House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka made their comments on Tuesday about the fall ballot questions.

Some say the MCAS graduation retirement ensures all students get a quality education; others say it's just a snapshot in time ...

Some say the MCAS test keeps standards high. Others say it's just another standardized test. WBZ-TV's Laura Haefeli reports.

State Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler said he opposes eliminating the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System ...

Voters are gearing up to voice their choice.  If Ballot Question Two passes, students will no longer have to pass the ...

Battle lines continue to form around a ballot question to change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating ...

Fifty-five percent of parents support Question 2 to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement and around 43 percent are ...

As Newton voters prepare to cast their ballots on Nov. 5, they are faced with choices that could reshape classrooms and ...

Proponents argue that teachers shouldn’t have to “teach to the test.” If they are covering the scope and rigor of the state’s education standards well, they shouldn’t need to. Classroom instruction ...

The City Council on Tuesday heard multiple residents speak in support of state ballot Question 2, approved the acceptance of an $840,000 grant, and pushed off a decision ...

The leaders of both Massachusetts’ legislative chambers on Tuesday did not rule out altering ballot questions which, ...

Faced with the likelihood that widely popular initiatives that would end MCAS as a high school graduation requirement ...