Portsmouth Schools Among Top 5 in State for NECAP Scores

With the exception of their counterparts in Barrington and East Greenwich, Portsmouth students were among the top five scoring school districts on the 2010 New England Common Assessment Program tests, according to data .

The NECAP assessments measure progress in reading and mathematics among students in grades 3 through 8 and in grade 11. They also measure proficiency in writing in fifth- and eighth-graders. Students took the standardized tests in October.

East Greenwich and Barrington students routinely rank as the top two in terms of the NECAP test scores, but rarely in that order. For the last three years, at least, according to the data released yesterday, Barrington has been the highest achieving school district in the state on the standardized tests.

In 2010, as in past years, Barrington students at the high school, middle school and elementary school level out-performed students from around the state, with East Greenwich a close second.  Portsmouth, South Kingstown and Narragansett  students rounded out the top five in each school level in 2010.

Editor's note: Please see the accompanying charts to see how Portsmouth fared compared to other high-performing school districts in the state, as well as how local schools did compared to previous years.