Concord Students' Test Scores Among Best in State

Concord students scored significantly higher than the state average on the controversial PARCC tests.

The computer-based PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) tests were administered in the spring. Not every school district in Massachusetts participated, as some have complained the test is too hard and unfairly measures teacher performance.

Statewide, 52 percent of students scored in the “met or exceeded expectations” range in math, while 60 percent hit that mark in English.

In Concord, those figures were 82 percent and 76 percent, respectively.

“These results help show schools and communities how students fared against a new measurement,” said Education Secretary James Peyser in a statement. “I am glad to have these results in hand as the Board contemplates different options for statewide assessments.”

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