"Instead of fixating on standardized tests, we need to address funding and resource gaps," writes one stakeholder. Another: ...

Boeing agreed to plead guilty to defrauding regulators to avoid a trial over the fatal 2018 and 2019 737 Max crashes. However ...

Norton argued that without the high bar of the standard exam, kids like hers won’t have an incentive to strive. But Scruggs ...

Fifth-grade students from Manchester-Essex Regional School District gained 17 points on the Massachusetts Common Assessment Program for Science (MCAS) and Reading Public Schools students gained 3 ...

A Globe review of high school graduation requirements found fewer than a dozen of the state’s 50 largest districts require ...

When Massachusetts voters decided to ditch the state’s high school graduation exams on Election Day, they joined a growing ...

“I didn’t really think of MCAS of that level ... math, social sciences, science, foreign language, fine and performing arts, and wellness subjects. Proponents of the measure, like Cambridge ...

The combined exceeding and meeting expectations percentage for the fifth grade MCAS in science, technology, and engineering was 68, the same as 2023. “We feel like we can do better,” Ackerman said.

NORTH READING, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 18, 2024 / Fifth-grade students from North Reading Public School District in Massachusetts achieved the best test scores in the state on this year's ...

Maura Healey, who opposed the MCAS question, told reporters on Wednesday that the ... ensure that all students have access to a "rigorous set of courses in math, in science, in English, in the arts, ...

Only 44% of Massachusetts students statewide met or exceeded proficiency levels (MCAS Data, 2024). The North Reading Public School District uses KnowAtom's hands-on science curriculum, which is ...