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State Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler speaks about a new initial framework for statewide graduation standards at an event at Dedham High School on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Massachusetts high ...

High school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered, and scored by the state under new graduation requirements recommended by a state council. The K-12 Statewide Graduation ...

The K-12 Statewide Graduation Council released new graduation requirement recommendations following voters’ overturn of the MCAS standard last year, including controversial, state-run end-of-course ...

The recommendations, which would have to be approved by the legislature, would also create a new method of assessing student achievement. Voters opted to remove the Massachusetts Comprehensive ...

Massachusetts voted to remove the MCAS test as a high school graduation requirement in November 2024. The state has proposed a new framework to be finalized in 2026, leaving schools to create ...

High school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered and scored by the state under new graduation requirements recommended by a state council and cheered by Gov. Maura Healey as ...

Sr. High School are designed to better align student learning with state expectations, post-graduation readiness and ...