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Framingham 2016 MCAS Scores
Scores are down from last year, but Framingham remains well above the rest of the state when it comes to science.
FRAMINGHAM, MA — The 2016 MCAS results are in and Framingham's scores are slightly down when compared with their results from last year’s exam. Below are the results for the 10th-grade tests in math, English, and science.
English: 91 percent of students scored either advanced or proficient on the exam, down from 94 percent last year. This year, 48 percent scored advanced compared to 50 percent last year. In proficient, the percentage is down a point to 41 percent. Only 8 percent scored either warning/failing or needs improvement. The statewide average for either advanced or proficient in English this year was 91 percent.
Math: The number of students in the advance and proficient categories is down to 80 from 83. While the 64 percent of students in the advance category beats last year result by 3 percentage points, the number of students scoring in the proficient category is down from 22 to 16 percent. About 20 percent of students scored needs improvement or warning/failing. The statewide average for either advanced or proficient in Math this year was 80 percent.
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Science: Students scoring advance or proficient is down to 83 percent from 84. Advance students are up from 38 percent to 41 while proficient students are down from 45 to 42. Sixteen percent of students scored either needs improvement or warning/failing. The statewide average for either advanced or proficient in Science this year was 73 percent.
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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.
All data used in this article is from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. See the results here.
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