I am voting "Yes" on Question 2. This would stop the MCAS from being used as a high-stakes requirement for graduation from ...

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

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

Some financial contributions to committees behind MCAS Question 2 on ballot follow unfamiliar practices or lack transparency, ...

As if picking a president weren’t hard enough, voters in Massachusetts on Election Day will also decide how thousands of high school students should earn their diplomas. Passage of Ballot Question 2 ...

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 ...

State-wide MCAS scores show that Wellesley elementary and middle school students still have not recovered to pre-pandemic ...

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 ...

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 ...

BANK ON IT — Campaign lit, lawn signs, advertisements, consulting — some ballot campaign committees are spending big to try to sway voters to their side as they begin hitting the polls and submitting ...

A YES VOTE would specify that the State Auditor has the authority to audit the Legislature. A NO VOTE would make no change in ...

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.