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 ...

Question 2 sought to eliminate the decades-long standardized test as a prerequisite to a high school diploma. It was backed ...

WORCESTER — The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test will no longer be a graduation requirement for high school ...

Ballot Question 2​ on the future of MCAS exams has been one of the most contentious issues in Massachusetts during the 2024 election.

In 2003, the state began ordering all public school students to pass the 10th grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test in order to graduate. It has been one of fewer than a ...

Supporters argued the MCAS was a "one-size-fits-all exam" that failed to properly measure student achievement, and shouldn't be used as a barrier to a diploma for the 1 percent of students each year ...

I am a longtime educator and I plan to vote “Yes” on Question 2, which would replace the MCAS test as ... be learning at their grade level. I have acted as a state test evaluator and as ...

This proposal would eliminate the rule that high schools students need to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams in order to receive a diploma. race called Live analysis of ...

The average statewide percentages of 10th grade students who met or exceeded expectations ... ballot is a proposal to ...

Using a high-stakes, one-size-fits-all MCAS test to determine whether special ... approached me after my sixth-grade English class. Olivia was one of my strongest students, focused and ...

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 ...