Question 2 on the Massachusetts ballot would eliminate the requirement that public school students pass the MCAS in order to ...

BANK ON IT — Campaign lit, lawn signs, advertisements, consulting — some ballot campaign committees are spending big to try ...

When Massachusetts voters head to the polls on Nov. 5, all eyes will be on a hotly contested referendum: whether to eliminate a statewide exam as a high school graduation requirement.

Voters in the Norfolk, Worcester, Middlesex District state Senate race have a choice between a veteran, progressive Democrat ...

Gov. Maura Healey publicly opposes Ballot Question 2, and we are asking: Why? Her stance aligns with the Massachusetts ...

It doesn’t mean the MCAS goes away. We have to have a test.” The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents’ ...

A referendum question on the state’s November election ballot seeking to eliminate the requirement that public high school ...

Normally I don’t find myself becoming invested in many of the ballot measures that are proposed to Massachusetts voters come election season. This year however, several of the questions caught my eye.

The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee last week had a microcosm of the debate with which voters around the ...

If Question 2 passes, students would no longer need to meet specific competency levels on the MCAS to graduate, although the ...

I have seen firsthand how the current MCAS graduation requirement places undue pressure on students and creates an unfair ...

A day after Warren said she would be voting in favor of Question 2, Healey, Driscoll and Campbell touted benefits of MCAS.