Re: Private School Circumvents State Graduation Test

[arthurhu@comcast.net]

what about employers who don't care about non-mcas non-wasl 
diplomas?
> Sue,
> 
> What a great cartoon!  But haven't we all known all along that it's
> about punishment not reward?  Nice to see others catching on...
> 
> Karen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arn-l-owner@interversity.org [mailto:arn-l-owner@interversity.org]
> On Behalf Of Susan Allison
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 4:34 AM
> To: arn-l@interversity.org
> Subject: Re: [arn-l] Private School Circumvents State Graduation Test
> 
> This story about the Maine school issuing diplomas to FCAT victims
> reminded
> me of another story from Massachusetts...
> 
> "Several New England colleges and universities that require high school
> diplomas for admission say they may accept students who fail MCAS but
> receive ''local diplomas'' that state education officials have declared
> illegal.
> 
> The prospect that some four-year colleges may consider a non-MCAS
> diploma to
> be as good as one with MCAS credentials could undermine a central tenet
> of
> education reform.
> 
> 'They are doing a disservice to the goals of education reform and to the
> principles many of them claim to hold dear,' said James A. Peyser,
> chairman
> of the state Board of Education, adding that he doubts the move would
> have
> broad impact."
> 
> Source:  Mass. irked by colleges' willingness to accept non-MCAS
> diplomas,
> The Boston Globe, by Michele Kurtz, December 23, 2002.
> 
> You simply must go to my site and look at the cartoon related to this
> story
> that I posted on our site with the permission of the cartoonist Kevin
> Keene -  http://www.geocities.com/stophsa/Peyser.html
> 
> Looks like a not-so-underground railroad is emerging to deliver us from
> the
> oppression and injustice of high stakes testing!
> 
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