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

If a majority of voters vote yes on Question 2, MCAS would no longer be a graduation requirement but remain in place as an ...

MCAS results from 2024 are in. A look around SouthCoast shows high school results differed steeply from one district to ...

"Right now, less than half of third graders are performing at proficient or above on the MCAS [in English Language Arts]." The state has launched a $20 million initiative to promote literacy ...

The leaders of the Massachusetts Teachers Association Zoomed into the Globe editorial board recently to argue for Question 2, ...

Congressional Democrats including Senator Elizabeth Warren support Question 2, while Governor Maura Healey and other state ...

There’s also some notion that the MCAS is written by “corporatists” from a company called Pearson. In fact, the questions are largely developed by Massachusetts educators.

Across the state, students in every grade level scored lower on the English language arts portion of the MCAS in 2024 than they did last year. Education experts across the country have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the 2024 MCAS, less than half of Cape Cod 10th grade high school students met or exceeded expectations in math and science ...

The Moody Elementary School lived up to its motto of “I can, I will, I must” when it was identified as a 2024 School of ...