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...Cambridge, white students consistently outperform minority students on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests. Last year, 62 percent of the district’s white seventh graders, compared to only 18 percent of black seventh graders, scored “proficient?? or “advanced” in math. And while 79 percent of white seventh graders scored proficient or advanced in English language arts, only 44 percent of their black counterparts met those standards...
...only 34 percent of eighth-grade students in public schools across the country could read at or above the “proficient?? level designated by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Sadly, this deficiency represents just one among the myriad issues that plague public schools—from overcrowding and lack of resources, to poor achievement and ineffective teaching methods. In one of the most underperforming school systems in the country, New York City schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has begun to implement novel changes to help improve student achievement as much and as quickly as possible...
...Those days are over.” Discussion of the report was not entirely self-congratulatory, however. Schuster said that while the proportion of Cambridge students passing standardized tests are the near the state average, comparatively fewer Cambridge students score at the higher “proficient?? level. Simmons also emphasized the need to track students further, saying that the district should determine how students who graduate fare in their college career. “It’s one thing to graduate, it’s another thing to be able to go to college and stay...
...Massachusetts Department of Education voted yesterday to increase the passing score of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) examination to 240, raising the bar for graduation and mandating that students be “proficient?? before receiving their diploma...
...guidelines, which the department approved 7-2, state that if a student does not earn a score of 240 or above—a score equivalent to being “proficient??—they must complete an “Educational Proficiency Plan” before they can qualify for a diploma...