Will Massachusetts backslide without MCAS graduation requirement?
Now that Question 2 has passed, removing MCAS​ as a graduation requirement in Massachusetts schools, what are the standards ...
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Opinion/Guest column: MCAS repeal wrong lesson for students
This decision also sends a concerning message to students that we don’t believe in their potential to meet high standards.
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With MCAS exit exam scrapped, supporters say more 'authentic learning' comes next
Massachusetts public high schoolers will no longer have to pass the 10th-grade standardized tests in math, English and ...
Teachers unions cheer passage of Question 2, ending MCAS graduation requirement
The argument for keeping the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement is based around maintaining high, universal standards ...
There was an urban-suburban divide on the MCAS ballot question. Here’s why
Urban communities with the state‘s lowest MCAS scores overwhelmingly voted to get rid of the graduation requirement, while ...
Life after the MCAS requirement
"The elimination of the MCAS graduation requirement takes away restraints that have held back some of our best and most ...
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Educators look to a future without MCAS
After voters overwhelmingly voted to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in order to ...
What happens now that Mass. voted to end MCAS as a grad requirement?
Massachusetts voted to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement, but the test will still be administered. Here's what ...
MCAS result is another big ballot question loss for business community
Boston’s business community squared off against the Massachusetts Teachers Association on Election Day, this time over ...
MCAS Cherry Point schedules training, expects noise
MCAS Cherry Point has scheduled training operations to start this weekend.Officials say the air station and their outlying ...