When Montana voters cast ballots in the Nov. 5 general election, they’ll decide not just the nation’s marquee U.S. Senate race but most likely which party will control the closely divided chamber for ...

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.

If the ballot question passes, students will still take the test to gather data about student performance, according to ...

With sitting Mass. lawmakers working in a pre-election mode at the Statehouse, local election offices collect mailed in ...

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

For the many families with students in special education, the MCAS experience is fraught with fear and frustration.

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.

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

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 ...