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52 MA Schools Get Recognition Under New Accountability System
These schools are the first to be recognized for high achievement, high growth, or significantly exceeding their targets under the system.
More than 50 schools were the first to receive recognition under the state's new accountability system rolled out along with the 2018 MCAS scores Thursday.
State education officials said the accountability system is "more comprehensive" than the previous system. It takes into account more than just test scores, considering student achievement, student growth, high school completion, English proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and advanced coursework.
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The following 52 schools were recognized for high achievement, high growth, or significantly exceeding their targets:
- Francis J McGrath Elementary, Worcester
- Jefferson Elementary School, Rockland
- Winship Elementary, Boston
- Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School, Berkshire Hilles
- Royalston Community School, Athol-Royalston
- William F. Stanley Elementary School, Waltham
- Wawecus Road School, Worcester
- Cold Spring, Plymouth
- Anne T. Dunphy School, Williamsburg
- Joseph P Manning, Boston
- Frederick J Dutile, Billerica
- Shutesbury Elementary
- South, Somerset
- Bennett-Hemenway, Natick
- Horace Mann, Newton
- Hyman Fine Elementary School, Attleboro
- James B Congdon, New Bedford
- Laliberte Elementary School, Bridgewater-Raynham
- West Elementary, Andover
- Walton, Wakefield
- E Ethel Little School, North Reading
- Charles J Prescott, Norwood
- Community Day Charter Public School - R. Kingman Webster
- Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II)
- Florence Roche School, Groton-Dunstable
- Cushing Elementary, Scituate
- John D Hardy, Wellesely
- Westhampton Elementary School
- Swallow/Union School, Groton-Dunstable
- Plymouth River, Hingham
- Lenox Memorial High
- Medfield Senior High
- Katharine Lee Bates, Wellesley
- Daniel Butler, Belmont
- Hopkinton High
- Harrington, Lexington
- South Elementary, Hingham
- Lexington High
- L D Batchelder, North Reading
- Pine Hill, Sherborn
- Spring Street, Shrewsbury
- Josiah Haynes, Sudbury
- Loker School, Wayland
- Willard, Concord
- Chickering, Dover
- Franklin J F Kennedy Memorial, Franklin
- Benjamin G Brown, Somerville
- Downey, Westwood
- Martha Jones, Westwood
- Vinson-Owen Elementary, Winchester
- Ambrose Elementary, Winchester
- Winchester High School
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