MCAS 2017: How Did Needham Do?

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 Needham, you can see how students in grades 3-8 performed by searching The Boston Globe's database here. Click what grade and subject you want, and type "Needham" into the search bar.

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

• In English, there were 69 percent advanced, 29 proficient, 1 needs improvement, and 1 warning/failing.
• In math, there were 76 percent advanced, 18 proficient, 5 needs improvement, and 1 warning/failing.
• In science, there were 60 percent advanced, 33 proficient, 6 needs improvement, and 1 warning/failing.

By Mike Carraggi, Patch staff

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