[Antiracism] The Status of Latino Education in Massachusetts - a new report by the Gaston Institute

[Eduardo Suarez]

The Gastón Institute Releases New Report 

 The Status of Latino Education in Massachusetts

Co-authored by Nicole Lavan, researcher at the Gastón Institute, and Miren Uriarte, Director of the Institute, the report, titled 'The Status of Latino Education in Massachusetts', uses data from the Massachusetts Department of Education to report on key outcome indicators, including the trends in the results for Latino students in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assesment System (MCAS) from 2001-2006.  
 It finds that, although some gains have been made in achievement, the engagement of Latino students is tenuous, at best, and is characterized by low attendance rates, high dropout rates, and the lowest graduation rate of any group in the state.  This state-level report is the third in a series of reports published by the Gastón Institute on Latino educational outcomes in Massachusetts. 
 
'Though the results are still very depressing when compared to those of other groups, there have been slight improvements in MCAS results and even a light narrowing of the achievement gap between Latino and other students,' said Dr. Miren Uriarte. 'The more intractable problem seems to be the failure of engaging Latino students in the educational enterprise, as is shown by their high dropout rates and low graduation rates for Latino students in Massachusetts.'
 




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