Variations of it happen every January when teachers begin preparing for the state test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). The students aren’t the only ones feeling the ...

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 ...

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While Massachusetts’ standards and the MCAS tests were widely acclaimed as the best in the nation and enabled Massachusetts to become the top performing education state in the country ...

While Massachusetts consistently ranks first on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, it also has some of the largest and most persistent test score gaps. In 1993, the Massachusetts ...

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If approved, it would eliminate the MCAS standardized test as a graduation requirement. A no vote would keep it as is. “I know how much harm that has done,” said Deb McCarthy, the vice ...

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While none of the free COVID-19 tests being shipped by the U.S. Postal Service this year will have already expired, officials acknowledge many now arriving in mailboxes will likely see their shelf ...

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 ...

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