"We need to look at the total picture because no student is standard. After all, we aren’t educating widgets," writes one.

Ballot question two asks whether the teacher or the administrator should be the arbiter of the high school diploma. The end ...

The race for the White House and Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate campaign both are getting a lot of public attention this campaign ...

Opinion: Mashpee teacher Jennifer Amendo urges Bay State voters to reject ballot Question 2 that would drop MCAS test as a graduation requirement.

and are no longer required to take any of the MCAS tests,” said Curtin. “This is compared to 82% from 2023, the class of 2025.” BESE expects the number of students who pass the EPP to ...

Proponents of the measure believe eliminating MCAS as a graduation requirement will allow teachers more freedom to set curriculum, decrease the need to “teach to the test” and allow them to ...

Taunton 'didn't perform to the level I was expecting us to perform' on the MCAS. See how Taunton compares to neighboring towns.

Every year, high school sophomores take the MCAS test. The state uses their scores to measure their ... give him information about how he needs to change and evolve his teaching practice. So I don’t ...

A referendum question on the state’s November election ballot seeking to eliminate the requirement that public high school ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts students are making progress in their MCAS scores but the statewide test results still lag behind pre-pandemic years.