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Nearly one fourth of seniors at Cambridge’s only high school may not graduate this spring because they have yet to pass the state-mandated Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test, according to preliminary data obtained from school officials yesterday...
According to new state legislation that takes effect this year, only students who pass both sections of the MCAS will be awarded a high school diploma...
...position is that I should follow the law,” she said. “Students who have not passed the MCAS should not graduate...
...schools, which get a substantial amount of their support from local aid pools. These cuts represent a significant departure from the state’s previous efforts to create smaller class sizes and remedial support programs for students who are facing the state’s high-stakes MCAS exam...
...superintendent wants to close two of Cambridge’s worst performing schools—the Fitzgerald School and the Harrington School—which have among the lowest MCAS scores in the district. After two better-performing schools move onto the empty campuses, the school district will have merged five student bodies into three, and Ola will have moved across the city, an action that will likely destroy the program...