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 ...

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 ...

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. The MCAS, officially called the Massachusetts ...

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 ...