Mansfield Sees Consistency in MCAS Scores

The MCAS results are in, and Mansfield showed consistency in the 2014 test. In Student Growth Percentile, the district went up from 55.5 percent to 57 percent in English and from 53 percent to 56 percent in math.

Here are the district-wide results:

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS: 81 percent tested proficient or advanced (55 percent proficient and 26 percent advanced), down slightly from 82 percent last year. 14 percent tested in need of improvement (the same as last year) and 4 percent tested failing (the same as last year).

MATH: 73 percent tested proficient or advanced (34 percent proficient, 39 percent advanced), which is down from last year’s 74 percent. 20 percent tested in need of improvement (up from 19 percent last year) and 7 percent tested failing (the same as last year).

SCIENCE: This year, 66 percent tested proficient or advanced, up from last year’s 63 percent 28 percent tested in need of improvement, and 6 percent tested failing (down from 7 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.