Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

The College Board began releasing Advanced Placement exam scores Tuesday, and, if history is any judge, students in Massachusetts have reason to be optimistic. Students in the Bay State have led the nation for past two years, the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education noted earlier this year. Last year’s AP exam results released by the College Board...

In the 11th hour, the city of Boston and Boston Public Schools reached an agreement with Massachusetts education officials on a plan to improve longstanding issues in the district.

Massachusetts’ education commissioner is set to recommend that Boston Public Schools be declared an “underperforming district” based on multiple “serious deficiencies,” the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Friday. A DESE spokesperson said officials from the agency, Boston Public Schools and the city were unable to come to an agreement, so DESE Commissioner Jeffrey Riley will recommend to the…

Starting this fall, the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says it will suspend its COVID testing program.

Massachusetts will end its state-run school COVID-19 testing program after this school year, state officials announced, with other educational testing and isolation policy changes being put into effect this week. Beginning in the fall of 2022, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says the state will stop supplying self-tests “or other COVID testing services” to schools. “The end of…

The Boston Teachers Union is holding an emergency meeting Monday about the potential for the state to take over the school district. It’s a process known as receivership, and in a letter, the union calls it an “undemocratic, racist takeover scheme.” “As many of you are aware, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has been threatening for years...

The Boston Teachers Union is holding an emergency meeting Monday about the potential for the state to take over the school district.

A total of 2,154 students and staff members at Massachusetts schools tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, a net decrease from the report a week earlier. Student cases dropped by nearly 100, while more worker cases were reported. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 1,804…

A total of 2,238 students and staff members at Massachusetts schools tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, a tally similar to the one a week earlier. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report. A total of 1,901 students and 337 employees tested positive between Oct. 7 and Oct. 13….

A total of 2,248 students and staff members at Massachusetts schools tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, a decrease of 151 from a week earlier. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report, the fourth of the 2021-22 school year. A total of 1,918 students and 330 employees tested positive…

A total of 2,399 students and staff members at Massachusetts schools tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, a decrease of more than 200 since a week earlier. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report, the third of the 2021-22 school year. A total of 2,054 students and 345 employees…

A total of 2,554 students and staff members at Massachusetts schools tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, an increase of more than 1,100 since a week earlier. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report, the second of the 2021-22 school year. A total of 2,236 students and 318 employees…

Massachusetts has released the results of the MCAS tests from this spring.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to publicly release results of spring 2021 MCAS tests Tuesday morning. Experts say the test results could help determine where students need more instruction after more than a year of remote learning.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the results of spring 2021 MCAS tests Tuesday morning. Results show that many more students had gaps in their knowledge of math and, to a lesser extent, English language arts, compared to students in the same grades before the COVID-19 pandemic, and fewer students met or exceeded grade level expectations.  “The…

With students going back to school, Massachusetts education officials are providing information on new coronavirus cases.

Massachusetts schools reported 1,420 positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff this week, according to state education officials. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report, the first of the 2021-22 school year. A total of 1,230 students and 190 employees tested positive between Sept. 13 and Sept. 15. In future weeks,…

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is due to vote Tuesday on whether or not to eliminate MCAS graduation requirements for the class of 2022.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education deemed prom a “high risk” activity and is urging schools to forgo them.