"It was super disappointing and depressing to watch everyone else living their lives," Cray told Newsweek about her diagnosis.

The following is a summary of “Clustering of clinical symptoms using large language models reveals low diagnostic specificity of proposed alternatives to consensus mast cell activation syndrome ...

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education heard an analysis of the results of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System results, also known as the MCAS, during a ...

A requirement that students pass the MCAS in 10th grade “rarely prevents” them from getting a high school diploma, according to a report released Thursday that analyzes a question on the ...

After a few years of students struggling to get back on track after coming back into the classroom, MCAS scores showed some uneven gains in English last year, and education officials struck a ...

Re “Report on troubling MCAS scores propels foes, backers of ballot effort to limit exam” (Page A1, Sept. 26): I accept that for a democracy to thrive, its citizens must be well-informed ...

BOTH THE STATE’S BIGGEST TEACHERS UNIONS ARGUE THE RESULTS ARE PROOF THAT MCAS TESTING ACTUALLY PUNISHES KIDS THAT HAVE THE MOST SERIOUS NEEDS. A POSITION THEY’VE LONG HELD. THE DEBATE OVER ...

BOSTON - Newly released MCAS test results show Massachusetts schools and students have not reversed pandemic learning loss. With a grim demeanor, acting DESE Commissioner Russell Johnston ...

A slim majority of voters in a WBUR poll support a ballot question that would end the use of standardized tests as a graduation requirement. But with a sizable number of voters still unsure how ...

Massachusetts public high schools have experienced a sharp decline in 10th graders passing all three MCAS exams over the last five years with the latest scores showing approximately16,000 students ...