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...comprehensive redesign that has caused morale among some veteran teachers to drop and nightmarish scheduling problems, the high MCAS failure rates were another blow to the institution. The huge number of students who boycotted the test is not the end of the story--among students who did take the exam, scores were lower than the year before in both math and English...
Tenth graders' scores were down sharply. Two-thirds of the city's sophomores failed the English test and three-quarters failed the math exam. Starting this year, sophomores will have to pass both standardized tests--which are part of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System--in order to graduate...
...this, however, I've taken in stride. The free lamps are great, and the proctors only occasionally misunderstand the directions and talk throughout the three hours of the exam. But the situation in the libraries has worn my patience...
...discussed a similar case of a schoolgirl who was denied permission to take an exam wearing a headscarf...
...York City schools--fourth from the bottom. The city fired the principal, replaced two-thirds of the teachers, extended the school day and switched from a touchy-feely "real life" curriculum to one emphasizing basic instruction in reading and math. In one year, math scores on the state exam jumped 15% and reading scores...