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 ...

NEWTON (CBS/AP) - Massachusetts education officials say more than 3,000 students who passed the spring 2011 Grade 10 MCAS math test achieved a higher performance ...

Massachusetts' Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Tuesday to adopt a hybrid proficiency test that combines elements of the MCAS and a controversial online assessment know as PARCC. The ...

To the editor: I am writing in response to the editorial “Teachers union still fighting true reform,” on June 25. I am a mathematics teacher with over 40 years of experience. I have taught algebra ...

The first question on the eighth-grade MCAS test this year displayed a picture of the RPM gauge present on a standard-shift motor vehicle. It asked students to calculate how many RPMs the gauge was ...

The MCAS math scores for 70,000 10th-graders in Massachusetts have been revised, thanks to an error pointed out by a Newton North High School student. Click Like For ...

This story was updated at 10:40 a.m. to include a statement from opposers of Question 2. Handing down judgment on a hotly debated ballot question Tuesday, voters decided to do away with the ...

Massachusetts voters will be asked in November who should determine graduation standards for public high school students in the coming years: Should the state Department of Elementary and Secondary ...

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 ...

While last year’s MCAS scores mimic previous results – with Asian-American, white kids and those from upper-income communities often outperforming African-Americans, Latinos and students from ...