District Gets First Look At MCAS Results

School officials and the public got a first look at Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test results Wednesday.

The test was given last spring.

Swampscott School Committee members will receive a full report on the results from Assistant Superintendent Pam Angelakis at a meeting in October.

At Wednesday's School Committee meeting, Superintendent Lynne Celli said Swampscott, based on the results, is considered a Level 2 School District. 

The state places districts under 5 levels with 1 being the highest performing level and 5 the lowest performing level.

Statewide, there are 400 districts. Ninety-six of them are listed at Level 1 and 200 are listed at Level 2.

The superintendent said Swampscott's respective test results corresponded to the allocation of resources.

Where resources were targeted, test scores tended to improve; and where they were reduced, the scores tended to slip.

School Committee member Ted Delano said he looked at Swampscott's results Wednesday and some are promising.

The MCAS is a standardized test that measures students' performance. It is given to students in grades 3-10, and the 10th graders must pass the test in order to qualify for graduation.

Below are Swampscott's 2012 and 2011 results, and the 2012 level summary by school districts.

 

For more information on the MCAS visit the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's web site.

 

 

2012

Grade and Subject Proficient or Higher Advanced Proficient Needs Improvement Warning/ Failing Students Included CPI SGP Included in SGP DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE GRADE 03 - READING 77 61 22 15 55 46 19 30 4 9 174 92.1 N/A N/A GRADE 03 - MATHEMATICS 79 61 44 27 35 34 17 25 3 14 174 92.7 N/A N/A GRADE 04 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 73 57 14 13 59 44 24 30 3 14 140 90.2 54.0 132 GRADE 04 - MATHEMATICS 69 51 23 16 46 35 27 36 4 12 140 89.8 48.0 133 GRADE 05 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 70 61 16 17 54 44 24 28 6 11 169 88.2 35.0 157 GRADE 05 - MATHEMATICS 62 57 24 25 38 32 24 26 13 17 168 82.7 40.0 157 GRADE 05 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 70 52 33 22 37 30 23 34 7 14 168 87.6 N/A N/A GRADE 06 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 80 66 22 18 58 48 19 22 1 11 160 93.1 53.0 153 GRADE 06 - MATHEMATICS 72 60 33 27 39 33 24 24 4 16 159 89.5 55.0 151 GRADE 07 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 88 71 20 15 68 56 11 21 1 7 195 96.3 55.0 186 GRADE 07 - MATHEMATICS 70 51 21 20 49 31 24 30 7 18 195 86.5 59.0 188 GRADE 08 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 91 81 21 18 70 63 8 14 1 6 177 96.5 60.0 170 GRADE 08 - MATHEMATICS 61 52 28 22 33 30 30 28 9 19 176 83.9 50.0 168 GRADE 08 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 58 43 7 5 51 38 36 38 6 20 176 83.7 N/A N/A GRADE 10 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 97 88 62 37 35 51 3 9 0 3 196 99.2 62.0 179 GRADE 10 - MATHEMATICS 93 78 64 50 29 28 6 15 1 7 196 97.6 59.0 177 GRADE 10 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 88 69 36 24 52 45 12 25 0 6 183 96.0 N/A N/A ALL GRADES - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 83 69 26 19 57 50 15 22 2 9 1,211 93.9 54.0 977 ALL GRADES - MATHEMATICS 73 59 35 27 38 32 21 26 6 15 1,208 89.1 52.0 974 ALL GRADES - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 73 54 26 17 47 37 24 32 4 13 527 89.2 N/A N/A

2011

Grade and Subject Proficient or Higher Advanced Proficient Needs Improvement Warning/ Failing Students Included CPI SGP Included in SGP DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE DISTRICT STATE GRADE 03 - READING 80 61 18 11 62 50 18 30 1 9 146 93.8 N/A N/A GRADE 03 - MATHEMATICS 85 66 28 14 57 52 14 25 1 10 147 95.6 N/A N/A GRADE 04 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 67 53 12 10 55 43 30 35 2 12 171 89.2 51.0 166 GRADE 04 - MATHEMATICS 57 47 19 15 38 32 39 42 4 11 171 85.2 42.0 166 GRADE 05 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 76 67 13 17 63 50 22 24 2 9 157 91.1 37.5 150 GRADE 05 - MATHEMATICS 63 59 31 25 32 34 27 26 9 15 157 84.2 59.0 150 GRADE 05 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 56 50 15 14 41 36 37 36 7 15 157 81.5 N/A N/A GRADE 06 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 84 68 18 17 66 51 12 23 3 9 163 94.5 44.5 154 GRADE 06 - MATHEMATICS 72 58 32 26 40 32 20 25 8 16 164 88.0 67.0 155 GRADE 07 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 79 73 11 14 68 59 19 21 2 6 174 92.8 30.5 162 GRADE 07 - MATHEMATICS 65 51 30 19 35 32 23 27 13 22 175 81.6 72.0 161 GRADE 08 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 94 79 36 20 58 59 3 15 3 6 176 96.9 64.0 169 GRADE 08 - MATHEMATICS 65 52 26 23 39 29 24 27 11 21 176 83.2 52.0 167 GRADE 08 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 54 39 6 4 48 35 40 42 6 19 176 82.1 N/A N/A GRADE 10 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 92 84 46 33 46 51 7 13 2 3 197 97.1 58.5 182 GRADE 10 - MATHEMATICS 86 77 54 48 32 29 11 16 3 7 195 94.1 50.5 182 GRADE 10 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 83 67 28 20 55 47 16 27 2 7 194 93.2 N/A N/A ALL GRADES - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 82 69 23 17 59 52 16 23 2 8 1,184 93.7 46.0 983 ALL GRADES - MATHEMATICS 71 58 32 24 39 34 23 27 7 15 1,185 87.4 59.0 981

 

• 2012 District and School Level Summary:

Statewide Totals
by LevelDistrictsSchools # % # % Level 5 1 0% -- -- Level 4 12 3% 43 3% Level 3 71 19% 298 19% Level 2 200 53% 743 47% Level 1 96 25% 503 32% Total 380 100% 1587 100% Insufficient Data 20 -- 242 --