Springfield students already must pass four years of English and math and three years of science and social studies to ...

Nationwide, scores were stagnant in both grades in math and declined in both grades in reading. Massachusetts students also ...

It’s clear that Massachusetts students no longer have to pass 10th grade MCAS tests in English, math, and science to graduate from high school. But determining exactly what they do need to do to ...

The committee discussed a new graduation standard following a ballot initiative that removed the state standardized test as a ...

Another priority for the Massachusetts Teachers Association is the establishment of new minimum teaching salaries.

The school committee last week voted unanimously to strip the language concerning the MCAS test graduation requirement from ...

The School Committee approved the competency determination policy in a unanimous vote Thursday evening. The measure will ...

At the Revere School Committee’s regular meeting last week, Superintendent Dianne Kelly highlighted the impact of a new law removing the MCAS exam as a high school graduation requirement.

See Correction/Clarification at the end of this article. Despite the passage of ballot Question 2 last November, the majority of voters agree with what local business leaders have been saying: A ...

With voters in the state choosing to do away with MCAS requirements as it relates to high school graduation last November, ...