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 ...

BOSTON — More tenth graders passed the MCAS on the first try than ever this year, and the achievement gap between white students and black and Hispanic students showed the first-ever signs of closing ...

BOSTON (CBS) – Statewide results from last year's MCAS tests have been made public for all schools - except one. The scores from the 10th grade math test at Boston English High are getting a second ...

The percentage of 10th graders in the Cape and Islands public school districts who met or exceeded expectations on the 2024 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests was slightly below the ...

REPORTER: STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS POINTING TO THOSE RESULTS AND SAYING THAT THAT IS THE RESULT OF A LOSOFS LEARNING , BUT STILL MANY PARENTS ARE PUSHING FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REINSTATE AND ...

BOSTON — The students passed the MCAS. The firm hired to score the test did not. Nearly 3,300 students who took last spring’s grade 10 MCAS math test and passed earned higher performance levels than ...

Math proved to be the most difficult subject for North Shore 10th-graders on the 2010 MCAS test. While a high number of students on the North Shore and across the state scored advanced or proficient ...

Across Massachusetts, more 10th-graders achieved proficiency on 2012 state tests in English and mathematics than ever before in the history of the state testing program, according to data released ...

State Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester heralded overall increases in statewide MCAS scores on Wednesday, but said reading and English Language Arts performance in lower grades is still ...