Variations of it happen every January when teachers begin preparing for the state test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). The students aren’t the only ones feeling the ...

MCAS has been a cornerstone of the Massachusetts education system since passage of the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act. This law was a bipartisan effort resulting in significant new ...

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 ...

As a Gloucester biology teacher, I urge voters to vote “Yes” Nov. 5 on ballot Question 2 to eliminate the punitive graduation requirement of passage of the 10th grade MCAS. Your vote will not ...

If approved, it would eliminate the MCAS standardized test as a graduation requirement. A no vote would keep it as is. “I know how much harm that has done,” said Deb McCarthy, the vice ...

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The state released MCAS results on September 24, which classified Bourne Students Exhibit 'Progress' In MCAS Performance | Bourne News | capenews.net Skip to main content ...

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

The battle over the MCAS ballot question continued to heat up, with a new ad campaign joining the legions flooding televisions and the Boston mayor chiming in with her stance on the issue.

No thanks. That’s the message Massachusetts voters appear to be sending in a new poll, with nearly six in 10 (57%) Bay Staters saying they support scrapping the MCAS examination as a high school ...

The MCAS tests aren’t easy. They take hours, require study, practice, and for teachers to ... Science and Technology/Engineering tests (Biology, Chemistry or Introductory Physics).