With every teachers’ union pushing for the passage of Question 2 on the November ballot, the recent release of a study reviewing the pros and cons of that proposition sheds light on what dismantling ...

Based on my 26 years of teaching experience, I am confident in saying that no one test should determine whether a student receives a high school diploma. Yet, for decades we have been doing just that ...

The Massachusetts Teacher’s Association (MTA) is continuing to fight for the removal of MCAS as a high school graduation requirement. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams, or MCAS, are ...

State Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler speaks about a new initial framework for statewide graduation standards at an event at Dedham High School on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Massachusetts high ...

Incoming first-year high school students will now have to score higher on the state’s standardized test scores in order to graduate high school. On Monday, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and ...

It’s interesting that higher performing schools may be ignoring the MassCore standards (”Suggested curricula is widely ignored,” Metro, Oct. 15). I am a supporter of eliminating the MCAS as a ...

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 ...

For the first time in two decades, Massachusetts sophomores took the MCAS without needing it to graduate. The result: they did much worse than last year, and some state officials and others believe ...

TAUNTON — Thirteen Taunton Public Schools students received perfect scores on the 2024 MCAS tests and were given trophies for their accomplishments, the district announced. "Kids need to feel like ...

FALL RIVER — The School Committee took a stand on Monday night against the use of the MCAS standardized test as a high school graduation requirement. Representatives from the Fall River Educators ...