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Students in grades 4, 8 and 10 take a battery of multiple-choice and written tests each spring in English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, and Social Studies. The tests are part of the Education Reform Act of 1993, which doubled state aid to education and established MCAS as a way of holding local school districts accountable for their students' performance...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Uncertain Failure: City Tanks MCAS | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

...particular, the Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (CARE), a state-wide parent group centered in Cambridge, opposes the test as a high-pressure test...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Uncertain Failure: City Tanks MCAS | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

While Conant had brought the University to the forefront of educational reform, Harvard's commitment to its religious roots had waned over his tenure. Shortly after Conant's resignation, the Dean of the Divinity School also resigned, leaving the institution with only three professors and a handful of part-time instructors...

Author: By Warren Adler and Catherine E. Shoichet, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Now & Then: The Selection of Rudenstine's Successor Bears Many Similarities to the Pusey Search | 12/5/2000 | See Source »

Arthur A. Baer, assistant director of HLS's Appleseed Electoral Reform Project, said that if the court determines that the Florida Supreme Court did in fact create new rules after the election, it will be up to Congress to figure out what will happen to Florida's votes...

Author: By Andrew J. Miller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Supreme Court Weighs Bush's Appeal | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

Portraying our nation's foster-care system as shameful will only erode efforts to reform it. We need to focus on attracting some of our nation's best social workers, administrators and resource families to this difficult field. Reform is occurring, and children are benefiting. You failed to inform your readers of the many U.S. success stories in which public and private child-welfare systems are collaborating to serve foster children more effectively. JEFFREY NITZ Huntingdon Valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 4, 2000 | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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