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What's Wrong
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Privatization of education in Massachusetts fact
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Research Reports:
MCAS pass rates inflated;
DOE should restate results - March 2003
"DOE's statewide pass rates are dramatically inflated. When all
students who began 9th grade in the class of 2003 are included in the count,
the MCAS pass rate for the class of 2003 is 70%."
Cambridge Chronicle Article 3/12/03 on the report on Pass Rates:
Researcher says MCAS pass rate at 70, not 90 percent
MCAS Alert- June 2002: School
“Accountability” and the Illusion of Progress: Misusing MCAS To Assess School
Quality
MCAS Alert-
September 2000: MCAS: Making the Massachusetts Dropout Crisis Worse
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