Latinos, blacks lag on MCAS

Latinos, blacks lag on MCAS
Black and Hispanic students in the Boston area do not do as well on the MCAS as white students. There is a significant gap that has not been narrowed since 1998. Schools are failing to boost their scores.
In 2005, only about 20 percent of Boston's black and Hispanic fourth-graders scored ''proficient" or above on the English MCAS tests, compared with almost 50 percent of Asian and white students.
According to the ferderal No Child Left Behind law, all students must be proficient in reading and math by the year 2014.

When Africans first started coming to America, they were looked down upon by whites. Most were uneducated and were forced to work as slaves. They were not allowed to go to school. For decades, blacks were considered to be at the bottom of society because they could not read and write. It took many centuries before they were able to attend school and learn to read and write in a classroom. Although they are equal now and get the same education as whites and Asians, it is as though a legacy was left.