MCAS: The debate over Question 2, an effort to drop the high …
Sep 20, 2024 · The MCAS, officially called the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, is the series of standardized tests taken at several grade levels to evaluate student learning in English, math and...
Massachusetts’s High School Exit Exam, the MCAS, Is On the …
Oct 27, 2024 · More than 90 percent of sophomores pass the test — called the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System or MCAS — on their first try. Failing students can retake the exams several times,...
Massachusetts approves Ballot Question 2 ending MCAS ... - CBS News
Nov 5, 2024 · A "yes" vote ended the mandate that requires students to pass the tenth grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam to graduate high school. A "no" vote would have kept it as a ...
2024 MCAS scores show Massachusetts students struggling to …
Sep 26, 2024 · Rob Curtin of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shared the most recent batch of Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System – or MCAS – scores on a virtual...
Massachusetts Voters Approve Proposition to Eliminate MCAS …
Updated November 6, 2024, at 12:08 p.m. Massachusetts voters approved a contentious ballot question to eliminate the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam as a graduation requirement ...
MA educators, parents celebrate end of MCAS graduation …
Nov 7, 2024 · Parents and educators in Massachusetts are celebrating an end to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System graduation requirement. Nearly 60% of voters approved Question 2, which...
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
Oct 29, 2024 · The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is a set of statewide standardized tests. Students in grades 3-8 and 10 take MCAS tests in English language arts and mathematics; students in grades 5, 8, and one high school grade (usually grade 9 or 10) take a science MCAS test. Students in grade 8 take a civics MCAS test.
Mass. Education Secretary, Teachers Association President Debate …
Oct 23, 2024 · State Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler said he opposes eliminating the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System high school graduation requirement without an alternative state-wide...
Ballot Question 2 to Eliminate MCAS Graduation Requirement …
Oct 22, 2024 · The campaign for Ballot Question 2 — which would remove the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as a high school graduation requirement — has raised more than $7 million from the...
MCAS is no more: Massachusetts voters say yes to ... - Boston 25 News
Nov 6, 2024 · MASS. — Massachusetts voters have elected to say “yes” to ballot question 2, eliminating the need for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) as a graduation requirement. According to the Associated Press, 58.9% of Massachusetts voters voted yes on the proposed question.
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