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 ...

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 ...

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

(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 ...

A week out from the Nov. 5 election in which voters will decide whether to toss the state’s MCAS graduation requirement, Massachusetts education officials continued to refrain from giving the public ...

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 ...

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 ...

Similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, confirmed by black box data, have focused attention on an anti-stalling system used in the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. Both the ...