After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in ...

This decision also sends a concerning message to students that we don’t believe in their potential to meet high standards.

Now that Question 2 has passed, removing MCAS​ as a graduation requirement in Massachusetts schools, what are the standards ...

One potential path forward is to require MassCore, a set of general education courses for high school students, that would ...

Massachusetts public high schoolers will no longer have to pass the 10th-grade standardized tests in math, English and ...

The argument for keeping the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement is based around maintaining high, universal standards ...

John Schneider, chair of Protect Our Kids’ Future: Vote No on 2, noted in a statement that “those responsible for the state’s ...

Urban communities with the state‘s lowest MCAS scores overwhelmingly voted to get rid of the graduation requirement, while ...

Boston’s business community squared off against the Massachusetts Teachers Association on Election Day, this time over ...

"The elimination of the MCAS graduation requirement takes away restraints that have held back some of our best and most ...

Massachusetts voted to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement, but the test will still be administered. Here's what ...

After voters overwhelmingly voted to eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS exam in order to ...