With MCAS scores no longer being a graduation requirement, a big part of the discussion at the State of the Schools address ...

Rose Katari Webster-Smith graduated from Granby High School in 1995 had a bad experience with a standardized test that shaped her view of the MCAS exam. “I stopped truly trying on standardized ...

Healey’s executive order comes a day after she announced the creation of a K-12 Statewide Graduation Council in her State of ...

Standardized testing in Massachusetts won’t look much different in practice in 2025.

Massachusetts voters recently approved a change to the state's education policy, eliminating the 10th-grade MCAS test as a ...

As a result of the fall election, passing the MCAS is no longer a graduation requirement for students across the state.

Despite the passage of ballot Question 2 last November, the majority of voters believe a statewide standard for high school ...

When Massachusetts voters passed Question 2 last month, they effectively eliminated the statewide requirement that public school students must pass 10th-grade MCAS tests in order to graduate.

It’s a bad idea, and top state lawmakers know it. The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, tests students in third through eighth and 10th grades on English, math and science.

TAUNTON — Thirteen Taunton Public Schools students received perfect scores on the 2024 MCAS tests and were given trophies for their accomplishments, the district announced. "Kids need to feel ...

Standardized testing in Massachusetts won’t look much different in practice in 2025. But what will be vastly different is the absence of a statewide mandate that students' scores dictate whether ...