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

Would we consider it to be good medical practice if our doctors stopped using current medicines and procedures and returned ...

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 ...

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

The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee last week had a microcosm of the debate with which voters around the ...

As the birthplace of public education, Massachusetts has long been regarded as a beacon of educational achievement, and we must continue to lead by example. We can do this by ensuring students who are ...

Variations of it happen every January when teachers begin preparing for the state test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS ... the 10th grade English language arts, math ...

As an organization that represents employers across Massachusetts, we are deeply concerned about ballot Question 2, which would remove the requirement that students pass the 10th grade assessment ...

Instead of scrapping the MCAS and eliminating uniform, statewide standards, we should focus on improving it. We can work to make the test more inclusive and representative of diverse learning ...

I asked if he, like McCarthy, considered the MCAS a onetime event. “It is a 10th-grade test that students have to take to get a high school diploma,” he eventually replied. That’s accurate ...

They’re the modern-day Adonises. Dr. Julian De Silva, a facial cosmetic surgeon, used the Greek Golden Ratio of Beauty to determine the 10 most handsome men in the world, according to scientific ...