Lexington's MCAS Results Slightly Down from Last Year

LEXINGTON, MA — The 2016 MCAS results are in and Lexington's scores decreased slightly compared to 2015's results. Below are the results for the 10th-grade tests in math, English, and Science.

• English: 98 percent of Lexington students scored proficiently or higher in English Language Arts, an increase of seven percentage points from 91 percent for the entire state and a decrease of one percentage point from 99 percent last year. 79 percent of students received advanced scores
• Math: 96 percent of Lexington students scored proficiently or higher in Math, representing a decrease of two percentage points over 2015's score of 98 percent, and an increase of ten percentage points above the state average of 78 percent. 89 percent of students received advanced scores
• Science and Technology: 95 percent of Lexington students scored proficiently or higher in Science, Technology and Engineering, a two percent decrease compared to last year's mark of 97 and a 22 percent-point advantage over the state average of 73 percent. 72 percent of students received advanced scores.

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.

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