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2022 Official Accountability Report - Westford

Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Westford (03260000)
TITLE I STATUS
Title I District
REGION
Coastal
GRADES SERVED
PK,K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12
Accountability and Assistance Level:Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 511.7 506.1 2,180
High needs 496.1 491.4 635
Low income 498.9 493.4 238
EL and Former EL 503.6 494.7 145
Students w/ disabilities 491.3 484.5 393
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 518.1 512.5 693
Afr. Amer./Black 507.0 495.6 27
Hispanic/Latino 502.1 497.7 63
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 512.1 508.5 95
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 509.1 503.2 1,300

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 520.6 517.9 380
High needs 502.0 503.1 88
Low income 506.3 504.6 37
EL and Former EL-- 9
Students w/ disabilities 497.7 500.2 59
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 531.9 523.6 116
Afr. Amer./Black-- 3
Hispanic/Latino-- 9
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 11
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 518.0 515.8 241

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 515.6 510.9 2,182
High needs 500.4 495.4 634
Low income 501.6 495.5 237
EL and Former EL 513.5 504.0 146
Students w/ disabilities 494.8 488.0 391
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 526.8 522.4 692
Afr. Amer./Black 505.7 496.7 27
Hispanic/Latino 501.3 496.4 65
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 514.5 511.9 95
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 511.0 505.7 1,301

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 522.8 520.2 384
High needs 501.0 503.4 90
Low income 504.7 505.2 39
EL and Former EL-- 9
Students w/ disabilities 495.5 499.8 61
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 538.4 529.1 117
Afr. Amer./Black-- 3
Hispanic/Latino-- 9
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 11
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 518.5 516.5 244

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 514.1 509.7 695
High needs 498.5 492.9 170
Low income 495.9 493.7 53
EL and Former EL 506.1 498.8 31
Students w/ disabilities 494.1 486.7 115
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 519.2 516.2 221
Afr. Amer./Black-- 5
Hispanic/Latino- 504.4 25
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.- 516.7 27
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 512.2 506.3 415

Science achievement - MCAS Composite Performance Index (CPI) (2019) and average composite scaled score (2022) - High school
Group 2019 Achievement (CPI) 2022 Achievement
(Average composite scaled score)
N
All Students 98.6 520.7 364
High needs 93.5 508.1 81
Low income 97.1 512.5 33
EL and Former EL-- 6
Students w/ disabilities 91.5 504.5 57
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 99.8 525.3 110
Afr. Amer./Black-- 3
Hispanic/Latino-- 6
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 11
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 98.5 518.9 234

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 52.8 55.2 1,689
High needs 47.7 48.0 447
Low income 48.0 46.2 160
EL and Former EL 56.7 51.8 90
Students w/ disabilities 45.7 45.2 284
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 57.6 61.1 543
Afr. Amer./Black-- 18
Hispanic/Latino 50.3 55.4 45
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 55.0 58.1 68
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 50.6 51.9 1,013

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 61.5 64.2 343
High needs 51.1 59.8 68
Low income 50.6 58.8 29
EL and Former EL-- 2
Students w/ disabilities 49.1 58.6 48
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 69.4 71.1 100
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 9
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 10
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 60.2 61.3 222

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 56.3 58.6 1,689
High needs 56.4 55.7 446
Low income 55.3 57.1 160
EL and Former EL 61.3 61.4 91
Students w/ disabilities 55.9 51.8 282
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 59.3 64.4 543
Afr. Amer./Black-- 18
Hispanic/Latino 58.7 61.3 46
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 58.8 57.3 68
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 54.7 55.5 1,012

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 61.2 55.0 346
High needs 53.6 56.2 70
Low income 49.5 54.5 31
EL and Former EL-- 2
Students w/ disabilities 52.6 58.4 50
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 65.5 52.4 101
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 9
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 10
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 60.1 55.5 224

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 97.5 97.1 450
High needs 89.9 90.4 115
Low income 87.5 87.3 55
EL and Former EL-- 7
Students w/ disabilities 87.9 86.8 76
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 100.0 98.1 104
Afr. Amer./Black-- 5
Hispanic/Latino-- 11
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.- 100.0 21
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 96.9 96.8 309

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2019 Rate (%) 2020 Rate (%) N
All Students 99.3 99.3 434
High needs 96.8 96.6 89
Low income 96.9 92.5 40
EL and Former EL-- 4
Students w/ disabilities 97.1 96.6 58
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 100.0 100.0 89
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 7
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 15
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 99.1 99.4 321

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 0.4 0.2 1,642
High needs 0.7 0.6 320
Low income 1.4 1.8 109
EL and Former EL-- 13
Students w/ disabilities 1.0 0.0 209
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 0.0 0.0 449
Afr. Amer./Black-- 19
Hispanic/Latino 7.7 10.0 30
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 0.0 0.0 55
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 0.3 0.1 1,087

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 87.3 61.6 86
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL 87.3 61.6 86
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
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students-- 10
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL-- 10
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
Group 2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days) 2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days) N
All Students 3.2 1.2 2,881
High needs 6.6 3.3 859
Low income 11.1 5.2 329
EL and Former EL 2.2 1.4 218
Students w/ disabilities 8.5 4.3 509
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 4
Asian 1.8 0.7 906
Afr. Amer./Black 0.0 0.0 39
Hispanic/Latino 12.5 0.0 86
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 1.8 3.7 134
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 3.7 1.5 1,712

*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
Group 2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days) 2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days) N
All Students 5.4 2.1 1,607
High needs 17.8 5.6 337
Low income 32.0 4.3 138
EL and Former EL 5.4 0.0 38
Students w/ disabilities 17.5 6.8 221
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 3
Asian 1.3 1.5 464
Afr. Amer./Black- 0.0 20
Hispanic/Latino 11.4 5.0 40
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 7.6 0.0 49
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 6.5 2.4 1,030

*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.


Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2021 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 72.6 70.8 814
High needs 43.7 38.5 135
Low income 46.6 49.2 59
EL and Former EL-- 16
Students w/ disabilities 37.8 28.2 78
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 91.7 91.4 232
Afr. Amer./Black-- 11
Hispanic/Latino-- 15
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 80.6 78.3 23
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 65.8 61.6 531

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 2,598 2,56399 2,596 2,57199 1,094 1,08199

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 748 726 745 729 271 263 1,764 1,71897
Low income 282 275 280 276 94 92 656 64398
EL and Former EL 162 157 162 160 43 42 367 35998
Students w/ disabilities 467 453 464 453 182 177 1,113 1,08397
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat. 2- 2- 2- 6--
Asian 816 811 817 811 341 338 1,974 1,96099
Afr. Amer./Black 30 30 30 30 8- 68 68100
Hispanic/Latino 75 72 76 74 35 34 186 18097
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 108 107 108 107 39 38 255 25299
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---------
White 1,567 1,541 1,563 1,547 669 661 3,799 3,74999

School Accountability Information
School Accountability information School accountability percentile
Abbot ElementaryDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 89
Blanchard MiddleDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 95
Col John RobinsonInsufficient data-
Day ElementaryDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 86
John A. Crisafulli Elementary SchoolDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 95
NabnassetInsufficient data-
Rita E. Miller Elementary SchoolInsufficient data-
Stony Brook SchoolDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 93
Westford AcademyDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 99


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.


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