To the editor: I am writing in response to the editorial “Teachers union still fighting true reform,” on June 25. I am a mathematics teacher with over 40 years of experience. I have taught algebra ...

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 ...

Math proved to be the most difficult subject for North Shore 10th-graders on the 2010 MCAS test. While a high number of students on the North Shore and across the state scored advanced or proficient ...

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 ...

Many parents are concerned about the MCAS scores, released last week by the state Department of Education. At one elementary school, 70 percent of the fourth-graders who took the math exam scored in ...

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 ...