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MCAS and Somerville kids: Adam Sweeting’s forum

Posted by Alain Jehlen a 9:25 pm on January 30, 2008

Here's a fascinating forum on MCAS and what it really means on the ground level, inside our schools.… Read More.>>

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MCAS and Somerville kids, Part 2

Posted by Alain Jehlen a 9:20 pm on

Is high-stakes testing "the civil rights issue of our time" or a strategy for avoid the hard steps we need to take to improve education? See what you think.… Read More.>>

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MCAS and Somerville kids, Part 3

Posted by Alain Jehlen a 9:00 pm on

Somerville Teachers Association President Linda Vitiello (an elementary school teacher) tells a story about a child, a mural, and what paper-and-pencil tests don’t measure.… Read More.>>

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