There's a lot to celebrate at New Bedford High School.

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 ...

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Questions about how to design, administer and pay for new graduation requirements — including end-of-course exams — linger as ...

SACCHETTI IS LIVE IN BOSTON TO EXPLAIN THIS DIVIDE. SHARMAN. WELL, QUESTION TWO IS BACKED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. OPPONENTS INCLUDE BUSINESS GROUPS, PARENTS AND ALSO SOME TEACHERS.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State voters are being asked on the Nov. 5 election ballot to decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System ...

District leaders laid their plans out to the School Committee.

School buses lined up outside of New Mission High School in Hyde Park awaiting students prior to school release in 2023. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Politics these days are more of a duel than a deliberation.

For years in Massachusetts, opponents of the state’s graduation exam have cast the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as a daunting hurdle to high school students. Requiring students to ...

BOSTON - Why have Massachusetts MCAS scores measuring student learning and retention continued their years-long slide to well below pre-pandemic levels? Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler said ...

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. Load YouTube video The MCAS, officially called the ...