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Committee member Patrica M. Nolan ’80 called the results “devastating.” “We have to get our scores up as a district,” she said.
However, the committee members saw the MCAS as an imperfect measure.
“We need to take it in context,” said school committee member Marc C. McGovern. “They are one measure—an important one—but they don’t tell the whole story.”
Regardless, committee members said they felt that a system that holds teachers more accountable while supporting professional growth is necessary.
Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, one of the key men drafting a final Senate bill behind closed doors this week, on Tuesday called the doctors' legislation "very important" to ensuring final passage of health-care reform. Republicans counter that that is precisely the problem. Not only is the move...