MCAS Annual Comparisons
GRADE 10 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 37 | 45 | 41 | 49 | PROFICIENT | 51 | 46 | 48 | 42 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | FAILING | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | |
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GRADE 10 - MATHEMATICS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 50 | 55 | 53 | 53 | PROFICIENT | 28 | 25 | 25 | 25 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | FAILING | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | | |
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GRADE 10 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 24 | 26 | 29 | 27 | PROFICIENT | 45 | 45 | 42 | 44 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | FAILING | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | |
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GRADE 08 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 18 | 20 | 14 | 26 | PROFICIENT | 63 | 58 | 65 | 54 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | WARNING | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | | |
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GRADE 08 - MATHEMATICS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 22 | 22 | 19 | 29 | PROFICIENT | 30 | 32 | 33 | 31 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 28 | 25 | 29 | 23 | WARNING | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | | |
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GRADE 08 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | PROFICIENT | 38 | 35 | 38 | 39 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 38 | 43 | 41 | 40 | WARNING | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | | |
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GRADE 07 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | PROFICIENT | 56 | 59 | 61 | 60 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | WARNING | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | | |
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GRADE 07 - MATHEMATICS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | PROFICIENT | 31 | 33 | 33 | 30 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 30 | 27 | 26 | 26 | WARNING | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | | |
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GRADE 06 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | PROFICIENT | 48 | 51 | 52 | 52 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 22 | 23 | 23 | 19 | WARNING | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | | |
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GRADE 06 - MATHEMATICS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 27 | 25 | 29 | 30 | PROFICIENT | 33 | 35 | 31 | 32 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | WARNING | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | | |
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GRADE 05 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 17 | 18 | 18 | 23 | PROFICIENT | 44 | 47 | 46 | 48 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 28 | 24 | 26 | 20 | WARNING | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | | |
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GRADE 05 - MATHEMATICS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 25 | 28 | 30 | 35 | PROFICIENT | 32 | 33 | 30 | 32 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 26 | 25 | 24 | 21 | WARNING | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | | |
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GRADE 05 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 22 | 20 | 20 | 16 | PROFICIENT | 30 | 31 | 33 | 35 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 34 | 36 | 34 | 37 | WARNING | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | | |
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GRADE 04 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | PROFICIENT | 44 | 43 | 41 | 43 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 30 | 33 | 33 | 33 | WARNING | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | | |
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GRADE 04 - MATHEMATICS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | PROFICIENT | 35 | 34 | 32 | 29 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 36 | 38 | 36 | 40 | WARNING | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | | |
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GRADE 03 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | PROFICIENT | 46 | 45 | 46 | 49 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 30 | 36 | 33 | 32 | WARNING | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | | |
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GRADE 03 - MATHEMATICS | ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ADVANCED | 27 | 31 | 31 | 32 | PROFICIENT | 34 | 36 | 38 | 39 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT | 25 | 22 | 21 | 18 | WARNING | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
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NOTE: Since only a portion of students in grades 3-8 participated in 2015 MCAS in ELA and Mathematics, a representative sample of students from across Massachusetts was used to estimate student achievement at the state level in those subjects.