On Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to keep the state’s two-decade-old state test graduation requirement. The ballot measure, Question 2, would repeal the need for students to pass the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System scores from Spring 2024, released last month, show mixed results from district to ...

BOSTON — While state education officials yesterday celebrated the highest math scores in the 11-year-history of the MCAS exam, they worried about declining scores on the English portion of the exam in ...

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 ...

Massachusetts students had their best results ever in the MCAS math exams, but that good news was tempered by falling or flat scores in English in nearly all grades, according to results released ...

State Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester heralded overall increases in statewide MCAS scores on Wednesday, but said reading and English Language Arts performance in lower grades is still ...