It was close to 11:30 p.m. Tuesday evening when Massachusetts Teachers Association President Max Page took the stage inside a banquet room at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston. With just 50% of votes ...

Approximately 3,000 more 10th-grade students failed the MCAS exam in 2024 than in the year prior — a notable uptick sure to come under scrutiny as the fate of the standardized test as a high school ...

Massachusetts voters will be asked in November who should determine graduation standards for public high school students in the coming years: Should the state Department of Elementary and Secondary ...

As most people went to bed late Wednesday night, it appeared Massachusetts students will no longer have to pass the MCAS exam to earn a diploma in Massachusetts. The question was leading by a 59 ...

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 ...

BROCKTON — At least 28% of Brockton High School students failed the math MCAS exam in 2024. Roughly 32% of BHS students failed one of the MCAS science exams in 2024. Standardized test scores in ...

Cambridge Public School students scored higher than their peers across the state on the 2025 science and civics Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam — though the data point to enduring ...

The two most senior Democrats in the Legislature have left open the possibility of changing or repealing a pair of popular fall ballot questions—even after voters have their say. In separate ...

The state has released the 2025 MCAS results, and Brockton Public Schools did slightly worse compared to last year. That trend was most pronounced in the high school, where 35% of 10th graders failed ...

In a recent issue of The Republican, three teachers from Mashpee, Revere and Agawam urged voters to maintain the MCAS high school graduation requirement (“Vote no on Question 2,” Oct. 10). However, ...

GREENFIELD — On Election Day, voters will have the opportunity to determine the future of high school graduation requirements in Massachusetts with a vote on Question 2. The measure, which has been ...