Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FALL RIVER — Fall River Public Schools will still implement the MCAS test this school year, even though a state ballot measure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FALL RIVER — The city has 108 new high school graduates. Superintendent Tracy Curley told the School Committee during its April 29 ...

When Mei Lu moved to Massachusetts two years ago, she had deep concerns about a state mandate requiring students to pass the MCAS standardized tests to receive their diplomas because she thought it ...

One morning three years ago, veteran teacher Deb McCarthy arrived at the red-brick Lillian Jacobs Elementary School in Hull with every intention of spending the day teaching. It was the day of the ...

FALL RIVER — Fall River Public Schools will still implement the MCAS test this school year, even though a state ballot measure passed to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement. Because MCAS test ...

This fall, Massachusetts voters will decide on a ballot question about the role of standardized testing as a high school graduation requirement. The question, if approved, would eliminate the ...

New standardized test scores show students in Massachusetts are still recovering from learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — but critics say those results are hiding a more complicated ...

District leaders laid their plans out to the School Committee.

SPRINGFIELD — Over a month ago, Massachusetts voted yes on Question 2, ending the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a graduation requirement. My experience as part of the initial ...

Question 2 on the November ballot seeks to end a state mandate that Massachusetts public high school students pass the MCAS in order to graduate. The MCAS, officially called the Massachusetts ...

FRAMINGHAM — While Framingham saw its student MCAS scores fall further behind from where they were before the pandemic, many surrounding communities saw improvement, according to data released by the ...