Worcester Telegram on MSN4d
How many students don't graduate because they fail MCAS? A Question 2 Q&A
If a majority of voters vote yes on Question 2, MCAS would no longer be a graduation requirement but remain in place as an ...
The Harvard Crimson18d
Abolish the MCAS Graduation Requirement: Vote Yes on Ballot Question Two
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 ...
southcoasttoday4d
How did your school district score on MCAS? Check the scores across the SouthCoast here.
MCAS results from 2024 are in. A look around SouthCoast shows high school results differed steeply from one district to ...
Amherst Bulletin3d
Guest columnist Matteo Pangallo: MCAS testing requirement imposes constraints, not standards
It is difficult to imagine a more condescending and erroneous take on Question 2 than the one Ed Lambert of the Boston-based ...
Iberkshires10h
CBRSD MCAS Data Shows Value of the Interventionist Model
Based on recent MCAS scores, the Central Berkshire Regional School District has seen growth in many areas, but work still ...
The Swellesley Report3d
What Wellesley voters need to know about state ballot Question 2 on MCAS exams
Question 2 on the state ballot this fall would repeal the state mandate that students pass 10th grade MCAS exams in math, ...
Boston Herald20d
Editorial: Keep MCAS to ensure Mass. students are ready for future
They take hours, require study, practice, and for teachers to ... 2 on the Nov. 5 election ballot. The Grade 10 MCAS tests English Language Arts, Mathematics, and one of the high school Science ...
Eagle-Tribune20d
Should state scrap MCAS graduation requirement?
BOSTON — Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS exam requirement ... increased but math and English Language Arts scores dropped slightly ...
Cape Cod Times2d
Financing on both sides of MCAS ballot question has blind spots, experts say
Some financial contributions to committees behind MCAS Question 2 on ballot follow unfamiliar practices or lack transparency, ...
The MetroWest Daily News28d
Framingham students' performance on the MCAS has declined since this prominent event
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 ...
Boston.com5d
Parents weigh in on removing the MCAS graduation requirement
The state’s largest teacher’s union thinks that the MCAS graduation requirement unfairly keeps diplomas from students who earn them, while the business-backed opposition and some state leaders ...
The Boston Globe16d
Readers offer range of responses to Globe’s call to vote no on 2
We had been reviewing for the upcoming MCAS exam, and I had spent all of class dragging my students through a practice test ... For instance, the English Language Arts section of the MCAS for ...