Massachusetts voters resoundingly approved a ballot question that will remove the requirement that high school students pass ...

The School Committee meeting yesterday included an in-depth presentation of how their schools performed on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). Dr. Maureen Lueke, principal of the ...

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 ...

The question was leading by a 59 percent to 46.4 percent margin ... to pass the test, but otherwise met the requirements to graduate. They also said replacing the MCAS with district-certified ...

Residents have voted to eliminate the 10th grade Massachusetts ... doesn't get rid of the tests but passing them will no longer be required for graduation. The MCAS System tests are given in ...

Her 18-year-old daughter, who has autism and other cognitive disabilities, hasn’t passed the MCAS yet and is taking the standardized test in November ... a parent and fourth grade teacher ...

Most of the remaining 4% also fail to meet local criteria for graduating. The rest, about 1% each year, pass local requirements but not the MCAS ... grade are students who have passed the test.

Children acquire new knowledge, discover new interests, and practice new skills ... Prior to disruptions due to new tests and the pandemic, the system was working as intended. As you followed children ...

The Associated Press called the race just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday ... began ordering all public school students to pass the 10th grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test in ...

My daughter is a fourth-grade school teacher in Massachusetts so she is very familiar with the MCAS tests. She has two children in high school. One of those children is gifted in English ...