REPORTER: STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS POINTING TO THOSE RESULTS AND SAYING THAT THAT IS THE RESULT OF A LOSOFS LEARNING , BUT STILL MANY PARENTS ARE PUSHING FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REINSTATE AND ...

NEWTON (CBS/AP) - Massachusetts education officials say more than 3,000 students who passed the spring 2011 Grade 10 MCAS math test achieved a higher performance ...

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 ...

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 ...

I am a longtime educator and I plan to vote “Yes” on Question 2, which would replace the MCAS test as a high school graduation requirement. Instead, students would need to demonstrate that they have ...

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 ...