Max Page, the head of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, lifts up a sign for his ballot question eliminating the MCAS test as a graduation requirement. (Photo by Gintautas Dumcius) Massachusetts ...

FILE - Boston Community Leadership Academy pilot high school 10th-grade English teacher Beth Noell, left, helps Natashia Ector, 17, prepare for the English portion of the Massachusetts Comprehensive ...

The Cambridge City Council rejected a policy order to endorse a ballot question to remove the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System standardized test as a graduation requirement for high ...

FILE - Boston Community Leadership Academy pilot high school 10th-grade English teacher Beth Noell, left, helps Natashia Ector, 17, prepare for the English portion of the Massachusetts Comprehensive ...

A ballot measure would do away with the requirement that high schoolers pass a test to graduate. Opponents say it could water down academics for struggling students. By Troy Closson Deep blue ...

Massachusetts used to require a standardized statewide test called the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, but officials are going back to the drawing board after residents voted ...

PITTSFIELD — Now that passing the MCAS test isn’t a requirement for a high school diploma, what is? For now, the answer depends on where you go to school. With the Massachusetts Comprehensive ...

While Massachusetts consistently ranks first on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, it also has some of the largest and most persistent test score gaps. In 1993, the Massachusetts ...