FALL RIVER — The School Committee took a stand on Monday night against the use of the MCAS standardized test as a high school graduation requirement. Representatives from the Fall River Educators ...

FALL RIVER — Fall River Public Schools will still implement the MCAS test this school year, even though a state ballot measure passed to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement. Because MCAS test ...

The recommendations, which would have to be approved by the legislature, would also create a new method of assessing student ...

Massachusetts public high schools have experienced a sharp decline in 10th graders passing all three MCAS exams over the last five years with the latest scores showing approximately16,000 students ...

If Ballot Question Two passes, students will no longer have to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, known as MCAS, to graduate high school. “When something isn’t working, you have ...

Voters shall have the opportunity to make Massachusetts’ educational system more just for all students. By voting YES on Question 2, we can eliminate the narrowed curricula created by the ...

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 they have ...

New standardized test scores show students in Massachusetts are still recovering from learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — but critics say those results are hiding a more complicated ...

As the parent of two children in Ashland Public Schools, including a 10-year-old son with a learning disability, I have long been alarmed by the impact that the MCAS graduation requirement has on ...

MCAS no longer stands in a Fall River Public Schools student's way of graduating. Current public school students are required to test this year to help determine course competency. Students who ...