Re: MCAS, statistics and other math problems

2001-10-05 Thread NoSpam54
Thanks, and moral support is appreciated. MCAS is very controversial in MA. None of the major papers have yet called into question the test itself. Now, the DOE apparently is saying that they stand behind every question. I believe it might help if the MA DOE MCAS group, headed by Jeff Nellha

RE: Boston Globe: MCAS results show weakness in teens' grasp of

2001-08-28 Thread NoSpam54
Chris Olsen wrote: >(1) I would think it highly unlikely that even your poor school districts >are using textbooks from the circa 1976-1980 period. If (in the incredibly >unlikely event that a textbook would actually last 20 years) any of your >schools have such dinosaurs, the occurence of a Tu