Word: mcas
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...Boycotting "is something that parents have to think about. It is a counterproductive way of protesting MCAS," he added...
Scores on last spring's MCAS tests precipitously declined in Cambridge as district-wide scores felt the impact of the numerous students who boycotted the test, according to results released by the state yesterday...
...About 30 percent of sophomores at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) did not take the MCAS last spring. Statewide, less than 5 percent of tenth-graders did not take the MCAS. The state Department of Education treats students who do not take the test as students who failed the test...
...Last year, more than 90 percent of tenth graders took the MCAS tests statewide. But in Cambridge, about 30 percent of sophomores--around 150 students--were absent from the test...
Finally, some portions of Cambridge and the surrounding communities, including residents of Mather, Dunster, Leverett and Adams House and the Union dorms, will vote on a non-binding resolution to urge the suspension of the administration of the MCAS test in Massachusetts schools...