Melrose MCAS 2017 Scores: Science Gets Big Boost

This year's MCAS procedure is confusing at best. To read up on all the changes, click here.

In short, a "new" MCAS test was administered to public school students in grades 3-8. Among the changes are a new scoring system that says whether students were exceeding, meeting, partially meeting, or not meeting expectations.

The "old" MCAS was taken by 10th grade students. The scoring system graded students as advanced, proficient, needs improvement, or warning/failing.

The subjects were math, English, and science. The science portion was only administered to students in grades 5, 8, and 10.

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For Melrose, you can see how students in grades 3-8 in the Hoover, Horace Mann, Roosevelt, Winthrop, and Lincoln schools by searching The Boston Globe's database here. Click what grade and subject you want, and type "Melrose" into the search bar.

The 10th grade numbers are a bit easier to digest. Here are the percentage of students among Melrose High 10th graders who scored advanced, proficient, needs improvement, and warning/failing.

• In math, there were 59 advanced, 27 proficient, 11 needs improvement, and 3 warning/failing. That is generally even with last year's numbers, with 2 percent more students scoring proficient.
• In English, there were 60 advanced, 39 proficient, 1 needs improvement, and 0 warning/failing. That is a 5 percent boost in students scoring proficient.
• In science, there were 43 advanced, 43 proficient, 13 needs improvement, and 1 warning/failing. That is an impressive 11 percent boost in advanced scoring. Four percent of that increase came from the group which formerly needed improvement.

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