Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System scores from Spring 2024, released last month, show mixed results from district to district around the SouthCoast. As voters prepare to decide on Question ...

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 ...

The percentage of 10th graders in the Cape and Islands public school districts who met or exceeded expectations on the 2024 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests was slightly below the ...

According to state officials, the MCAS results included improvements in science and technology/engineering and decline in the English language arts. Taking and passing the MCAS Exam has been a ...

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 ...

FRAMINGHAM — While Framingham saw its student MCAS scores fall further behind from where they were before the pandemic, many surrounding communities saw improvement, according to data released by the ...

BROCKTON — The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the 2023 MCAS results, showing only small gains — and quite a few declines — in scores within Brockton Public ...

Though Massachusetts public schools rank first in the nation, significant disparities remain between various demographics: White students, for example, score higher on the MCAS than minority students ...

Mansfield continued this year to rank higher than the state average in all subjects on the 2017 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). But the MCAS exam this year was quite different ...

In the wake of discouraging recently released MCAS results, experts say educators must take more aggressive measures to make up for learning missed during the heart of the pandemic. Local and state ...