Based on recent MCAS scores, the Central Berkshire Regional School District has seen growth in many areas, but work still ...

Lewis will push MassCore as alternative to MCAS grad requirement Across Massachusetts, students in every grade level ...

The leaders of the Massachusetts Teachers Association Zoomed into the Globe editorial board recently to argue for Question 2, their ballot initiative to nix the MCAS graduation test, and oh what ...

It was the day of the statewide MCAS exams, which the fifth-grade teacher was boycotting. She planned to perform physics experiments with students whose parents opted them out of the tests because ...

They take hours, require study, practice ... culminating in Question 2 on the Nov. 5 election ballot. The Grade 10 MCAS tests English Language Arts, Mathematics, and one of the high school ...

Jennifer Tomaneng, a parent and fourth grade teacher in Newton, says she knows the MCAS isn’t perfect but is undecided about the ballot question. She thinks the MCAS-Alternate Assessment should ...

Massachusetts students in grades 3-8 and grade 10 take the MCAS. All students are tested in math and English language arts. A science test is taken by students in grades 5, 8 and one high school ...

A vote yes on question two would remove the tenth-grade MCAS — a set of standardized tests assessing student performance in English language arts ... and intimate practice that provides critical ...

BOSTON — Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS exam requirement to graduate from high school, but critics say the move would eliminate a ...