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Students and faculty of Noonan Business Academy in Dorchester reacted to word of their improved MCAS scores.

A crucial leap in MCAS

10th-graders in poor cities raise rankings

By Maria Sacchetti
Globe Staff / September 28, 2006

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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 in 1998. (Full article: 1020 words)

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