This week, I talked to Jennifer Amento, a 23-year educator in Mashpee, with the No on 2 Coalition. Next week, I’ll talk to ...

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 ...

5 election ballot to decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test should remain a criterion for graduation. If a majority of voters vote yes on Question 2, MCAS would no ...

The MCAS tests aren’t easy. They take hours, require study, practice, and for teachers to spend classroom time focusing on preparation. They’re also a flashpoint ...

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. Michlin said she currently pays a tutor ...

Rhode Island cloned its standardized testing system for public school students from neighboring Massachusetts — and each year ...

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released scores from the 2024 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment (MCAS) standardized tests taken last spring. According to the data ...

5 election ballot: Should Massachusetts keep the MCAS test as a requirement for public school students to graduate? Melissa Verdier, president of the Educational Association of Worcester ...

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 ...

A vote yes on question two would remove the tenth-grade MCAS — a set of standardized tests assessing student ... fundamentally relational and intimate practice that provides critical, unique ...

A referendum question on the state’s November election ballot seeking to eliminate the requirement that public high school ...

Across Massachusetts, students have been performing poorly on the MCAS English test ever since the pandemic. And Taunton is no exception. Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Education released ...