Easton Sees Consistency in MCAS Scores

The MCAS results are in, and Easton showed some improvement in the 2014 test. In Student Growth Percentile, the district went down from 50 percent to 48 percent in English and from 47 percent to 51 percent in math.

Here are the district-wide results:

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS: 79 percent tested proficient or advanced (61 percent proficient and 18 percent advanced), up slightly from 77 percent last year. 17 percent tested in need of improvement (down from 18 percent last year) and 4 percent tested failing (the same as last year).

MATH: 71 percent tested proficient or advanced (37 percent proficient, 34 percent advanced), which is down from last year’s 73 percent. 22 percent tested in need of improvement (up from 20 percent last year) and 7 percent tested failing (the same as last year).

SCIENCE: This year, 65 percent tested proficient or advanced, the same as last year. 30 percent tested in need of improvement, and 4 percent tested failing (the same as last year).

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandates that every student be proficient in English language arts and math by 2014. In Massachusetts, this proficiency is measured by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS).

A school must improve in proficiency each year based on adequate yearly progress (AYP). In Massachusetts, AYP is determined by student performance on various parts of the MCAS.