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.

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 ...

The high stakes MC *** S is bad for students, bad for them as educators and bad for the Commonwealth Massachusetts has become the leading education state in the country. What the voters should be ...

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote in a statement to The Daily Free Press that she supports the initiative, because the current requirement is a stressful way to assess students’ progress. “The ...

she asked. We had been reviewing for the upcoming MCAS exam, and I had spent all of class dragging my students through a practice test. Olivia wasn’t simply angry that she had to prepare for and ...

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 ...

They didn’t. Why hasn’t test-based accountability worked? The first reason is that tests like the MCAS don’t actually tell us that much about schools that we don’t already know.

State voters are being asked on the Nov. 5 election ballot to decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test should remain a criterion for graduation. If a majority of ...

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 released ...

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 ...

More than 90 percent of sophomores pass the test — called the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System or MCAS — on their first try. Failing students can retake the exams several times ...

In just a few weeks, Massachusetts voters will decide whether MCAS test scores will still be used as a graduation requirement for high school students. Question 2 has ignited a spirited debate ...