US EditionMass. MCAS scores still not back to pre-pandemic levels
Only 13 districts reached pre-pandemic levels in both English and math for grades 3-8, while high school performance declined after MCAS was no longer a graduation requirement.
- On Monday the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the 2025 MCAS results at Ottoson Middle School in Arlington, showing Massachusetts students still lag behind pre-pandemic levels.
- Officials note pandemic-related disruptions and policy changes including Massachusetts voters approving removal of MCAS as a graduation requirement and elevated chronic absenteeism rates last year.
- Among grade-level results, 42% met expectations, math scores for grades 3–8 held at 41%, and 45% of 10th graders met expectations, with scores declining from last year.
- The state recognized 63 districts for returning to pre-pandemic levels, and 55% of schools made progress while 280 schools require assistance, with Commissioner Pedro Martinez to evaluate statuses in the coming weeks.
- A panel assembled by Gov. Maura Healey will propose a new graduation standard by year-end, while Rob Curtin said, `there is some evidence to suggest that there was an impact of motivation as it relates to the results from Question 2 back in November`.
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Results from MCAS tests show some progress since COVID-19 pandemic, work still to do - Boston News, Weather, Sports
The results are in from last year’s MCAS tests – and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reported progress in parts of the state in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. Education leaders said 13 districts are back to pre-pandemic levels in grades 3 through 8 in both English and Math, with another 50 reaching pre-pandemic levels in just one of those subjects. A few areas of concern: grade 10 English scores are down 6 percen…
MCAS scores are in — here’s where the students stand
Reading up, math flat, science down: Massachusetts’ latest statewide test scores show the pandemic’s grip on student learning hasn’t fully loosened, with some local districts scoring far below the state average.
Statewide MCAS scores show continuing lag behind pre-pandemic
Massachusetts education officials released the 2025 MCAS score results Monday, showing only 13 districts in the state have caught up to their pre-pandemic Math and English scores as results continue to slip for many more.
First MCAS scores since ballot question released
BOSTON (WWLP) - The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) scores for 2025 have been released, revealing a decline in student performance across the state. New gun excise task on the table This is the first set of MCAS results since the 2024 ballot question that removed the MCAS standardized testing as a high school graduation requirement. Despite this change, Massachusetts students continue to take the test to assess their a…
‘The challenges are real’: Students lag below pre-pandemic levels according to new MCAS results
State education leaders released the latest MCAS results on Monday, which show students are continuing to lag below pre-pandemic levels, and for high schoolers, numbers are going in the wrong direction.
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