Why have Massachusetts MCAS scores measuring student learning and retention continued their years-long slide to well below ...

Voters are set to make an important decision this November about the future of education in Massachusetts. Selecting "Yes" on ...

With MCAS testing at the center of a political battle in the upcoming general election, education officials released data ...

Question 2 would remove the graduation requirement to pass the MCAS. Their diploma would instead hinge on their district's ...

Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS exam requirement to graduate from high school, but critics say the move would ...

Education experts around the country have been declaring literacy, and specifically literacy among young learners, a crisis.

Southbridge, the only district in Worcester County that is in state receivership, scored the lowest in MCAS results. Eighteen ...

Even the youngest students, third graders who were only in kindergarten when schools shut down, remain significantly behind ...

Approximately 3,000 more 10th-grade students failed ... In Boston, nearly 1 in 4 10th graders didn’t meet expectations on the ELA portion of the MCAS exam; 22 percent failed the math portion ...

Lewis will push MassCore as alternative to MCAS grad requirement Across Massachusetts, students in every grade level scored lower on English language arts in 2024 than they did a year prior ...

The results from the 2024 MCAS tests showed scores ... In Worcester, 24% of third-grade students who scored as meeting or exceeding expectations for English language arts, down one percentage ...