The Southern Regional School District has earned state recognition for returning its grades 3-8 math MCAS scores to ...

The School Committee received presentations on MCAS data from principals at Belmonte STEAM Academy and Saugus Middle High School, as well as from the curriculum staff. Belmonte Principal Christopher ...

As high schools rethink graduation requirements, a growing number are moving away from requiring all students to pass a comprehensive test.

The Up Academy Holland School will exit state receivership next year, ending more than 10 years of state control over the ...

Mason, a sixth-grader, initially puts his shirt on backwards. His 8-year-old brother, Lucas, is drafting his Christmas wish list. Julia, who is in kindergarten, can’t find her socks. Noah, 3, ...

Three Lowell schools were named as Schools of Recognition by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education this ...

In math, Cotter’s average score in grades one through eight was about 9.6 points above the national average. For example, the national average for fifth grade was 206, and Cotter’s was 213.9.

WOBURN - The School Committee this week updated its post MCAS-era competency determination standards to reflect the latest guidance from state education officials.

Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Sharlene Fedorowicz and Sippican Elementary Principal Lynn Dessert attributed some of the decline to new programming at both Sippican Elementary and ...

Instead of a passing score on the MCAS subject tests, which were eliminated as the statewide competency determination by ...

Hidden Fibonacci numbers, a new shape and the search for a grand unified theory of mathematics are among our choices for most ...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has unveiled her proposal for new high school graduation guidelines in the state, to replace the MCAS graduation requirement, which voters repealed last year Under ...