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Pittsfield

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2022

2022 Official Accountability Report - Pittsfield

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Pittsfield (02360000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I District

REGION
West/Central

GRADES SERVED
PK,K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12

Accountability information

Low participation rate: Asian -Students w/disabilities -EL and former EL

DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR
SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
About the Data
Group	2019 Achievement	2022 Achievement	N
All Students	491.8	487.1	2,112
High needs	486.6	482.7	1,596
Low income	486.9	482.7	1,506
EL and Former EL	487.5	478.2	191
Students w/ disabilities	475.7	470.5	480
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	8
Asian	511.3	498.7	28
Afr. Amer./Black	485.7	483.9	227
Hispanic/Latino	486.6	479.6	360
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	489.6	484.2	241
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	1
White	493.9	490.3	1,238

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
About the Data
Group	2019 Achievement	2022 Achievement	N
All Students	495.5	495.1	378
High needs	486.3	489.0	258
Low income	486.6	490.0	237
EL and Former EL	-	-	15
Students w/ disabilities	478.2	476.8	92
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	7
Afr. Amer./Black	482.5	483.5	45
Hispanic/Latino	485.1	492.1	46
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	493.0	491.5	23
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	499.8	497.3	257

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
About the Data
Group	2019 Achievement	2022 Achievement	N
All Students	489.4	483.7	2,115
High needs	483.9	479.2	1,583
Low income	483.9	478.9	1,493
EL and Former EL	486.2	478.5	190
Students w/ disabilities	474.6	468.8	476
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	8
Asian	512.6	503.7	28
Afr. Amer./Black	483.7	479.4	223
Hispanic/Latino	483.8	476.8	357
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	485.4	477.4	243
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	1
White	491.7	487.6	1,232

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
About the Data
Group	2019 Achievement	2022 Achievement	N
All Students	492.3	488.3	376
High needs	483.5	483.5	258
Low income	483.8	484.4	236
EL and Former EL	-	-	16
Students w/ disabilities	476.0	475.1	95
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	7
Afr. Amer./Black	482.3	477.5	46
Hispanic/Latino	481.5	484.0	45
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	489.3	481.8	23
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	495.8	491.0	255

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
About the Data
Group	2019 Achievement	2022 Achievement	N
All Students	491.6	487.3	679
High needs	485.9	482.8	499
Low income	486.1	482.6	472
EL and Former EL	487.3	477.8	43
Students w/ disabilities	476.4	472.5	148
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	4
Asian	-	-	8
Afr. Amer./Black	483.0	482.8	75
Hispanic/Latino	484.8	481.0	89
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	485.6	482.5	84
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	1
White	495.0	490.9	411

Science achievement - MCAS Composite Performance Index (CPI) (2019) and average composite scaled score (2022) - High school
About the Data
Group	2019 Achievement (CPI)	2022 Achievement (Average composite scaled score)	N
All Students	81.0	486.5	347
High needs	72.4	481.9	237
Low income	72.1	483.0	217
EL and Former EL	-	-	14
Students w/ disabilities	62.5	471.1	89
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	6
Afr. Amer./Black	73.4	477.6	46
Hispanic/Latino	66.7	482.9	40
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	81.5	477.1	21
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	84.7	489.3	234

English language arts growth - Non-high school
About the Data
Group	2019 Mean SGP	2022 Mean SGP	N
All Students	42.3	44.8	1,545
High needs	40.8	42.9	1,144
Low income	40.7	42.8	1,078
EL and Former EL	47.2	44.5	124
Students w/ disabilities	37.1	35.4	307
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	6
Asian	60.0	55.9	21
Afr. Amer./Black	40.0	42.5	158
Hispanic/Latino	42.9	44.0	238
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	42.7	43.5	180
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	1
White	42.0	45.5	941

English language arts growth - High school
About the Data
Group	2019 Mean SGP	2022 Mean SGP	N
All Students	47.8	52.0	337
High needs	42.4	47.6	226
Low income	41.2	48.2	208
EL and Former EL	-	-	10
Students w/ disabilities	44.0	42.3	80
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	6
Afr. Amer./Black	36.5	39.6	38
Hispanic/Latino	48.4	57.1	36
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	39.4	48.6	20
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	50.3	53.0	237

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
About the Data
Group	2019 Mean SGP	2022 Mean SGP	N
All Students	38.3	44.6	1,514
High needs	38.0	43.1	1,113
Low income	37.7	42.8	1,047
EL and Former EL	38.7	45.3	122
Students w/ disabilities	36.8	37.1	297
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	5
Asian	49.9	60.9	21
Afr. Amer./Black	39.6	42.3	154
Hispanic/Latino	38.0	42.5	230
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	34.6	40.8	180
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	1
White	38.3	45.9	923

Mathematics growth - High school
About the Data
Group	2019 Mean SGP	2022 Mean SGP	N
All Students	42.4	43.0	331
High needs	36.3	41.9	222
Low income	36.8	41.5	204
EL and Former EL	-	-	11
Students w/ disabilities	37.3	45.0	80
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	6
Afr. Amer./Black	35.2	37.2	37
Hispanic/Latino	41.7	40.5	35
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	35.3	38.3	20
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	44.0	44.5	233

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
About the Data
Group	2020 Rate (%)	2021 Rate (%)	N
All Students	83.6	88.0	432
High needs	76.6	83.7	294
Low income	74.3	83.6	274
EL and Former EL	66.7	85.2	27
Students w/ disabilities	63.9	73.7	118
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	1
Asian	-	-	10
Afr. Amer./Black	84.2	89.3	56
Hispanic/Latino	65.4	81.5	54
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	71.4	81.5	27
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	87.7	89.4	284

Extended engagement rate - High school
About the Data
Group	2019 Rate (%)	2020 Rate (%)	N
All Students	89.8	87.4	396
High needs	86.7	82.2	269
Low income	87.5	80.1	241
EL and Former EL	80.0	90.5	21
Students w/ disabilities	82.4	72.2	108
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	6
Afr. Amer./Black	90.5	87.7	57
Hispanic/Latino	82.2	82.7	52
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	96.6	71.4	21
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	90.0	89.2	260

Annual dropout rate - High school
About the Data
Group	2020 Rate (%)	2021 Rate (%)	N
All Students	2.5	2.3	1,608
High needs	3.5	3.5	956
Low income	3.8	3.7	806
EL and Former EL	2.0	3.7	54
Students w/ disabilities	5.2	5.2	387
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	2
Asian	0.0	0.0	24
Afr. Amer./Black	3.0	1.5	203
Hispanic/Latino	2.5	3.2	217
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	4.6	1.6	122
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	2.2	2.4	1,040

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
About the Data
Group	2020 Rate (%)	2022 Rate (%)	N
All Students	50.7	38.8	165
High needs	-	-	-
Low income	-	-	-
EL and Former EL	50.7	38.8	165
Students w/ disabilities	-	-	-
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-
Afr. Amer./Black	-	-	-
Hispanic/Latino	-	-	-
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	-	-	-

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
About the Data
Group	2020 Rate (%)	2022 Rate (%)	N
All Students	29.3	20.5	39
High needs	-	-	-
Low income	-	-	-
EL and Former EL	29.3	20.5	39
Students w/ disabilities	-	-	-
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-
Afr. Amer./Black	-	-	-
Hispanic/Latino	-	-	-
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	-	-	-
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	-	-	-

Chronic absenteeism - Non-high school
About the Data
Group	2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days)	2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days)	N
All Students	21.2	10.4	2,968
High needs	28.0	13.1	2,291
Low income	30.3	13.7	2,167
EL and Former EL	25.2	10.8	286
Students w/ disabilities	30.5	16.7	657
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	11
Asian	4.3	0.0	38
Afr. Amer./Black	32.4	10.7	327
Hispanic/Latino	31.6	14.8	568
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	21.0	14.1	340
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	2
White	17.1	8.4	1,682

*The 2022 accountability calculations include the percentage of students missing 10% or more of their days in membership in 2019, and the percentage of students missing 20% or more of their days in membership in 2022.

Chronic absenteeism - High school
About the Data
Group	2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days)	2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days)	N
All Students	31.0	24.9	1,651
High needs	40.8	32.3	1,152
Low income	44.2	33.4	1,073
EL and Former EL	38.3	25.8	89
Students w/ disabilities	42.6	35.0	408
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	2
Asian	-	-	18
Afr. Amer./Black	40.4	36.6	202
Hispanic/Latino	41.0	31.9	235
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	34.3	38.2	131
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	27.5	19.8	1,063

Advanced coursework completion - High school
About the Data
Group	2021 Rate (%)	2022 Rate (%)	N
All Students	60.4	58.0	741
High needs	45.3	45.9	477
Low income	44.8	46.8	434
EL and Former EL	45.5	37.5	40
Students w/ disabilities	28.6	30.0	160
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	-	-	1
Asian	-	-	8
Afr. Amer./Black	47.6	50.6	83
Hispanic/Latino	50.5	40.5	111
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	51.2	42.4	66
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	-	-	-
White	65.5	65.0	472

Assessment participation - All students
About the Data
Group	English language arts			Mathematics			Science
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Enrolled	Assessed	%
All Students	2,561	2,477	97	2,575	2,512	98	1,105	1,066	96

Assessment participation - Student groups
About the Data
Group	English language arts		Mathematics		Science		Overall
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Total Enrolled	Total Assessed	%
High needs	1,916	1,838	1,914	1,859	800	765	4,630	4,462	96
Low income	1,797	1,728	1,794	1,742	745	714	4,336	4,184	96
EL and Former EL	234	193	234	227	73	68	541	488	90
Students w/ disabilities	605	564	608	571	266	244	1,479	1,379	93
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.	8	-	8	-	4	-	20	-	-
Asian	35	30	35	35	15	-	85	80	94
Afr. Amer./Black	281	271	277	271	124	121	682	663	97
Hispanic/Latino	426	393	424	415	147	140	997	948	95
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.	269	265	272	267	108	107	649	639	98
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.	1	-	1	-	1	-	3	-	-
White	1,529	1,497	1,532	1,489	698	670	3,759	3,656	97

School Accountability Information
About the Data
School	Accountability information	School accountability percentile
Allendale	Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022	30
Crosby	Low student group performance	3
Crosby Educational Academy	Insufficient data	-
Eagle Education Academy	Insufficient data	-
Egremont	Low participation rate	38
John T Reid Middle	Low student group performance; Low participation rate	3
Morningside Community School	Low student group performance	12
Pittsfield High	Low participation rate	25
Pittsfield Public Virtual Academy	Low participation rate	-
Robert T. Capeless Elementary School	Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022	34
Silvio O Conte Community	Low student group performance	7
Stearns	Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022	39
Taconic High	Low student group performance	8
Theodore Herberg Middle	Low participation rate	17
Williams	Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022	82

About this Report

Accountability information: Most districts and schools did not receive an overall accountability determination in 2022. However, school accountability reports may contain additional performance information if the school has been designated underperforming or chronically underperforming, or if they have one or more low performing student groups, a low graduation rate, or low assessment participation. District accountability reports may contain additional information if the district has been designated chronically underperforming or if the district has low assessment participation.

School accountability percentile: An accountability percentile between 1 and 99 is reported for most schools. This number is an indication of the school's overall performance relative to other schools that serve similar grades, and is calculated using multiple years of data for all accountability indicators. School percentiles are not calculated for districts.

Low income and economically disadvantaged students: Beginning in fall 2021, DESE no longer reports data for the economically disadvantaged student group and instead reports data for a newly defined low income student group. Unlike the economically disadvantaged group or the former low income group used prior to 2015, the new group includes a broader range of disadvantaged students who are identified through one of three different sources:

1. Students who participate in one or more of the following state-administered assistance programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Transitional Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC); the Department of Children and Families' (DCF) foster care program; and MassHealth (Medicaid);

2. Students who are homeless, as reported to DESE by districts via the Homeless and Foster Care data collection tool; or

3. Students who are identified as low income through the Supplemental Low Income Data Collection, as reported to DESE by districts via the Student Information Management System (SIMS).

This change also impacts the membership of the high needs student group, which is an unduplicated count of all students in a school or district belonging to the students with disabilities, English Learner (EL) and former EL, and/or low income students groups.
In the 2022 accountability results, the 2022 data for accountability indicators includes students who meet the new definition of low income. Earlier data for accountability indicators includes who students who were previously identified as economically disadvantaged.

Resources

Interpretive Materials

Glossary of 2022 Accountability Terms