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...past several years, scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests have improved—in some cases substantially. But because of the way progress is measured, many schools still find themselves on the federal watch list due to disparities in performance among subgroups: white, black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American students, as well as low-income, special education, and limited English students. Under the No Child Left Behind Act, school progress is measured by overall improvement in both English and Math, and reducing the gap among subgroups in both English and Math. A school that fails to make...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Despite score boost, schools struggle to close ‘achievement gap’ | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...teams traded points back and forth from that point on, but the score was never really close.“Princeton had our number,” Mahon said.Mahon recorded 17 kills in the match and moved into fourth place on the Crimson’s all-time kill list with 1,057 while also adding 14 digs. Sophomore libero Katherine Kocurek led the defensive effort, notching a team-high 17 digs, and fellow sophomore Lily Durwood distributed 44 assists. PENN 3, HARVARD 1The Crimson came out firing Friday in Philadelphia, and, aided by a plethora of attack errors...

Author: By Douglas A. Baerlein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Slide Continues Despite Tough Play | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...response to input from parents and administrators, Tobin started a Montessori program this year, emphasizing self-directed activity on the part of students. Maher says that enrollment at the school reversed its downward trend and increased to the point that there is now a waiting list...

Author: By Yelena S. Mironova, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Veteran ‘Consensus Builder’ Hopes to Retain Council Seat | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

When the Globe called his office to inform him that he made the list, he was taken aback...

Author: By Lindsay P. Tanne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Home to Haute Couture | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...reimburse another 15 restaurant workers - including cooks, waiters, a dishwasher and cashier - who also wrote checks for the April 13 event in New York's Chinatown. Nor did it send back money from a garment worker and phone card clerk, not to mention 15 donors who had failed to list any occupations or register to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Clinton's Chinatown Tangle | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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