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2024 MCAS scores show Massachusetts students struggling to recover from pandemic disruptions, but testing critics say the results are suspect

New standardized test scores show students in Massachusetts are still recovering from learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — but critics say those results are hiding a more complicated reality.

Boston Herald on MSN · 2d

‘Concerning:’ 2024 MCAS test scores show slips, continue lag behind pre-pandemic marks across Massachusetts

MCAS results for 2024 show a more mixed result than the positively trending 2023 results and remained lagging well behind pre-pandemic scores, state education officials said in an embargoed

‘Alarm bells should be going off.’ MCAS English scores down again in Massachusetts.

It’s a safe bet that Woody Allen, who is often credited with the coinage, wasn’t thinking about student testing when he remarked that 90 percent of success is just showing up. But he might as well have been.

Both sides on whether to eliminate MCAS

CBS Boston on MSN · 3d

Should Massachusetts get rid of MCAS graduation requirement? Voters to decide this November.

Voters are set to make an important decision this November about the future of education in Massachusetts. Selecting "Yes" on Question 2 would end the MCAS graduation requirement that is currently in place for students in the state.

Worcester Telegram on MSN · 20h

MCAS Question: What will and will not change if Massachusetts voters approve Question 2?

Massachusetts voters will be asked in November who should determine graduation standards for public high school students in the coming years: Should the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education continue this mission through the standardized MCAS exam or should it be left up to each district to devise its own local criteria.

Question 2: Both sides on whether to eliminate MCAS as a Mass. graduation requirement

Both the support and opposition of ballot Question 2, sat down with GBH News' Morning Edition to explain what eliminating MCAS as a graduation requirement could mean for Mass. high school students.

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As voters ponder ballot question to end MCAS graduation testing requirement, failure rates rise dramatically

Both proponents and opponents are seizing upon the MCAS failure rates and spinning it to their advantage as they attempt to ...

NECN on MSN1d

Question 2: What to know about the proposal to remove the MCAS graduation requirement

The debate over the MCAS has entered its final six weeks. Ballot question 2 in Massachusetts is filling the airwaves with ...

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How did your school score? Read the 2024 MCAS results here

The latest results come as voters get ready to decide in November whether the MCAS will remain a 10th grade graduation ...

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MCAS performance in BPS stalled after pandemic decline, district making ‘moderate progress’ towards state mandates, officials say

BPS MCAS results across grade levels showed a drop in English/language arts (ELA) scores and relatively unchanged math and ...

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