Her 18-year-old daughter, who has autism and other cognitive disabilities, hasn’t passed the MCAS yet and is taking the standardized test in November ... a parent and fourth grade teacher ...

Most of the remaining 4% also fail to meet local criteria for graduating. The rest, about 1% each year, pass local requirements but not the MCAS ... grade are students who have passed the test.

15). I am a supporter of eliminating the MCAS as a graduation requirement, not just because of students with disabilities or second language learners but because “teaching to the test” creates ...

Students' Grade 10 MCAS scores are those that determine whether ... when added up was not answered in time for publication. Some tests' categorical scoring percentages equal to 101% when totaled ...

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 ...

Alongside local, state and national races, Massachusetts residents will be presented with five ballot measures to decide on during the Nov. 5 general election.

Each year, about 500,000 students take the MCAS — the benchmark “gold standard” standardized test in the state for nearly 30 years. The testing begins in the third grade, but students in the ...

A grade of A in ... in college or career. MCAS data are essential for guiding the improvement of teaching and learning. While Massachusetts’ standards and the MCAS tests were widely acclaimed ...

MCAS is a difficult subject ... it was never as the sole determining factor to a high school degree. A student’s final grade was determined by the culmination of factors, between final exams ...

The ballot question to remove the MCAS standardized test as a graduation requirement is supported by the state’s largest teachers union, while many business and state leaders are against it.

We are writing in response to Kinga Borondy's MCAS article ("Ballot question to ... for more than performing well on any one particular test. No single test should be used to determine who ...

The average statewide percentages of 10th grade students who met or exceeded ... to eliminate the requirement that a student pass the MCAS tests in mathematics, science and technology, and English ...