Massachusetts voters resoundingly approved a ballot question that will remove the requirement that high school students pass ...

The argument for keeping the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement is based around maintaining high, universal standards across the state for students who have a high school diploma. John Schneider, ...

Novels are not on the MCAS so schools don’t emphasize them. Don’t let anyone fool you, schools certainly do “teach to the test” because schools and districts are judged by the MCAS results.

which would nix the MCAS standardized testing graduation requirement for Massachusetts high school students. If the question is passed, students would continue to take the test as an assessment ...

she asked. We had been reviewing for the upcoming MCAS exam, and I had spent all of class dragging my students through a practice test. Olivia wasn’t simply angry that she had to prepare for and ...

Here’s why: The core issue with high-stakes testing like the MCAS is that it reduces a student’s entire educational experience to a test score. No standardized test can measure a student’s ...

Across Massachusetts, students have been performing poorly on the MCAS English test ever since the pandemic. And Taunton is no exception. Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Education ...

which argues that removing the MCAS requirement would benefit students and teachers alike. Students’ abilities cannot be fully measured by a test, it contends, and the elimination of the ...

If Question 2 passes, students would no longer need to meet specific competency levels on the MCAS to graduate, although the test would still be used as a ... Tutwiller wrote in a statement to The ...

said he supports repealing the MCAS graduation requirement because it will "put the power back in (teachers) hands." “We need to trust our teachers, not some one-size-fits-all test," Damon said.

Across Massachusetts, students have been performing poorly on the MCAS English test ever since the pandemic. And Taunton is no exception. Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Education ...

State voters are being asked on the Nov. 5 election ballot to decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test should remain a criterion for graduation. If a majority of ...