One recommendation includes state-administered "end-of-course assessments" that students would need to pass in core subjects.

"End-of-course" exams are included in an early draft of recommendations now under review by a state council that will ...

Teachers, parents, and education professionals gathered at the State House on Monday to share their ideas for graduation ...

WORCESTER — Just a year after Massachusetts voters resoundingly overturned using the 10th grade MCAS exam as a graduation ...

High school students in Massachusetts may need to pass tests tied to specific coursework to get their high school diplomas instead of general standardized testing, according to preliminary draft ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Massachusetts Teachers Association, the group behind the ballot measure that dropped the MCAS as a high-school graduation requirement, has now apparently found another excuse to marginalize that ...

Massachusetts MCAS scores show modest gains in English, flat math performance and continued post-pandemic challenges, with 63 ...

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 ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Whenever I had to take a standardized test, I’d replay in my head a skit from “Beyond The Fringe,” a comedy revue written and performed by four British actors, including the late Dudley ...