Word: curriculum
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Because grants are linked to schools' test scores, some educators are concerned that teachers will change their curriculum to concentrate on MCAS material...
...says the fear of losing funding is prompting some schools to design their curriculum around material on the test...
Still, teachers say they worry that the time required to administer the test will detract from time devoted to school curriculum, as well as focusing the curriculum on the MCAS material...
...Many teachers think that the curriculum focuses too much on [the test]," O'Sullivan says. "A lot of questions have to be asked. The test is still changing...
...protests, held on both Friday and Saturday, met with some success. An estimated 522 people--mostly parents--signed the group's petition, which calls for "increased diversity in the faculty and curriculum at Harvard" and "a pro-active policy on the part of the institution for the above stated goals...