Approximately 3,000 more 10th-grade students failed the MCAS exam in 2024 than in the year prior — a notable uptick sure to come under scrutiny as the fate of the standardized test as a high ...

Massachusetts students in grades 3-8 and grade 10 take the MCAS. All students are tested in math and English language arts. A science test is taken by students in grades 5, 8 and one high school ...

Ballot question two asks whether the teacher or the administrator should be the arbiter of the high school diploma. The end ...

Those tests, collectively known as MCAS, measure student performance in math, science and English beginning at the elementary level and ending with a final exam in tenth grade. Passing that last ...

91 percent have now passed all three MCAS exams, up from 82 percent when they first took the 10th grade tests in spring 2023. The success rate is expected to climb as the year progresses.

In math, third grade was the “highlight” as the only ... and are no longer required to take any of the MCAS tests,” said Curtin. “This is compared to 82% from 2023, the class of 2025.” ...

As scores on statewide standardized tests rolled in Tuesday ... conversation just to the MCAS exam – which students take in grades three through eight and grade 10, and is used to collect ...

The average statewide percentages of 10th grade students who met or exceeded ... eliminate the requirement that a student pass the MCAS tests in mathematics, science and technology, and English ...

In a recent issue of The Republican, three teachers from Mashpee, Revere and Agawam urged voters to maintain the MCAS ... as being a test of “basic” skills. I administered the Grade 10 exam ...

Massachusetts public school students have not regained their pre-pandemic performance levels on state standardized tests ... the state's use of the 10th grade MCAS as a graduation requirement ...