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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Within a month, Driscoll said, the department will compare 1999 and 2000 scores to 1998 scores for every school in the state and rate each school as meeting or failing to meet improvement guidelines set by the state...
...release of the scores came three weeks after the Massachusetts Association of School Committees criticized MCAS as "seriously flawed" and called for the state to hold off on using the test as a graduation standard...
...familiar offering of hot dogs and beer, not a few were serving up a more decadent fare. There was champagne, pate and cheeses far more exotic than anything you'd put on a hamburger. Certainly, the festivities were just a bit removed from the likes that fans at Ohio State or MSU might recognize, but then again, this is Harvard, and if it does nothing else, Harvard teaches you how to enjoy the finer things in life, even at a tailgate...
...campaign's low-wattage legal eagles outlined for reporters a plan to reappear before the same high court with a different vehicle: a contest of the original Miami-Dade results that are headed to the Secretary of State's office on Sunday. And they will fight them in "perhaps other counties," until Gore calls them off. Some say this means weeks...
...reasons for Washington's concern is obvious: Egypt, the first Arab state to make peace with Israel, plays an anchor role in the peace process, supported by Jordan. It's extremely unlikely that any new peace initiatives could get off the ground without their support, and by downgrading diplomatic ties they're sending a message to the Palestinian and Arab streets that there are no hopes of any short-term resumption of peace efforts. Yet it is those same streets, in combination with Israel's use of more aggressive tactics in recent weeks, that may have forced that decision...