Some say the MCAS graduation retirement ensures all students get a quality education; others say it's just a snapshot in time ...

Some say the MCAS test keeps standards high. Others say it's just another standardized test. WBZ-TV's Laura Haefeli reports.

Fifty-five percent of parents support Question 2 to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement and around 43 percent are ...

Battle lines continue to form around a ballot question to change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating ...

Opinion By Edward Lambert Voters across the Commonwealth will decide on Nov. 5 whether to keep the MCAS as a high-school ...

State Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler said he opposes eliminating the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System ...

House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka made their comments on Tuesday about the fall ballot questions.

Voters are gearing up to voice their choice.  If Ballot Question Two passes, students will no longer have to pass the ...

Proponents argue that teachers shouldn’t have to “teach to the test.” If they are covering the scope and rigor of the state’s education standards well, they shouldn’t need to. Classroom instruction ...

Rhode Island cloned its standardized testing system for public school students from neighboring Massachusetts — and each year ...

As Newton voters prepare to cast their ballots on Nov. 5, they are faced with choices that could reshape classrooms and ...

The School Committee unanimously voted to endorse Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot that, if approved by voters, would remove passing MCAS as a graduation requirement for ...