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 ...

"Massachusetts is ranked number one in education thanks in part to our strong graduation requirements," argues one letter.

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 ...

Massachusetts voters approved dropping comprehensive tests as a requirement for getting a high school diploma but rejected a ...

Children acquire new knowledge, discover new interests, and practice new skills for the next leg of their “relay” from kindergarten through senior year. The most recent, declining MCAS results ...

Before Massachusetts created the MCAS graduation requirement as part of its Education Reform Act of 1993, Latino students faced disproportionately lower graduation rates, college admissions ...

Here’s why: The core issue with high-stakes testing like the MCAS is that it reduces a student’s entire educational experience to a test score. No standardized test can measure a student’s ...

See more photos from the pinning ceremony here. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School celebrated the graduation ...

This proposed law would eliminate the requirement that a student pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS ...