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State Adding Up Costs Of Drug Lab Scandal

Jim Phillips — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:04:32 +0000

Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is trying to figure out how much it will cost the state to sort through the legal problems caused by the mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug testing lab

SAT Scores Plummet As More Students Take the ACT

Amy Sciarretto — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0000

The average national scores on two out of the three sections of the SAT exam, which is the standardized test students take in order to get into college, trended down for the class of 2012.

That could have to do with the fact more students in the class of '12 took the rival ACT exam than the SAT this year, the first time that has ever happened.

Fairhaven Has Improved MCAS Test Scores

Jack Peterson — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:18:06 +0000

Southcoast school districts performed well on the recent MCAS exams. One of the districts that showed overall gains in their math and english scores was the Fairhaven School District.