Revere teacher Erik Fearing speaks at a Citizens for Public School briefing on high school graduation requirements at the State House on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Massachusetts voters agreed last fall to ...

BOSTON — Opponents of using the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a high school graduation requirement suggest there are better ways to measure student achievement, should voters ...

Sen. Paul Feeney of Foxborough said the MCAS ballot question as written could create a "wild, wild west of a patchwork of different assessments across the commonwealth." Over more than three hours of ...

Allison P. Farrell ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Philosophy concentrator in Leverett House. It’s time to get rid of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System graduation requirement.

The state education board is advancing a replacement for MCAS standardized testing requirements mandating students complete certain courses before graduation – but also elected to consider adding an ...