Word: alessandro
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...Cambridge Public Schools Controlled Choice Plan, introduced to the School Committee on Nov. 30 by Superintendent of Schools Bobbie D’Alessandro, calls for the incorporation of socioeconomic status in assigning students to elementary schools. Socioeconomic status would be determined by a student’s eligibility for free and reduced-price meals...
...Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test scores, there was some self-congratulation in the districts that improved. Cambridge was one of those districts—10th grade scores increased by 21 and 27 percent in the English and math sections, respectively. Superintendent of Schools Bobbie J. D’Alessandro hailed this accomplishment, writing in a press release that “We are very pleased with the overall MCAS results...
...Alessandro and other city officials said the MCAS test is not the only measure of a school’s success...
Instead, D’Alessandro says, it is “one form of assessment, a diagnostic tool...
...Alessandro maintains that scores were bound to rise anyway because of increased efforts toward student achievements...