MCAS Scores Announced; Students 'Proficient or Higher'

From the Massachusetts Department of Education website: (Listed per grade, per subject, is the percent of Shrewsbury students who scored proficient or higher, as well as the percentage of students statewide who scored the same.)

Students in the Northborough public schools scored higher (in some cases much higher) than the state average in all categories in MCAS scores, according to results released from the Department of Education.

According to the DOE, "The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is designed to meet the requirements of the Education Reform Law of 1993. As required by the Education Reform Law, students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics and one of the four high school Science and Technology Engineering tests as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma (in addition to fulfilling local requirements)."

Students excelled especially, scoring "proficient or higher," in areas of English language arts, grade 5 and 10 science and engineering, and grade 10 math.

Grade 3

Reading: 73/61

Math: 73/61

Grade 4

English Language Arts: 68/57

Math: 57/51

Grade 5

English Language Arts: 73/61

Math: 66/57

Science & Tech/Engineering: 75/52

Grade 6

English Language Arts: 78/66

Math: 63/60

Grade 7

English Language Arts: 90/71

Math: 76/51

Grade 8

English Language Arts: 82/81

Math: 59/52

Science & Tech/Engineering: 70/43

Grade 10 (Algonquin Regional)

English Language Arts: 100/88

Math: 96/78

Science & Tech/Engineering: 92/69