On Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to keep the state’s two-decade-old state test graduation requirement. The ballot measure, Question 2, would repeal the need for students to pass the ...

WORCESTER ― Students in Worcester and across the state are still feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as MCAS results released Tuesday showed a continued struggle for students since the ...

Complimenting these assessments, MCAS testing is administered beginning at grade 3, with 58 percent of local students either meeting or exceeding expectations in English language arts — again, ...

FALL RIVER — The state recently increased the MCAS scores required for Massachusetts high school students to graduate, a move local educators have decried as harmful at worst and an unwelcome ...