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

Experts said that if the test requirement is repealed, the state should consider alternate graduation requirements to ensure ...

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

In its place, the ballot measure would establish a new mandate: Students would need to complete coursework certified by their ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Massachusetts voters head to the polls on Nov. 5, all eyes will be on a hotly contested referendum: whether to eliminate ...

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 ...

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