MCAS

The latest MCAS were a mixed bag, with slight improvements in math and science but a decline in English language arts (ELA) skills, according to data released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Thursday. This is the second release of results since the pandemic shut down schools and upended routines in 2020. The scores are still lower…

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education accepted Commissioner Jeff Riley’s recommendation to update MCAS regulations and the competency determination that would establish a new passing standard for English language arts, mathematics, and science and technology/engineering for the classes of 2026 through 2029.

The state board of education voted Monday to raise the minimum score that this year’s incoming freshman class and at least the four classes that follow will have to attain on the MCAS test in order to graduate high school, a controversial decision that was blasted by teachers union officials and a handful of lawmakers. The Board of Elementary...

Massachusetts state education officials are set to hold a meeting Monday to discuss potentially raising the score students must achieve on the MCAS standardized test.

High school students in Boston plan to protest the standardized MCAS test as Massachusetts education officials consider raising the minimum scores needed to graduate.

High school students in Boston planned to protest the standardized MCAS test as Massachusetts education officials consider raising the minimum scores needed to graduate, though only a handful showed up. Students at the Snowden International School near Copley Square had planned their protest for when the school was scheduled to administer the physics MCAS to students at 10 a.m. Tuesday…

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education agreed Tuesday to phase out two of the MCAS science exams currently offered to high schoolers, even as some members voiced concerns about the signal that decision might be sending.

The results of the first MCAS tests since 2019 showed a dramatic drop in scores. The TEN looks at what can be learned from the results, what it means for kids and parents, and what needs to be done to address the issue going forward.

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…

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate the standardized test as a prerequisite for a high school diploma.

More than 50,000 students have faced similar circumstances the last nearly 20 years, a point that a chorus of lawmakers and education reform advocates hammered on Monday as they called for the legislature to eliminate the state’s MCAS graduation requirements or pause the tests altogether.

A bill that would scrap the MCAS test as a graduation requirement in Massachusetts is the subject of a virtual public hearing at the Statehouse on Monday. The bill would replace the standardized test with what supporters describe as “a broader and democratically determined framework to measure school quality, along with more authentic forms of demonstrating student achievement.” The bill…

Deb McCarthy was back inside her fifth grade classroom Tuesday after serving a two-day suspension — she said she’d been told to go home Friday and stay there Monday when she refused to administer the MCAS exam. McCarthy is being called a conscientious objector, one of at least 55 teachers, most of them in the Cambridge school system, who say…

A Hull teacher says she was suspended from her job because she refused to proctor the MCAS exam, which she and other teachers say shouldn’t be administered because of the COVID pandemic.

The MCAS exam was waived as a graduation requirement for current Massachusetts juniors.

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 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Tuesday to eliminate MCAS graduation requirements for the class of 2022.

A federal judge has upheld a temporary admissions policy at Boston’s elite exam high schools, ruling against a parents group that said in a lawsuit it discriminated against white and Asian students. “This court finds and rules that the plan is race-neutral, and that neither the factors used nor the goal of greater diversity qualify as a racial classification,”...