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MCAS Results for Newton Public Schools

MCAS Scores Tell a Story of Diversity and Success in Newton

What do the MCAS scores reveal about Newton? One of the big draws for us to move to Newton is the ethnic and socio-economic diversity which is rare in metro west suburbs of Boston.

While the numbers don’t lie, there is back story. Given that Newton has a large degree of kids who speak English as a second language, it’s understandable that their scores would be lower in elementary school as they master two languages. Newton public schools scores handily outperform Massachusetts by 20 percentage points (give or take a few) across all grades and subjects.

What is really interesting (and great!) is that by 10th grade, 96% of students are proficient or higher in English, 94% in Math, and 87% in Science/Engineering. My daughter’s English/Social Studies teacher at Day Middle School raised her three kids in Newton, and, due to redistricting, had two kids in Newton South High School and one graduating from Newton North. She said, “Kids get a great education in Newton no matter where they go.” The numbers concur!

Data is from Department of Education.

Grade and Subject	Proficient or Higher		Advanced		Proficient		Needs Improvement		Warning/ Failing		Students Included	CPI	SGP	Included in SGP
Grade and Subject	DISTRICT	STATE	DISTRICT	STATE	DISTRICT	STATE	DISTRICT	STATE	DISTRICT	STATE	Students Included	CPI	SGP	Included in SGP
GRADE 03 – READING	80	61	29	15	51	46	17	30	3	9	921	93.0	N/A	N/A
GRADE 03 – MATHEMATICS	78	61	47	27	31	34	17	25	6	14	921	90.5	N/A	N/A
GRADE 04 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS	75	57	28	13	47	44	19	30	6	14	1,029	90.3	63.0	934
GRADE 04 – MATHEMATICS	74	51	35	16	39	35	20	36	6	12	1,031	90.2	61.0	940
GRADE 05 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS	84	61	39	17	45	44	13	28	4	11	928	93.8	65.0	866
GRADE 05 – MATHEMATICS	82	57	55	25	27	32	11	26	7	17	934	91.9	64.0	875
GRADE 05 – SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG	71	52	37	22	34	30	23	34	6	14	933	88.5	N/A	N/A
GRADE 06 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS	86	66	42	18	44	48	9	22	4	11	929	94.3	58.0	867
GRADE 06 – MATHEMATICS	83	60	54	27	29	33	11	24	6	16	933	92.6	52.0	874
GRADE 07 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS	89	71	32	15	57	56	9	21	2	7	877	95.5	57.0	813
GRADE 07 – MATHEMATICS	79	51	48	20	31	31	14	30	7	18	877	90.2	62.0	815
GRADE 08 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS	93	81	36	18	57	63	5	14	2	6	870	97.3	60.0	823
GRADE 08 – MATHEMATICS	80	52	52	22	28	30	13	28	7	19	875	90.3	64.0	831
GRADE 08 – SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG	63	43	11	5	52	38	28	38	9	20	869	83.6	N/A	N/A
GRADE 10 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS	96	88	61	37	35	51	3	9	1	3	908	98.9	59.0	791
GRADE 10 – MATHEMATICS	94	78	77	50	17	28	4	15	2	7	904	97.3	61.0	788
GRADE 10 – SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG	87	69	54	24	33	45	10	25	3	6	861	94.5	N/A	N/A
ALL GRADES – ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS	86	69	38	19	48	50	11	22	3	9	6,462	94.6	60.0	5,094
ALL GRADES – MATHEMATICS	81	59	52	27	29	32	13	26	6	15	6,475	91.8	61.0	5,123
ALL GRADES – SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG	74	54	34	17	40	37	20	32	6	13	2,663	88.8	N/A	N/A

Compared to most of Boston’s Metro West suburbs, Newton has a diverse population with significant Asian, African American and Hispanic populations. The elementary schools with Level 2 Assistance and Accountability is due to a large proportion of English as a second language students. Newton provides the support they need as evidenced by high overall scores in 10th grade.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2011-12)
Race	% of District	% of State
African American	5.4	8.3
Asian	15.6	5.7
Hispanic	7.0	16.1
Native American	0.1	0.2
White	66.6	67.0
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic	5.3	2.5

School Accountability Information About the Data
School	School Type	Title I Status	Accountability and Assistance Level
A E Angier	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 2
Bowen	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 2
C C Burr	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Cabot	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Countryside	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Franklin	Elementary School	Title I School (TA)	Level 2
Lincoln-Eliot	Elementary School	Title I School (TA)	Level 2
Horace Mann	Elementary School	Title I School (TA)	Level 1
Mason-Rice	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Peirce	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Memorial Spaulding	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 2
Underwood	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
John Ward	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Williams	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 2
Zervas	Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 2
Bigelow Middle	Middle School	Title I School (TA)	Level 1
Charles E Brown Middle	Middle School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
F A Day Middle	Middle School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 2
Oak Hill Middle	Middle School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 2
Newton North High	High School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Newton South High	High School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Level 1
Newton Early Childhood Center	Early Elementary School	Non-Title I School (NT)	Insufficient data

October 1, 2012

Massachusetts Fourth-Graders: High Math Scores Compare Favorably Internationally!

U.S. Students Make Gains in Math Scores

Results on Global Tests Likely to Fuel Debate on Standards; Asian Nations Still Top Lists

“Two states, Massachusetts and Minnesota, sought to have their schools’ test results broken out separately. Both reported results outpacing the rest of the nation. In the most impressive showing, Massachusetts fourth-graders scored roughly as well as those in high-performing Taiwan and Japan …

Mitchell Chester, Massachusetts commissioner of education, said the state in the early 1990s developed new assessments and standards that, as in Minnesota, stressed the mastery of math facts and algebra. But Mr. Chester also pointed out that under NCLB, about half of Massachusetts’ schools are failing to meet annual progress goals. He says Congress should give states incentives to have more rigorous standards, recognizing that such an approach may make it tougher for students to meet NCLB requirements. Senate aides said such an approach is now under consideration.

Parents in Massachusetts and Minnesota are wealthier and more highly educated than the U.S. averages, advantages that traditionally translate into higher scores. But Massachusetts officials point to success in classrooms such as those of Arthur T. Talmadge Elementary School in Springfield. The school has reported some of the highest math scores on state tests, despite a school population in which three-quarters of the students are classified as low-income.

Elizabeth Crowley, the school’s principal, says 271-student Talmadge has instituted a before-school tutoring program that draws 76 kids in third and fourth grades. Talmadge also has a longer school day than many in the state, including 90-minute daily blocks of math and half an hour of nightly fourth-grade math homework. “It’s about high expectations and following through,” Ms. Crowley said. “We’re pretty demanding. We teach them and expect them to do the work and stick with it until they grasp the concept.”

Newton MCAS math scores are here.

GRADE 3
Subject		Advanced	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	27	49	20	4	941
	State	12	45	33	10	70,675
Mathematics	District	45	38	12	5	941
	State	20	40	25	15	70,791
GRADE 4
Subject		Advanced	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	23	52	21	3	890
	State	12	42	35	11	70,471
Mathematics	District	37	38	21	5	894
	State	16	32	41	11	70,709
GRADE 5
Subject		Advanced	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	32	51	15	2	904
	State	15	48	29	8	71,661
Mathematics	District	49	31	15	5	907
	State	22	32	29	18	71,793
Science & Tech	District	32	38	27	3	907
	State	17	32	39	12	71,686
GRADE 6
Subject		Advanced	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	29	55	12	4	836
	State	16	50	24	9	70,999
Mathematics	District	45	33	15	7	836
	State	24	33	27	16	71,085
GRADE 7
Subject		Advanced	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	30	57	10	3	831
	State	14	56	23	7	71,696
Mathematics	District	35	38	18	9	835
	State	16	33	30	21	71,975
GRADE 8
Subject		Advanced	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	27	62	9	2	804
	State	15	63	15	6	73,140
Mathematics	District	50	27	15	7	806
	State	20	28	28	23	73,170
Science & Tech	District	8	52	32	9	806
	State	4	35	40	21	72,982
GRADE 10
Subject		Advanced	Proficient	Needs Improv.	Warning/ Failing	Students tested
English	District	43	48	8	1	883
	State	28	51	17	4	70,383
Mathematics	District	73	16	9	2	878
	State	47	28	18	8	70,194
Science & Tech	District	39	41	18	2	824
	State	16	45	29	9	68,034

District summary | Results for individual schools

SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL RESULTS

Note: “Placement overall” ranks schools by combining the percentage of students who were either “Advanced” or “Proficient” and comparing that number for each subject and grade with schools across the state. The ranking was done by Boston.com.

A. E. ANGIER
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	32	50	14	4	74	66 of 980
3rd Math	58	26	12	4	74	77 of 981
4th English	13	63	23	1	71	139 of 967
4th Math	28	49	18	6	72	62 of 967
5th English	47	34	14	5	59	146 of 896
5th Math	61	26	5	7	57	39 of 897
5th Science	49	26	23	2	57	95 of 897

BOWEN
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	35	38	26	1	78	221 of 980
3rd Math	41	45	8	6	78	56 of 981
4th English	34	47	17	1	76	82 of 967
4th Math	54	26	17	3	76	40 of 967
5th English	40	47	12	2	60	62 of 896
5th Math	47	43	5	5	60	17 of 897
5th Science	30	37	30	3	60	180 of 897

C. C. BURR
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	25	53	22	0	55	125 of 980
3rd Math	40	45	13	2	55	66 of 981
4th English	35	53	12	0	57	33 of 967
4th Math	38	43	20	0	56	33 of 967
5th English	50	43	7	0	58	19 of 896
5th Math	52	40	9	0	58	11 of 897
5th Science	47	40	12	2	58	17 of 897

CABOT
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	21	58	18	2	84	105 of 980
3rd Math	46	33	18	2	84	159 of 981
4th English	15	58	24	3	71	178 of 967
4th Math	27	45	24	4	71	102 of 967
5th English	8	72	18	2	61	164 of 896
5th Math	43	25	28	5	61	236 of 897
5th Science	21	48	26	5	61	158 of 897

COUNTRYSIDE
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	16	53	24	7	68	303 of 980
3rd Math	33	46	15	6	67	159 of 981
4th English	17	54	25	5	65	202 of 967
4th Math	31	40	24	4	67	116 of 967
5th English	31	49	16	4	74	164 of 896
5th Math	50	22	18	11	74	167 of 897
5th Science	28	28	39	4	74	348 of 897

FRANKLIN
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	33	42	22	3	76	176 of 980
3rd Math	52	40	5	3	75	15 of 981
4th English	15	53	27	5	59	252 of 967
4th Math	27	42	24	7	59	135 of 967
5th English	27	47	21	5	66	263 of 896
5th Math	36	29	29	6	66	272 of 897
5th Science	24	35	38	3	66	295 of 897

LINCOLN-ELIOT
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	27	45	25	2	51	240 of 980
3rd Math	49	45	4	2	51	8 of 981
4th English	11	51	38	0	37	357 of 967
4th Math	19	32	41	8	37	420 of 967
5th English	30	46	20	4	46	232 of 896
5th Math	22	48	26	4	46	204 of 897
5th Science	20	43	35	2	46	238 of 897

HORACE MANN
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	14	50	27	9	64	407 of 980
3rd Math	31	39	19	11	64	331 of 981
4th English	20	52	22	6	64	192 of 967
4th Math	47	34	9	9	64	33 of 967
5th English	20	65	12	3	60	94 of 896
5th Math	62	27	7	5	60	23 of 897
5th Science	30	43	22	5	60	113 of 897

MASON-RICE
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	44	45	9	3	78	15 of 980
3rd Math	47	42	4	6	78	30 of 981
4th English	30	55	13	2	53	49 of 967
4th Math	57	28	9	6	53	12 of 967
5th English	39	49	11	1	72	49 of 896
5th Math	67	21	8	4	72	30 of 897
5th Science	36	42	19	3	72	65 of 897

PEIRCE
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	17	54	23	6	48	259 of 980
3rd Math	38	31	25	6	48	344 of 981
4th English	41	51	7	2	61	9 of 967
4th Math	42	37	15	6	62	47 of 967
5th English	38	50	12	0	60	49 of 896
5th Math	59	30	7	5	61	23 of 897
5th Science	56	26	18	0	61	37 of 897

MEMORIAL SPAULDING
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	26	54	18	2	65	90 of 980
3rd Math	49	29	17	5	65	185 of 981
4th English	6	50	40	4	82	449 of 967
4th Math	24	33	39	4	82	313 of 967
5th English	21	61	17	1	76	131 of 896
5th Math	47	36	14	3	76	67 of 897
5th Science	36	34	30	0	76	144 of 897

UNDERWOOD
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	23	51	23	2	47	201 of 980
3rd Math	33	52	10	4	48	66 of 981
4th English	11	55	29	5	38	288 of 967
4th Math	13	61	18	8	38	86 of 967
5th English	29	61	10	0	59	39 of 896
5th Math	55	33	12	0	60	30 of 897
5th Science	27	50	23	0	60	72 of 897

JOHN WARD
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	27	54	15	4	48	77 of 980
3rd Math	48	31	15	6	48	159 of 981
4th English	48	38	14	0	42	42 of 967
4th Math	69	26	5	0	42	1 of 967
5th English	39	47	13	0	38	78 of 896
5th Math	63	29	8	0	38	11 of 897
5th Science	37	42	21	0	38	60 of 897

WILLIAMS
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	25	61	11	3	36	31 of 980
3rd Math	47	39	11	3	36	56 of 981
4th English	15	70	11	4	53	49 of 967
4th Math	34	47	19	0	53	33 of 967
5th English	17	55	24	5	42	304 of 896
5th Math	29	45	19	7	42	148 of 897
5th Science	12	40	36	12	42	405 of 897

ZERVAS
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
3rd English	38	43	17	2	58	77 of 980
3rd Math	55	26	12	7	58	128 of 981
4th English	57	33	6	4	49	17 of 967
4th Math	55	31	12	2	49	7 of 967
5th English	38	48	14	0	56	78 of 896
5th Math	43	27	27	4	56	204 of 897
5th Science	27	45	25	4	56	124 of 897

BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
6th English	25	59	13	2	177	92 of 565
6th Math	48	30	15	7	177	77 of 565
7th English	31	54	12	3	158	96 of 466
7th Math	33	38	23	7	160	60 of 466
8th English	25	64	8	3	155	128 of 464
8th Math	58	20	15	7	156	33 of 464
8th Science	8	48	34	10	155	96 of 464

CHARLES E. BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
6th English	29	58	11	2	228	60 of 565
6th Math	43	39	13	4	228	48 of 565
7th English	40	51	7	2	214	41 of 466
7th Math	39	39	16	6	217	23 of 466
8th English	34	60	5	0	225	52 of 464
8th Math	55	29	11	5	224	12 of 464
8th Science	9	60	25	7	223	37 of 464

F. A. DAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
6th English	33	49	14	5	222	116 of 565
6th Math	42	32	18	8	222	110 of 565
7th English	25	63	11	2	265	71 of 466
7th Math	35	42	16	7	264	30 of 466
8th English	25	66	9	1	230	91 of 464
8th Math	44	30	19	7	233	56 of 464
8th Science	6	48	36	9	233	109 of 464

OAK HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
6th English	31	56	9	4	193	60 of 565
6th Math	52	33	10	4	193	28 of 565
7th English	27	59	11	2	172	86 of 466
7th Math	33	37	19	10	171	68 of 466
8th English	27	59	11	3	175	178 of 464
8th Math	49	28	15	8	173	38 of 464
8th Science	9	51	33	7	175	69 of 464

NEWTON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
10th English	39	52	8	1	423	105 of 353
10th Math	73	17	8	2	421	59 of 351
10th Science	40	40	20	1	400	82 of 341

NEWTON SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Grade/subject	% Advanced	% Proficient	% Needs Improv.	% Warning/ Failing	Students tested	Placement overall
10th English	49	44	7	0	427	75 of 353
10th Math	75	15	8	2	424	59 of 351
10th Science	39	43	15	2	403	68 of 341

The full article is here from CNN.

August 27, 2011

Tag: Newton Public Schools MCAS scores

MCAS Results for Newton Public Schools

MCAS Scores Tell a Story of Diversity and Success in Newton

Massachusetts Fourth-Graders: High Math Scores Compare Favorably Internationally!

U.S. Students Make Gains in Math Scores

Results on Global Tests Likely to Fuel Debate on Standards; Asian Nations Still Top Lists

GRADE 3

GRADE 4

GRADE 5

GRADE 6

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

GRADE 10

SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL RESULTS

A. E. ANGIER

BOWEN

C. C. BURR

CABOT

COUNTRYSIDE

FRANKLIN

LINCOLN-ELIOT

HORACE MANN

MASON-RICE

PEIRCE

MEMORIAL SPAULDING

UNDERWOOD

JOHN WARD

WILLIAMS

ZERVAS

BIGELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL

CHARLES E. BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL

F. A. DAY MIDDLE SCHOOL

OAK HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

NEWTON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

NEWTON SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL