METHUEN — MCAS scores in the city’s schools improved in most categories last year, including large gains in passing the crucial 10th grade test required for graduation. The percentage of Methuen ...

MCAS results are in for the 10th grade at Medfield High School, spelling good news for the district with a slight improvement over last year. Superintendent Bob Maguire said this year, 212 students ...

BOSTON — The students passed the MCAS. The firm hired to score the test did not. Nearly 3,300 students who took last spring’s grade 10 MCAS math test and passed earned higher performance levels than ...

On Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to keep the state’s two-decade-old state test graduation requirement. The ballot measure, Question 2, would repeal the need for students to pass the ...

Under state law, in order to receive a diploma, students must earn a score of Proficient or higher on the grade 10 MCAS English/language arts and math tests and at least the Needs Improvement level on ...

MALDEN — Minority and poor students performed better than ever on the MCAS exam this year, but the overall percentage of 10th-graders who passed the graduation requirement on the first try declined ...

BOSTON (CBS) – Statewide results from last year's MCAS tests have been made public for all schools - except one. The scores from the 10th grade math test at Boston English High are getting a second ...

BOSTON — More tenth graders passed the MCAS on the first try than ever this year, and the achievement gap between white students and black and Hispanic students showed the first-ever signs of closing ...

Across Massachusetts, more 10th-graders achieved proficiency on 2012 state tests in English and mathematics than ever before in the history of the state testing program, according to data released ...