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 ...

To the editor: I am writing in response to the editorial “Teachers union still fighting true reform,” on June 25. I am a mathematics teacher with over 40 years of experience. I have taught algebra ...

NEWTON (CBS/AP) - Massachusetts education officials say more than 3,000 students who passed the spring 2011 Grade 10 MCAS math test achieved a higher performance ...

Massachusetts' Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Tuesday to adopt a hybrid proficiency test that combines elements of the MCAS and a controversial online assessment know as PARCC. The ...

The first question on the eighth-grade MCAS test this year displayed a picture of the RPM gauge present on a standard-shift motor vehicle. It asked students to calculate how many RPMs the gauge was ...

Math proved to be the most difficult subject for North Shore 10th-graders on the 2010 MCAS test. While a high number of students on the North Shore and across the state scored advanced or proficient ...

While last year’s MCAS scores mimic previous results – with Asian-American, white kids and those from upper-income communities often outperforming African-Americans, Latinos and students from ...