Massachusetts students as of 10 years ago were not only excelling on the state's Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams but were also performing on par with some of the top-ranked education systems worldwide, according to a newly published study from Pioneer Institute.
The study compared MCAS results from 2001 to 2015 with scores from international assessments taken between 2007 and 2015.
What were you doing at 17 years old? Were you competing in the Summer Olympics, like Zuri Ferguson?
Ferguson, now a senior at Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, competed in the women's 100-meter backstroke for the Trinidad and Tobago national team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France; both of her parents are from Trinidad and Tobago.
