If a majority of voters vote yes on Question 2, MCAS would no longer be a graduation requirement, although it would remain in place as an assessment tool. Statistically, about 1% of seniors ...

MCAS was created to assess whether students had met standards in English and math (a science requirement was added later). The MCAS exam was essentially a diagnostic yardstick that could be used ...

A “yes” vote on Question 2 of the state’s 2024 Ballot Questions would eliminate the requirement that students must pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests in ...

released last month, show mixed results from district to district around the SouthCoast. As voters prepare to decide on Question 2 on Nov. 5 — which, if passed, would end the MCAS graduation ...

The latest two ads by supporters of the MCAS graduation requirement follows a similar 30-second ad released in support of the question Tuesday by the Committee for High Standards Not High Stakes ...

More than two decades after No Child Left Behind and 30 years after the MCAS were introduced, it’s clear we have fallen very short of that goal. While Massachusetts consistently ranks first on ...

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 ...

A vote yes on question two would remove the tenth-grade MCAS — a set of standardized tests assessing student performance in English language arts, mathematics, and science — as a statewide ...

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.

BOSTON — Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS exam requirement ... to the results of the spring exams released last month by the ...