Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a new framework Monday for statewide graduation requirements that center on end-of-course exams.

Voters in 2024 approved a ballot law to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement. Now, the K-12 Statewide Graduation Council ...

Passing the tests would not be a condition of receiving a diploma, as it was under the former "high stakes" MCAS system, but ...

One year after voters passed a ballot referendum barring the state from using the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement, Gov.

BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–Top Democrats are leaving the door open to reassessing the role of Massachusetts’ long-controversial standardized testing system as some education advocates reinvigorate calls to ...

The proposed “framework” had seven elements, including required courses, senior projects or portfolios, and financial ...

The proposal includes end-of-course tests administered by the state, as well as capstone projects and financial literacy ...

(WPRI) — Massachusetts voters could be changing a graduation requirement for high schoolers when they cast their ballots in November. A “yes” vote on Question 2 of the state’s 2024 Ballot Questions ...

As scores on statewide standardized tests rolled in Tuesday, revealing that students are still struggling from pandemic-related learning losses, education officials contemplated an overhaul of the ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – The learning loss that came about as a result of the pandemic and its shift towards remote schooling for more than two years is still showing up in standardized test results, state ...