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Larry W. Ward, a Cambridge parent whose eighth-grade daughter boycotted the MCAS tests last year, disputes that assessment...
Ward is a member of CARE and, like other members of the group, he says MCAS tests are unfair and too high-stakes...
When Hannah N. Jukovsky opened the envelope with her MCAS scores last week, she already knew what it would...
Below the headline were graphs and charts comparing her scores to the four MCAS grading categories: advanced, proficient, needs improvement and failing. She received a 200 on every test, the lowest possible failing grade...
Last spring, Jukovsky helped orchestrate a boycott of about 100 sophomores. When district MCAS scores came out last month, they showed a precipitous decline for CRLS. Cambridge school officials have attributed much of the plunge to the high proportion of boycotters in the 500-member tenth grade class...