Word: diplomas
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...civil war to visit his sister. "I wasn't sure I was going to stay, but I knew there was that chance. It was a new world. The people weren't amigos. You'd talk to them, and they wouldn't answer." He worked to a high school diploma at Arrow High School in Brookline while washing dishes in Jamaica Plain. He then worked at the Newbury College dining hall, simultaneously amassing two years worth of college credit...
...MCAS is supposed to determine if a student has reached a basic level of proficiency as defined by the state. If students who do not reach this level of proficiency are given a diploma and a pat on the back, what is the point of the test...
...giving students who pass the MCAS an "honors diploma" sounds an awful lot like the grade inflation that Alejandro Jenkins talked about in his column ("A Fool's Complaint," Opinion, Dec. 1). Under this system the MCAS would quickly fade into the background along with all of the other standardized tests that high school students take...
Fundamentally, the argument comes down to the idea that a student's entire high school career should not depend on one fickle test, for no test provides a perfect measurement of achievement. A high school diploma should not be a giveaway, but neither should it depend upon what appear to be unrealistically high expectations of performance. Students should receive some sort of a diploma if they pass the required high school courses...
...devoted a great many resources to improving the quality of education under this legislation. Standards and expectations have been raised, and much-needed attention has been focused on the schools. However, if more than a quarter of the total high school class across the state fails to receive a diploma because of one test, the outrage will cause an immense backlash against education reform, with destructive consequences. The state must encourage and enable students, teachers and administrators to improve themselves--it must not threaten them...