS scores: Several schools underperforming. Here's the data.
about 4% lower in math, and less than 1% lower in English language arts, known as ELA. Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in South Yarmouth had 10th grade scores substantially below the ...