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While data show a 90 percent passing rate on the retest state-wide, only 80 percent of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) students passed the English language arts portion of the test and less than 70 percent passed the math portion, Cambridge Public Schools Director of Development and Assessment Barbara W. Black said...
That leaves CRLS seniors with only one more chance to pass the test—at a May retest date...
CRLS senior Desirea More, who learned today she missed passing the retest by only one point, said at last night’s meeting she thought it was unfair that she would not graduate despite her near-perfect attendance and high grades...
...despite the test results and student protests, school officials said they thought more students would pass the May retest...
Cambridge deserves credit for realizing this, and for courageously sticking to its own legitimate graduation requirements. The stakes are high—according to the most recent statistics for the high school class of 2003, after the initial test in Spring 2001 and a retest for students who failed in the fall, 43 percent of Cambridge’s students have still not passed the exam. Over the next year and the next few retests, some of those students will increase their scores and pass. But the stark reality remains—if Cambridge had not taken the courageous action...