A "yes" vote would end the mandate requiring students to pass the 10th grade MCAS exam to graduate high school.

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

The Massachusetts Legislature’s top Democrats left open the possibility of changing two high-profile ballot proposals should ...

While Healey and others have maintained their position against lowering graduation standards, three polls show the "yes" vote ...

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

Despite vows to raise $7 million to fight a ballot measure they worry will hurt the state’s economy, business groups are ...

Letter: If we want our students to be college and career ready, requiring them to pass one test is not the way, Yarmouth ...

The Brockton School Committee passed a resolution supporting the ballot question to remove MCAS as a graduation requirement.

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

As voters begin to weigh in on ballot questions with early voting, top Massachusetts Democrats are leaving the possibility ...

When Massachusetts voters head to the polls on Nov. 5, all eyes will be on a hotly contested referendum: whether to eliminate ...