BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–Top Democrats are leaving the door open to reassessing the role of Massachusetts’ long-controversial standardized testing system as some education advocates reinvigorate calls to ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) scores for 2025 have been released, revealing a decline in student performance across the state. This is the first set of MCAS ...

BOSTON — Top Democrats are leaving the door open to reassessing the role of Massachusetts' long-controversial standardized testing system as some education advocates reinvigorate calls to abolish the ...

A week out from the Nov. 5 election in which voters will decide whether to toss the state’s MCAS graduation requirement, Massachusetts education officials continued to refrain from giving the public ...

As scores on statewide standardized tests rolled in Tuesday, revealing that students are still struggling from pandemic-related learning losses, education officials contemplated an overhaul of the ...

(WPRI) — Massachusetts voters could be changing a graduation requirement for high schoolers when they cast their ballots in November. A “yes” vote on Question 2 of the state’s 2024 Ballot Questions ...

NORTH READING, MASSACHUSETTS / ACCESS Newswire / November 13, 2025 / Students in North Reading Public Schools achieved the highest science scores in Massachusetts on the 2025 Massachusetts ...

Though MCAS scores for the latest round of testing were "sobering" statewide, there were some local successes, including in Amherst. Credit: CREATIVE COMMONS Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...