The state education board is advancing a replacement for MCAS standardized testing requirements mandating students complete ...

Massachusetts education officials are proposing interim graduation standards that would require students, beginning with the ...

With a $250,000 ad buy earlier this week, the fight for the future of the MCAS has officially begun. Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether the state will continue requiring the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Over a month ago, Massachusetts voted yes on Question 2, ending the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a graduation requirement. My experience as part of the ...

The Education Department has insisted that the Nation's Report Card will not be affected by budget cuts, but one upcoming ...

After receiving numerous letters against proposed graduation requirements, the Frontier Regional School District School ...

Findings from the new poll give new insights into how Massachusetts residents are feeling about some thorny issues.

Assis­tant Superintendent Chris­tine Elliott premiered new information regarding com­petency determinations at the high ...

Massachusetts voters recently approved a change to the state's education policy, eliminating the 10th-grade MCAS test as a graduation requirement. While students still need to take the MCAS exams ...

Rodrigues was among the lawmakers who opposed the ballot measure which decoupled the exam from the state's long-held ...

The Mashpee School Committee voted this week to approve a new guideline for determining whether students are considered ...