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 ...

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 ...

The state’s voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a pair of proposals that impose new scrutiny on the state Legislature and scrap the MCAS as a graduation requirement, bucking the state’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 ...