While the state’s standardized testing program is being revamped during the transition to the new Common Core State Standards, the fate of the high school exit exam – the one test students must pass – ...

Massachusetts used to require a standardized statewide test called the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, but officials are going back to the drawing board after residents voted ...

For a 16-year-old, Iris Padilla's resume looks pretty good: Not only is she already a senior close to completing all the credits needed to graduate from Richmond High, she's president of a Latin ...

A decade-long push by states to make high school students pass an exit exam before getting their diplomas has stalled as politically sensitive student-failure rates contribute to a growing public ...

As of Monday, the high school exit exam is no more. The 30-year-old state test, formally known as the High School Assessment Program, will be replaced by two tests that educators say will yield better ...