MCAS no longer stands in a Fall River Public Schools student's way of graduating. Current public school students are required to test this year to help determine course competency. Students who ...

Question 2 on the November ballot seeks to end a state mandate that Massachusetts public high school students pass the MCAS in order to graduate. Load YouTube video The MCAS, officially called the ...

Massachusetts public high schools have experienced a sharp decline in 10th graders passing all three MCAS exams over the last five years with the latest scores showing approximately16,000 students ...

On Nov. 5, 2024, Election Day, voters overwhelmingly approved Question 2, doing away with the requirement that public school students must pass the 10th-grade MCAS tests in English language arts ...

A requirement that students pass the MCAS in 10th grade “rarely prevents” them from getting a high school diploma, according to a report released Thursday that analyzes a question on the ...