In 2015, Marla Barkoff, MD, was a healthy mom and board-certified endocrinologist practicing at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago when a bunch of debilitating symptoms landed her on the ...

BOSTON - Now that Question 2 has passed, removing MCAS as a graduation requirement in Massachusetts schools, are standards for high school graduation in the state practically nonexistent? One civic ...

BOSTON — Opponents of using the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a high school graduation requirement suggest there are better ways to measure student achievement, should voters ...

As Massachusetts voters ponder a ballot question this November on the future of the MCAS testing graduation requirement, Brown University researchers dug into more than 15 years of studies to ...

“ (MCAS scores) are low,” Tomaneng said, pointing to the concerning trend. “So I am not comfortable saying, ‘Get rid of the only current measure we have that says a kid has graduated high school with ...

Re “She’s taking the MCAS fight to state’s voters: Ex-teacher from Hull helped build support on initiative to limit test” (Page A1, Oct. 1): Deb McCarthy, vice president of the Massachusetts Teachers ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will oppose the Massachusetts Teachers Association-led ballot question that would eliminate the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement in the state, ...

Going into a week where students across Massachusetts will sit for state-required standardized tests, a newly formed coalition of education organizations will step into the arena and throw its support ...

A requirement that students pass the MCAS in 10th grade “rarely prevents” them from getting a high school diploma, according to a report released Thursday that analyzes a question on the ballot this ...

Teacher after teacher, parent after parent, and student after student told a joint committee of the Legislature that it’s time to end the use of a standardized test when determining whether Bay State ...