The major in biology (525) provides students the opportunity to undertake an in-depth study of biology. A minor, second major, or certificate is not required. In addition to a required core, students ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Human Biology is the integrated study of human anatomy and physiology, including the study of the body in health and disease. It covers a wide range of topics, ranging from genetics, microbiology and ...

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 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 ...

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Some of these ballot questions are pretty high stakes. They include those that would scrap the 10th-grade MCAS exam as a high school graduation requirement and another that would let ride-share ...