Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System scores from Spring 2024, released last month, show mixed results from district to ...

Massachusetts students had their best results ever in the MCAS math exams, but that good news was tempered by falling or flat scores in English in nearly all grades, according to results released ...

BROCKTON — At least 28% of Brockton High School students failed the math MCAS exam in 2024. Roughly 32% of BHS students failed one of the MCAS science exams in 2024. Standardized test scores in ...

REPORTER: STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS POINTING TO THOSE RESULTS AND SAYING THAT THAT IS THE RESULT OF A LOSOFS LEARNING , BUT STILL MANY PARENTS ARE PUSHING FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REINSTATE AND ...

BOSTON — Education Secretary James Peyser wrote an op-ed in September laying out the choice the state Board of Education faces in November in choosing between keeping the state’s MCAS exam or adopting ...

On Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to keep the state’s two-decade-old state test graduation requirement. The ballot measure, Question 2, would repeal the need for students to pass the ...

BOSTON — The students passed the MCAS. The firm hired to score the test did not. Nearly 3,300 students who took last spring’s grade 10 MCAS math test and passed earned higher performance levels than ...

BOSTON — While state education officials yesterday celebrated the highest math scores in the 11-year-history of the MCAS exam, they worried about declining scores on the English portion of the exam in ...