Lewis will push MassCore as alternative to MCAS grad requirement Across Massachusetts, students in every grade level scored lower on English language arts in 2024 than they did a year prior ...

Acting K-12 Education Commissioner Russell Johnston called the results of the annual MCAS exams “concerning ... in grades three through eight and grade 10, and is used to collect data ...

Across Massachusetts, students in every grade level scored lower on English ... get back on track after coming back into the classroom, MCAS scores showed some uneven gains in English last year ...

A requirement that students pass the MCAS in 10th grade “rarely prevents” them from getting a high school diploma, according ...

Approximately 3,000 more 10th-grade students failed the MCAS exam in 2024 than in the year prior — a notable uptick sure to come under scrutiny as the fate of the standardized test as a high ...

The MCAS exams in English and math are required of students in grades 3 to 8 and grade 10. Students in grades 5, 8 and 10 also take exams in science. There were gains in proficiency among fifth ...

Under current requirements, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says "Students must earn a passing score on the grade ... MCAS results were released Tuesday. On November 5 ...

Is this too much to ask of our high school seniors? The requirement that students pass the 10th-grade MCAS to graduate was instituted to measure progress against a specific set of achievement ...

Today, students must pass 10th grade MCAS tests in English language arts ... ballot question vote will likely be a close one on Nov. 5: 43% said they would remove the graduation requirement ...

BOSTON — Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS ... 5 ballot, asks voters if they want to scrap the decades-old mandate requiring 10th-grade ...

Voters will decide next month whether public school students across the state should have to pass the 10th grade MCAS exam in order to graduate high school. The mayor has yet to take a public ...