BOSTON — Opponents of using the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a high school graduation requirement suggest there are better ways to measure student achievement, should voters ...

BEGINS TUESDAY NIGHT AT 9:00. NOW TO ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS ON THE STATE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER, A QUESTION TO ASKS, SHOULD PASSING THE 10TH GRADE MCAS TEST CONTINUE TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE ...

Teachers' unions and advocacy groups on Wednesday demanded that state education officials invalidate an MCAS exam after the test contained a now-removed question asking students to write from the ...

In addition to deciding their pick for president of United States, Massachusetts voters in November will weigh in on five ballot initiatives. This is the second in a series of stories explaining each ...

I am a longtime educator and I plan to vote “Yes” on Question 2, which would replace the MCAS test as a high school graduation requirement. Instead, students would need to demonstrate that they have ...

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 ...

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 ...