It’s interesting that higher performing schools may be ignoring the MassCore standards (” Suggested curricula is widely ...

As voters prepare to decide on Question 2 on Nov. 5 — which, if passed, would end the MCAS graduation requirement ... in time for publication. Some tests' categorical scoring percentages ...

In essence, the MCAS measures how districts using different approaches stack up to each other, test supporters say. If Question 2 passed, districts would be in charge of determining a student's ...

A “yes” vote on Question 2 of the state’s 2024 Ballot Questions would eliminate the requirement that students must pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests in ...

students can take the MCAS whenever it is offered, even if they are older than typical school age. For students who score "not meeting expectations" on their first test, some districts create ...

A vote yes on question two would remove the tenth-grade MCAS — a set of standardized tests assessing student ... fundamentally relational and intimate practice that provides critical, unique ...

Her 18-year-old daughter, who has autism and other cognitive disabilities, hasn’t passed the MCAS yet and is taking the standardized test in November. Michlin said she currently pays a tutor ...

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 ...

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released scores from the 2024 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment (MCAS) standardized tests taken last spring. According to the data ...

Currently, scoring a passing grade on the MCAS test is a requirement for a high school student to receive a diploma. Students typically take the test in the 10th grade; however, students who fail ...

That sort of patchwork of graduation requirements is part of what the MCAS graduation test was intended to solve, and advocates of the test argue that having it as a measure of the state’s ...

The ballot question to remove the MCAS standardized test as a graduation requirement is supported by the state’s largest teachers union, while many business and state leaders are against it.