Friday, September 20, 2013

Lynn MCAS Results 2013: Part I

On September 20, 2013, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the 2013 MCAS to the general public at the state, district and individual school levels for tests taken during the Spring of 2013. See below for the proficiency rates ('Advanced' and 'Proficient' combined) for the state, the city of Lynn. Also included is a more detailed look at Lynn's student performance in comparison with Massachusetts' nine other urban Commissioner's Districts. 

All numbers are in percentages.
Positive and negative numbers in parentheses represent the percent change from 2012.


MASSACHUSETTS


Reading/ELAMath
357 (-4)66 (+5)
453 (-4)52 (+1)
566 (+5)61 (+4)
667 (+1)61 (+1)
772 (+1)52 (+1)
878 (-3)55 (+3)



1091 (+3)80 (+2)



ALL69 (0)61 (+2)





LYNN


Reading/ELAMath
337 (-4)58 (+12)
435 (-3)35 (-1)
553 (+5)48 (+7)
644 (+5)35 (-4)
748 (-2)20 (-1)
857 (-2)29 (+1)



1083 (+3)62 (-5)



ALL50 (0)41 (+1)








URBAN DISTRICT COMPARISON


Reading/ELAMath
Boston47 (+1)42 (+1)
Brockton47 (-2)40 (+4)
Fall River47 (-1)37 (0)
Holyoke34 (0)30 (+4)
Lawrence41 (0)38 (+10)
Lowell48 (0)47 (+3)
Lynn50 (0)41 (+1)
New Bedford44 (-2)36 (+1)
Springfield41 (0)28 (-10)
Worcester51 (0)41 (0)



Another metric used to measure student performance is the Cumulative Performance Index (CPI). CPIs are a measure of the extent to which students are progressing toward 100% proficiency in ELA or math; the goal is a CPI of 100 which is the equivalent of all students having achieved proficiency (an advanced or proficient score) on the exam. More specifically, each student participating in the MCAS is given a score based on well they perform on the MCAS which is later averaged among the district, school or subgroup to determine the CPI. Possible scores are 0 (Warning/Failing - Low), 25 (Warning/Failing - High), 50 (Needs Improvement - Low), 75 (Needs Improvement - High), and 100 (Proficient or Advanced). 

Below are the CPIs for the 10 Commissioner's Districts. 


Reading/ELAMath
Boston75.169.3
Brockton75.568.8
Fall River75.566.5
Holyoke66.760.9
Lawrence71.766.6
Lowell75.371.8
Lynn78.170.1
New Bedford74.566.6
Springfield71.360.7
Worcester77.168




All data taken from: www.doe.mass.edu

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