District leaders laid their plans out to the School Committee.

BOSTON (SHNS) – About 700 students every year leave high school without a diploma, who otherwise would have received one because they failed to pass Massachusetts’ required standardized test. Of ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) scores for 2025 have been released, revealing a decline in student performance across the state. This is the first set of MCAS ...

The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, is a flight control software function developed by Boeing to help stabilize aircraft pitch under specific flight conditions. It works by ...

EDITORIAL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD, WCVB PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER KYLE GRIMES, MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN, AND IT WILL NO LONGER BE A REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ...

As scores on statewide standardized tests rolled in Tuesday, revealing that students are still struggling from pandemic-related learning losses, education officials contemplated an overhaul of the ...

“We’ve designed the MAX to have the flying qualities desired in the hands of the pilots. The MCAS system is part of that design effort.” Boeing 737 Max airplanes sit parked at the company's production ...

A week out from the Nov. 5 election in which voters will decide whether to toss the state’s MCAS graduation requirement, Massachusetts education officials continued to refrain from giving the public ...

This November, Massachusetts voters will cast judgment on whether a decades-old standardized test will remain a gatekeeper to a high school diploma in the state. A hotly debated ballot question backed ...

A group of Massachusetts students joined the call to get rid of the MCAS graduation requirement Sunday afternoon, rallying with parents and educators in favor of legislation nixing the standardized ...