Question 2 on the November ballot seeks to end a state mandate that Massachusetts public high school students pass the MCAS in order to graduate. The MCAS, officially called the Massachusetts ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Taunton Public Schools saw improved performance on the MCAS test this year, with the percentage of students grades 3-8 who met or exceeded expectations increasing from 27% to 30% on the English test ...

This fall, Massachusetts voters will decide on a ballot question about the role of standardized testing as a high school graduation requirement. The question, if approved, would eliminate the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FALL RIVER — The city has 108 new high school graduates. Superintendent Tracy Curley told the School Committee during its April 29 ...

Voters shall have the opportunity to make Massachusetts’ educational system more just for all students. By voting YES on Question 2, we can eliminate the narrowed curricula created by the ...

MCAS results for 2024 showed more “concerning” results than the optimistically trending 2023 results and continued lagging well behind pre-pandemic scores, state education officials announced Tuesday.

WORCESTER — The School Committee on Thursday made a declaration in support of removing the MCAS test as a graduation requirement, ahead of a statewide question on the November ballot. A resolution ...

SPRINGFIELD — Over a month ago, Massachusetts voted yes on Question 2, ending the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a graduation requirement. My experience as part of the initial ...

New standardized test scores show students in Massachusetts are still recovering from learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — but critics say those results are hiding a more complicated ...