MCAS

Educators expect academic recovery from COVID-19 will take years

This year's ninth-graders are the first class affected by the change

The latest statewide school accountability results from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education were cause for celebration in…

The state is looking for help designing a new version of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test.The Department of Elementary and Secondary…

Massachusetts education officials today released the annual accountability designations for the state’s public schools. About a third of the state’s…

Massachusetts’ Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved a new standardized test for public school students.The exam was approved by an 8-3…

A new school year begins Monday in Springfield, Massachusetts where rising standardized test scores and a falling dropout rate are seen as signs of a…

Monday’s ceremony marked the installation of the Born Learning Trail, a series of signs along a pathway through a playground at Springside Park in…

The latest results of standardized tests taken by Massachusetts students were a mixed bag. The 2012 MCAS scores were the highest in the 14 year history of…