Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

With every teachers’ union pushing for the passage of Question 2 on the November ballot, the recent release of a study reviewing the pros and cons of that proposition sheds light on what dismantling ...

Standardized testing in Massachusetts won’t look much different in practice in 2025. But what will be vastly different is the absence of a statewide mandate that students' scores dictate whether or ...

Approximately 3,000 more 10th-grade students failed the MCAS exam in 2024 than in the year prior — a notable uptick sure to come under scrutiny as the fate of the standardized test as a high school ...

Long after schools reopened from the pandemic, Massachusetts students across the board are falling further behind academically, according to the latest state MCAS scores released Tuesday. The results ...

A hotly contested ballot question approaching in November seeks to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement for public school students in the state. According to data from the Department of ...

FALL RIVER — The School Committee took a stand on Monday night against the use of the MCAS standardized test as a high school graduation requirement. Representatives from the Fall River Educators ...

TAUNTON — Thirteen Taunton Public Schools students received perfect scores on the 2024 MCAS tests and were given trophies for their accomplishments, the district announced. "Kids need to feel like ...

HAVERHILL — Three English teachers are fighting a requirement that they grade students’ responses to a practice MCAS test outside of school. Superintendent James Scully has denied a grievance filed by ...

When the new principal at Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School walked through the door, MCAS scores went through the roof. Principal Yolanda Burnett-McClain had kids take weekly MCAS practice ...

Last Friday, when the state released the most recent round of Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test scores, there was some self-congratulation in the districts that improved.