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

This week, I talked to Jennifer Amento, a 23-year educator in Mashpee, with the No on 2 Coalition. Next week, I’ll talk to ...

I am a supporter of eliminating the MCAS ... are English language learners and/or students with disabilities. These are students with very particular needs and challenges. To end the test because ...

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 ...

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 ...

5 election ballot to decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test should remain ... of their performance on the MCAS, 281 students were English language learners and ...

They take hours, require study, practice, and for teachers to spend ... 5 election ballot. The Grade 10 MCAS tests English Language Arts, Mathematics, and one of the high school Science 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 ...

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

She thinks the MCAS-Alternate Assessment should be more widely applied to students with disabilities or English learners but is hesitant to vote yes to remove the test as a requirement completely.

The ballot question to remove the MCAS standardized ... and students who are English learners. If the ballot question passes, students will still take the test, which will gather data about ...

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 ...