2006 NEWS
 

	Whole Child Alliance Applauds New Bedford Diploma Move, Cabral Bill  May 2006
	Putting tests to the test by Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe Columnist  May 2006
	State warns New Bedford not to relax MCAS rule May 2006
	Study Finds Mass. Merit Scholarship Program Not Likely to Promote College Access 3/06 2005 NEWS
	Massachusetts Dropout Rates Rise in 2003-2004:  Recommendations for Action 11/05
	MA DOE inflates MCAS pass rates for classes of 2005 -06, masking wide opportunity and achievement gaps  7/05
	Scientists Urge Board of Education to Vote Against Science MCAS as Graduation Requirement 5/05
	Teachers and School Districts to Sue Over Education Law April 2005
	Utah Vote Rejects Parts of Education Law  April 2005
	Facing State Protests, U.S. Offers More Flexibility on School Rules April 2005
	Connecticut to Sue U.S. Over Cost of Testing Law April 2005
	Information on the Hancock education funding case Feb 2005
	Separate and unequal schools By Derrick Z. Jackson    Feb, 2005
	State's highest court rejects school funding lawsuit Feb 2005
	State to consider raising MCAS bar Feb 2005
	MCAS scores don't provide a meaningful comparison of schools Feb 2005 Anne Wheelock

2004 NEWS

	Myopia in Massachusetts  The state's focus on scores harms students and ignores crucial indicators of school quality.
	Collapse of 60 Charter Schools Leaves Californians Scrambling Sept 2004
	One out of four African American students, one out of three Latino students from the class of 2006 not included in 2004 MCAS testing Sept. 2004 Anne Wheelock
	2004 MCAS test results
	Lack of funds may force state to cancel MCAS testing in history, science 8/04
	Massachusetts Department of Education "progress report" inflates MCAS "pass rates" for the Class of 2004  6/04
	Boston charter schools show concentrated enrollments of African American students,  under enrollments of Latino and Asian students     May 2004
	Boston charter school enrollments favor most advantaged students March 23, 2004
	Schools rethink vending-machine fare March 2004
	U.S. Set to Ease Some Provisions of School Law March 2004
	Romney's scholarship plan favors richer school districts -Suburban whites would largely be tuition winners
	Wheelock Letter about the Romney scholarships March 2004
	Utah House Rebukes Bush With Its Vote on No Child Left Behind Law  Feb 2004
	New immigrants get break on MCAS test Feb. 2004
	Test scores of recent immigrants who do not speak English would no longer be considered in determining whether a school was meeting annual targets for academic progress. Feb 2004
	Latino, African-American, and Poor Students Unlikely to Benefit from MCAS Scholarship Proposal  January, 2004
	No Child Left Behind" after Two Years: a Track Record of Failure January 2004 2003 NEWS
	Student exclusions in Massachusetts schools rise 15%  October 2003
	PLANS TO LIBERALIZE MCAS WAIVER ACCESS COMING SOON Sept 2003
	MCAS refugees flock to GED - Sept 2003
	Rising Demands for Testing Push Limits of Its Accuracy Sept 2003
	Report on The Pioneer Institute-Privatizing the Common Wealth- 2003
	Boyotters stick to their beliefs and are denied a diploma - May 2003
	MCAS Special Ed pass rate for the Class of 2003 inflated by Department of Education
	Special-ed students need not pass MCAS for diplomas- May 2003
	State plans to add two MCAS tests by 2011 April 2003
	Graduation rate projected for the Massachusetts Class of 2003 lowest in years
	DOE report inflates MCAS pass rates for the class of 2003- March 2003
	Bay State Could Be Model for US Ed Law- Jan 2003 2002 NEWS
	News About MCAS in 2002
	News About MCAS in 2001 and before
	News and photos from the critique of the MCAS test