Seekonk, Swansea MCAS 2017 Scores

SEEKONK-SWANSEA, MA – 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 Seekonk and Swansea, you can see how students in grades 3-8 did by searching The Boston Globe's database here. Click what grade and subject you want, and type each school into the search bar.

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

• In math, there were 65 advanced, 21 proficient, 10 needs improvement, and 4 warning/failing. That's a 5 percent jump in advanced scoring compared to last year.
• In English, there were 69 advanced, 27 proficient, 3 needs improvement, and 1 warning/failing. That is 3 percent higher in advanced scoring than last year.
• In science, there were 44 advanced, 43 proficient, 10 needs improvement, and 3 warning/failing. That is a 2 percent boost in advanced scoring.

Here are the percentage of students among Joseph Case High School 10th graders who scored advanced, proficient, needs improvement, and warning/failing.

• In math, there were 52 advanced, 27 proficient, 15 needs improvement, and 6 warning/failing. That's a 16 percent drop in advanced scoring compared to last year.
• In English, there were 56 advanced, 39 proficient, 6 needs improvement, and 0 warning/failing. That is 3 percent lower in advanced scoring than last year.
• In science, there were 34 advanced, 54 proficient, 12 needs improvement, and 0 warning/failing. That is a 15 percent dip in advanced scoring.

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