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 ...

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 ...

Want to help your 10th-grader with reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your teen will be learning in the classroom. Read closely from rich and challenging ninth grade-level texts, with ...

This story was updated at 2:35 p.m. on Nov. 6 with additional information. Massachusetts voters have had their say on Question 2, and the results mean the state is poised to do away with the ...