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Download full textCapodilupo, Christina; Wheelock, Anne – 2000
Beginning with the class of 2003, all Massachusetts students must pass the state's high stakes test, MCAS, in order to graduate, which may significantly affect Massachusetts' already high dropout rate. According to this MCAS Alert, instead of remedying the problem of students who graduate without skills, this policy threatens to push the most…
Descriptors: Black Students, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Equal Education
