A small group of union activists, parents, and high school graduates filed a ballot initiative Wednesday, with the backing of the state’s largest teachers union, that would end a state provision ...

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. Load YouTube video The MCAS, officially called the ...

As your Nov. 13 Globe editorial noted (“Defending the MCAS from evidence-free attacks”), the current push to end the use of the statewide MCAS exam as a graduation requirement should raise concerns ...

Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot seeks the elimination of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam as a high school graduation requirement. This would mean that as long as a student meets ...

Standardized testing in Massachusetts won’t look much different in practice in 2025. But what will be vastly different is the absence of a statewide mandate that students' scores dictate whether or ...

The state education board is advancing a replacement for MCAS standardized testing requirements mandating students complete certain courses before graduation – but also elected to consider adding an ...

I urge people to vote YES on Question 2, to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement. Only eight states continue to require passing a state test for graduation. Even New York state's longstanding ...