That sort of patchwork of graduation requirements is part of what the MCAS graduation test was intended to solve, and advocates of the test argue that having it as a measure of the state’s ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Massachusetts Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler talks with WBZ-TV's Jon Keller about the MCAS and Question 2. Yahoo Personal Finance ...

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 ...

Healey said she's going to fill the "no" oval on Question 2 to eliminate the use of the MCAS test as a graduation requirement and Question 5 to phase out the subminimum tipped wage. The governor ...