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Elementary and middle school MCAS scores flat for second yearState test scores declined or were stagnant in elementary and middle grades in 2006, prompting state Education Commissioner David Driscoll to call for a renewed focus. |
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A crucial leap in MCAS
At least half of the 10th-graders in three of the state's poorest communities scored in the top two of the MCAS test's four categories, the best scores in those districts since the test began. |
Colleges pledge $10m boost to 10 Boston schools
Five Boston-area universities said they will pump $10 million in funds and services into 10 of the city's underperforming public schools to improve test scores and increase the number of students going to college. (Boston Globe, 9/29/06)
Five Boston-area universities said they will pump $10 million in funds and services into 10 of the city's underperforming public schools to improve test scores and increase the number of students going to college. (Boston Globe, 9/29/06)
A closing of the achievement gap
It's rare that good news becomes so routine that it's almost ho-hum, but we may just have reached that point with education reform. (Boston Globe, 9/22/06)
It's rare that good news becomes so routine that it's almost ho-hum, but we may just have reached that point with education reform. (Boston Globe, 9/22/06)
Michael Kryzanek: Education is a partnership
With a simple but forceful bureaucratic statement, the US Department of Education recently announced that 63 schools in our region are considered under performing and would be placed on a federal watch list. In the language of education, that's the equivalent of a failing grade, the result of failing to meet MCAS standards in math and English over two years. (Boston Globe, 9/28/06)
With a simple but forceful bureaucratic statement, the US Department of Education recently announced that 63 schools in our region are considered under performing and would be placed on a federal watch list. In the language of education, that's the equivalent of a failing grade, the result of failing to meet MCAS standards in math and English over two years. (Boston Globe, 9/28/06)
