Yahoo

Fall River School Committee takes a stand against MCAS testing. Here's what happens next.

FALL RIVER — The School Committee took a stand on Monday night against the use of the MCAS standardized test as a high school graduation requirement. Representatives from the Fall River Educators ...
Sentinel & Enterprise

Mass. MCAS scores still not back to pre-pandemic levels

BOSTON — A smaller percentage of Massachusetts schools made significant progress towards, met or exceeded their own goals in 2025, state officials said Monday as they released “sobering” results from ...
Boston Herald

New coalition forms to support MCAS, release testing reform recommendations

As high-stakes MCAS testing gets underway this school year and opposition to the test intensifies, including by the state’s teachers union which wants to eliminate it as a graduation requirement for ...
The Boston Globe

As voters ponder ballot question to end MCAS graduation testing requirement, failure rates rise dramatically

Massachusetts public high schools have experienced a sharp decline in 10th graders passing all three MCAS exams over the last five years with the latest scores showing approximately16,000 students ...
Yahoo

With MCAS on November's ballots, educators proposing new tests to assess students

BOSTON — Opponents of using the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a high school graduation requirement suggest there are better ways to measure student achievement, should voters ...