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2022 Official Accountability Report - Westfield Technical Academy
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Westfield (03250000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I School
SCHOOL
Westfield Technical Academy (03250605)		GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12
REGION
West/Central		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
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Accountability information

Low student group performance: White
School accountability percentile
16

Student group percentile

Group2022 percentile
High needs 29
Low income 22
English learner (EL) and Former EL -
Students with disabilities 31
American Indian or Alaskan Native -
Asian -
African American/Black -
Hispanic or Latino -
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino -
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander -
White 5

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 501.4 494.7 134
High needs 498.9 491.8 95
Low income 501.7 493.3 75
EL and Former EL-- 9
Students w/ disabilities 490.4 485.0 37
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 1
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 18
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 3
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 502.6 495.0 110

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 497.2 491.2 134
High needs 492.4 488.0 95
Low income 496.3 489.8 75
EL and Former EL-- 8
Students w/ disabilities 482.8 480.4 37
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 1
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 18
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 3
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 497.9 492.1 110

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 81.3 485.7 128
High needs 73.3 482.8 89
Low income 77.5 482.8 70
EL and Former EL-- 7
Students w/ disabilities 58.8 479.7 34
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 1
Afr. Amer./Black-- 1
Hispanic/Latino-- 17
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 3
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 84.1 486.6 106

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 52.4 43.6 127
High needs 54.9 43.6 90
Low income 52.7 43.0 71
EL and Former EL-- 6
Students w/ disabilities 59.1 45.7 35
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 1
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 16
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 2
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 54.0 42.9 106

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 42.0 40.4 127
High needs 41.8 41.0 90
Low income 41.6 42.5 71
EL and Former EL-- 5
Students w/ disabilities 41.9 41.6 35
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 1
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 16
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 2
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 43.5 39.3 106

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 92.2 94.9 137
High needs 86.8 92.1 89
Low income 86.4 91.0 78
EL and Former EL---
Students w/ disabilities 78.9 91.5 47
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian---
Afr. Amer./Black-- 3
Hispanic/Latino-- 15
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 93.5 94.9 118

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2019 Rate (%) 2020 Rate (%) N
All Students 91.5 94.6 129
High needs 90.6 90.8 76
Low income 88.6 89.8 59
EL and Former EL-- 1
Students w/ disabilities 88.6 84.2 38
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 4
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 14
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 2
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 91.2 95.3 107

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 0.9 1.6 573
High needs 1.0 2.1 335
Low income 1.0 2.9 245
EL and Former EL-- 18
Students w/ disabilities 1.3 1.3 155
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 6
Afr. Amer./Black-- 7
Hispanic/Latino 1.6 0.0 67
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 10
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 0.8 1.9 481

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students- 9.5 21
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL- 9.5 21
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 - High school
Group 2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days) 2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days) N
All Students 13.9 6.4 531
High needs 18.2 8.7 344
Low income 23.1 10.5 275
EL and Former EL 30.4 12.9 31
Students w/ disabilities 11.9 5.1 137
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 7
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino 13.2 4.3 69
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 9
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 13.6 6.3 443

*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 19.2 18.6 247
High needs 13.5 13.8 160
Low income 16.5 16.8 125
EL and Former EL-- 14
Students w/ disabilities 5.0 1.5 66
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino 19.4 12.0 25
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 6
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 19.2 19.8 212

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 135 13399 135 135100 135 135100

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 96 94 96 96 96 96 288 28699
Low income 76 75 76 76 76 76 228 227100
EL and Former EL 10- 9- 9- 28--
Students w/ disabilities 37 37 37 37 37 37 111 111100
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---------
Asian 1- 1- 1- 3--
Afr. Amer./Black 3- 3- 3- 9--
Hispanic/Latino 18- 18- 18- 54--
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 3- 3- 3- 9--
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---------
White 110 108 110 110 110 110 330 32899


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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