Based on recent MCAS scores, the Central Berkshire Regional School District has seen growth in many areas, but work still ...

The average statewide percentages of 10th grade students who met or exceeded expectations was 49% in science, 48% in math, and 57% in English language arts ... 560 in each MCAS subject and ...

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 ...

If a majority of voters vote yes on Question 2, MCAS would no ... in 11th or 12th grade are students who have passed the test. A passing score in English Language Arts is 472 (a perfect score ...

5 — which, if passed, would end the MCAS ... English language arts, 470 for science) fall within the "Partially meeting expectations" category, which encompasses scores of 470 to 499. Students ...

The leaders of the Massachusetts Teachers Association Zoomed into the Globe editorial board recently to argue for Question 2, their ballot initiative to nix the MCAS ... 10th-grade ELA is a ...

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

“If I fail, will I have to stay in third grade?” asked wide-eyed Kari, while 20 other pairs of eyes looked at me for an answer, too. “You’re not going to fail and we don’t get the scores ...

It was the day of the statewide MCAS exams, which the fifth-grade teacher was boycotting. She planned to perform physics experiments with students whose parents opted them out of the tests because ...

A vote yes on question two would remove the tenth-grade MCAS — a set of standardized tests assessing student performance in English language arts ... and intimate practice that provides critical ...

Jennifer Tomaneng, a parent and fourth grade teacher in Newton, says she knows the MCAS isn’t perfect but is undecided about the ballot question. She thinks the MCAS-Alternate Assessment should ...