Despite backing from influential business figures, the state's voters were swayed by concerns over educational equity, leading to a 59% majority vote to eliminate the Massachusetts Comprehensive ...
After voters overwhelmingly voted to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in order to ...
A backlash to standardized tests has been fueled by complaints they take up too much classroom time and questions about how ...
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department ...
After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in ...
Massachusetts voters decided to eliminate the state's standardized test as a high school graduation requirement, joining a ...
One potential path forward is to require MassCore, a set of general education courses for high school students, that would ...
MCAS is no longer a requirement for graduation. But what does this change mean for students in Franklin County? “No one has a ...
By repealing the MCAS graduation requirement, voters defang an accountability measure that made the Bay State a top performer ...
On election day, Massachusetts voters overwhelming voted to get rid of MCAS standardized testing as a high school graduation ...
Some of the financial contributions to committees behind Question 2 — the MCAS question — on the Nov. 5 ballot follow unfamiliar practices or lack transparency, experts say.Question 2 seeks to ...