Students from the rural Massachusetts community of Orange, MA, gained 15 points over last year's state test results. These ...

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, ...

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

Voters approved Question 2, the campaign to end requiring public high school students to pass the MCAS in order to earn their diplomas.

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 ...

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

Massachusetts voters have elected to say “yes” to ballot question 2, eliminating the need for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) as a graduation requirement.

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 ...

As most people went to bed late Wednesday night, it appeared Massachusetts students will no longer have to pass the MCAS exam ...

As most people went to bed early Wednesday morning, it appeared Massachusetts students will no longer have to pass the MCAS ...