Consistency Seen in Foxborough MCAS Scores

The MCAS results are in, and Foxborough showed consistency in the 2014 test. In Student Growth Percentile, the district went up from 49 percent to 54 percent in English and from 63 percent to 55 percent in math.

Here are the district-wide results:

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS: 78 percent tested proficient or advanced (59 percent proficient and 19 percent advanced), this is even with last year’s scores. 18 percent tested in need of improvement (the same as last year) and 4 percent tested failing (the same as last year).

MATH: 78 percent tested proficient or advanced (36 percent proficient, 42 percent advanced), which is up from last year’s 73 percent. 17 percent tested in need of improvement (down from 21 percent last year) and 6 percent tested failing (the same as last year).

SCIENCE: This year, 62 percent tested proficient or advanced, the same as last year’s test. 33 percent tested in need of improvement, and 5 percent tested failing (down from 8 percent 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.