Lynn MCAS Results 2014: Part I

On September 19, 2014, 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 2013.

MASSACHUSETTS

	Reading/ELA	Math
3	57 (0)	68 (+2)
4	54 (+1)	52 (0)
5	64 (-2)	62 (+1)
6	68 (+1)	60 (-1)
7	72 (0)	50 (-2)
8	79 (+1)	52 (-3)
10	90 (-1)	79 (-1)
ALL	69 (0)	60 (-1)



LYNN

	Reading/ELA	Math
3	42 (+5)	60 (+2)
4	37 (+2)	40 (+5)
5	46 (-7)	44 (-4)
6	50 (+6)	39 (+4)
7	51 (+3)	24 (+4)
8	57 (0)	31 (+2)
10	78 (-5)	58 (-4)
ALL	51 (+1)	43 (+2)

URBAN DISTRICT COMPARISON

	Reading/ELA	Math
Boston	49 (+2)	44 (+2)
Brockton	48 (+1)	38 (+2)
Fall River	50 (+3)	41 (+4)
Holyoke	32 (-2)	28 (-2)
Lawrence	44 (+4)	41 (+3)
Lowell	50 (+2)	47 (0)
Lynn	51 (0)	43 (+1)
New Bedford	45 (+1)	38 (+2)
Springfield	41 (0)	33 (+5)
Worcester	52 (+1)	39 (-2)

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/ELA	Math
Boston	77.7	69.9
Brockton	75.9	66.7
Fall River	76.9	68.5
Holyoke	64.3	58.5
Lawrence	72.9	69.1
Lowell	76	71.8
Lynn	79	71.3
New Bedford	75.1	67.2
Springfield	71.4	61.8
Worcester	77.1	66.3

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