Abstract:In 2003, North Shore Vocational High School was one of the lowest-performing school systems in Massachusetts based on scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam. After many new initiatives were implemented and programmatic structures were changed, particularly within the English department, North Shore slowly began to make progress and transitioned from being one of the lowest-performing schools to one of the highest-performing vocational schools in the commonwealth.This study empl… Show more
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