NORTHAMPTON — Opposition to MCAS tests amid the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming more visible in communities in western Massachusetts.“It’s an...
NORTHAMPTON — Local educators are responding to newly released standardized test scores, saying that it’s necessary to delve deeper into the data...
NORTHAMPTON — Statewide standardized test results are out, and together with them a new system for assessing school quality.Last year, the state...
BOSTON — Just half of Massachusetts students in grades three through eight met or exceeded expectations on the new “next generation MCAS test” in...
SOUTHAMPTON — An order from the state to have students start taking a new standardized test on computers this spring has prompted Southampton...
Last spring, all 25 of Danika Tyminski’s fifth-graders did something nearly unheard of in Massachusetts: They refused to take the state...