The Boston Globe28 天
Who’s behind the MCAS ballot initiative? A fifth-grade teacher from Hull.
Approximately 16,000 10th-graders last spring did not pass at least one of the three MCAS exams, according to scores released last week. But opponents, including Governor Maura Healey, the ...
Telegram4 天
How many students don't graduate because they fail MCAS? A Question 2 Q&A
If a majority of voters vote yes on Question 2, MCAS would no longer be a graduation requirement, although it would remain in place as an assessment tool. Statistically, about 1% of seniors ...
southcoasttoday4 天
How did your school district score on MCAS? Check the scores across the SouthCoast here.
released last month, show mixed results from district to district around the SouthCoast. As voters prepare to decide on Question 2 on Nov. 5 — which, if passed, would end the MCAS graduation ...
Boston.com5 天
Parents weigh in on removing the MCAS graduation requirement
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 ...
Boston Herald19 天
More MCAS ballot question ads flood in ahead of election, Boston mayor ‘torn’ on MCAS ...
The latest two ads by supporters of the MCAS graduation requirement follows a similar 30-second ad released in support of the question Tuesday by the Committee for High Standards Not High Stakes ...
The Boston Globe17 天
I helped create the MCAS. Here’s why it should remain a graduation requirement.
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 ...
Eagle-Tribune20 天
Should state scrap MCAS graduation requirement?
BOSTON — Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS exam requirement ... to the results of the spring exams released last month by the ...
The Salem News19 天
Question 2: Should state scrap MCAS graduation requirement?
BOSTON — Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS exam requirement ... to the results of the spring exams released last month by the ...
Wu toes line on MCAS ballot question, declines to take public position
After this year’s MCAS results were released, education officials said that the scores were “concerning” and that students ...
The Harvard Crimson18 天
Abolish the MCAS Graduation Requirement: Vote Yes on Ballot Question Two
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 ...
Cape Cod Times9 天
Healey, Warren divided on benefits of MCAS. Here's what they said about ballot Question 2.
"A way to assess performance and how kids are doing, that is through the MCAS exam," she said ... Late Wednesday afternoon, the "Yes on 2" campaign released a statement from MTA President ...