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

5 — which, if passed, would end the MCAS graduation requirement ... The thresholds for passing (486 for math and English language arts, 470 for science) fall within the "Partially meeting ...

If a majority of voters vote yes on Question 2, MCAS would no longer be a graduation ... A passing score in English Language Arts is 472 (a perfect score is 560). Students who score between ...

Too often, though, critical thinking is lost in MCAS prep as students learn to stop exploring an issue at three ideas, put down in no particular order, with words and phrases like “and ...

“Because it’s the truth. It is a onetime event,” she said as another. “Tying the passage of the MCAS ELA [English Language Arts] and science is a onetime event.” Page ...

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 ...

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 ...

They take hours, require study, practice, and for teachers to ... 5 election ballot. The Grade 10 MCAS tests English Language Arts, Mathematics, and one of the high school Science and Technology ...

After almost 20 years of constant MCAS prep, overall scores have risen, but gaps remain as firm as ever. MCAS has failed. More than 10% of students fail once, and 4% fail multiple times.

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 ...