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Poor results on MCAS science test

Failure rate at urban high schools raises warning flag across state

By Tracy Jan
Globe Staff / October 16, 2007

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More than a quarter of Massachusetts high school students who took the MCAS science exam last spring flunked, with dozens of urban high schools across the state registering a failure rate of 50 percent or higher in the first comprehensive test of students' competency in different scientific subjects. (Full article: 1159 words)

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