Parent, teacher featured in new MCAS ads
Sam Drysdale, State House News Service The campaign opposing a ballot initiative to eliminate the use of statewide tests as a graduation...
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Jul 245 min read
Defending the MCAS from evidence-free attacks
The Boston Globe Editorial Board The Massachusetts Teachers Association’s charges run afoul of the facts. As they gear up for a renewed...
Jul 245 min read
Sadly, the MCAS ballot-question battle is on
The Boston Globe Editorial Board Voters should press Massachusetts Teachers Association members on their union’s effort to do away with...
Jul 243 min read
Healey says she opposes union-backed ballot question to eliminate MCAS graduation mandate
Matt Stout, Boston Globe Governor Maura Healey, who campaigned two years ago on reassessing the role of standardized testing in K-12...
Jul 242 min read
Gov. Healey and Education Secretary Tutwiler oppose MCAS ballot effort
Chris Lisinski, State House News Service Count Gov. Maura Healey and her education secretary among the opponents of a proposed ballot...
Jul 244 min read
Massachusetts education reform — some successes but lots more to do
By Christopher R. Anderson, Maura Banta, James A. Peyser, Paul Reville, and Paul Sagan in the Boston Globe On the 30th anniversary of the...
Jul 244 min read
Eliminating the MCAS graduation requirement would turn the clock back
By Jim Stergios in the Boston Globe The MCAS exam is the rare education tool that promotes both academic excellence and fairness. It...
Jul 248 min read
Upon review, legislative panel not backing any Massachusetts ballot questions
State House News Service | By Chris Lisinski The next phase in the fight over half a dozen major and pressing policy proposals kicked off...
Jun 211 min read
State education board member breaks down MCAS impacts
BOSTON (SHNS) – About 700 students every year leave high school without a diploma, who otherwise would have received one because they failed
Jun 211 min read
Ballot question looms over Beacon Hill MCAS debate
Battle lines have been drawn over what may become one of the most hotly contested issues this session — whether or not Massachusetts should
Jun 211 min read
Tim Murray, other business and education leaders seek to derail MCAS ballot question
BOSTON — Saying it improperly mixes two unrelated topics, nearly 20 education and business leaders are calling on the attorney general not t
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