2012 MCAS results show 53 percent of Somerville students are proficient or higher in English and 40 percent are proficient or higher in math.
In Somerville, 53 percent of public school students are "proficient" or "advanced" in English, and 40 percent are "proficient" or "advanced" in math, according to MCAS results released Wednesday. For English, that represents a slight improvement over previous years. In 2011, 52 percent of students were proficient or higher in English, and the number was 51 percent in both 2010 and 2009. The 2012 math MCAS results, where 40 percent of students scored "proficient" or "advanced," were the same as 2011, but the numbers were slightly higher in 2010 (42 percent) and 2009 (41 percent). The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education uses the annual MCAS—Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System—exams to evaluate student …
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2011 MCAS results show 52 percent of Somerville students are proficient or more than proficient in English; in math the number is 40 percent.
In Somerville, 52 percent of students are "proficient" or "advanced" in English, and in math, 40 percent of students are "proficient" or "advanced," according to recent MCAS results. Results from the spring 2011 MCAS—Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System— tests were released on Monday. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education uses the annual MCAS exam to evaluate how well students, schools and districts are meeting the objective of the federal No Child Left Behind Act: that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. Students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 took the exam last spring. The results show that, overall, Somerville students scored less than students across the state. One exception …
Warren Dew
7:42 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012
Jane, SAT scores and calculus and physics achievement scores in the 700+ range would be far more reassuring than an implication that I should be willing to sacrifice my kids' actual learning in favor of politically correct indoctrination. more ›