Education advocates in Massachusetts will share plans for new high school graduation requirements. Voters approved getting rid of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as a requirement to ...

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 ...

ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. SHARMAN AT AN ERIKA SUPPORTERS SAY THE MCAS ONLY MEASURES IF A STUDENT IS A GOOD TEST TAKER, A SKILL THEY CALL IRRELEVANT IN THE WORKFORCE. BUT OPPONENTS SAY MASSACHUSETTS ...

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 ...

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 ...

Voters shall have the opportunity to make Massachusetts’ educational system more just for all students. By voting YES on Question 2, we can eliminate the narrowed curricula created by the ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Massachusetts students will no longer have to pass the MCAS exam to earn a diploma in Massachusetts. Question 2, which advanced with a hard push by the Massachusetts Teachers ...

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 ...

Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green discusses 2025 Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System standardized test results during a media briefing on Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by ...