Try the two quizzes below to find out. These are real questions from recent Grade 10 MCAS math and English exams. On the final three math questions included in the quiz, students were allowed to ...

Based on recent MCAS scores, the Central Berkshire Regional School District has seen growth in many areas, but work still ...

As­sis­tant Superintendent Christine Elliott provided an accountability and MCAS update for the School Committee during their ...

More than 30 years ago, Massachusetts legislators passed a landmark education bill that established for the first time ...

The Department of Mathematics is engaged in an ongoing effort to assess our programs. We have organized this effort around several learning goals. We measure student outcomes in these areas annually, ...

Do you want to end high-stakes testing — the practice of allowing one test to determine whether or not a student receives a ...

Required Elective Courses Eighteen (18) elective credits in MATH courses numbered 3312, 3322, or 4400 and above. GPA Requirement A grade point average of at least 1.67 must be achieved in the MATH ...

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 ...

A requirement that students pass the MCAS in 10th grade “rarely prevents” them ... “Even for the remaining 4% who struggle to get state sign-off for graduation, there are often other ...

Would we consider it to be good medical practice if our doctors stopped using current medicines and procedures and returned ...

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 ...

The average statewide percentages of 10th grade students who met or exceeded expectations was 49% in science, 48% in math, and 57% in English language arts, the data showed. The public high schools on ...