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Bigelow Middle

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2026

Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Bigelow Middle

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Newton (02070000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Bigelow Middle (02070305)

GRADES SERVED
06,07,08

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	96%	67%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	79%
	Meeting or exceeding targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All Students (Non-high school grades)			Lowest Performing Students (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	10	12	60.0	4	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	0	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		7.6	9.6	-	4.1	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		79%		-	54%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		67%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All Students (Non-high school grades)			Lowest Performing Students (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	12	12	60.0	8	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	20.0	7	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		9.4	9.6	-	7.2	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		98%		-	95%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		96%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	89%	52%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	67%
	Substantial progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.4	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		52%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		52%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-
	Achievement total	11	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		9.2	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		89%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		89%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	511.0	510.3	-0.7	512.4	431	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	472.3	474.6	2.3	477.4	67	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	492.4	494.0	1.6	494.1	175	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	486.3	490.4	4.1	489.7	72	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Low Income	488.2	493.3	5.1	490.3	85	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	489.8	485.4	-4.4	492.2	81	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	520.9	518.2	-2.7	523.0	84	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	492.8	482.8	-10.0	495.0	20	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	496.6	495.5	-1.1	500.5	69	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	515.4	514.1	-1.3	518.6	42	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	513.6	513.8	0.2	515.1	216	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	508.7	510.4	1.7	511.2	432	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing	477.3	480.9	3.6	483.1	67	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
High Needs	495.3	497.6	2.3	497.5	175	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	496.0	497.6	1.6	498.2	70	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	490.2	495.3	5.1	492.6	85	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	491.8	487.9	-3.9	495.0	82	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	523.7	523.4	-0.3	526.7	84	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	490.7	485.9	-4.8	493.7	20	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	493.6	495.2	1.6	496.5	70	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	513.6	513.1	-0.5	517.5	43	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	509.9	512.0	2.1	512.3	215	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	508.4	506.1	-2.3	510.6	132	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	34	-	-
High Needs	496.9	491.8	-5.1	500.4	53	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Low Income	495.5	483.8	-11.7	499.9	29	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	-	-	-	-	29	-	-
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	501.9	493.5	-8.4	506.5	25	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	508.0	509.6	1.6	509.6	67	3	Recovery Path: Met Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	56.2	410	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	50.1	67	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	53.8	167	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	57.2	69	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	54.7	80	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	48.5	78	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	56.2	79	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	18	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	55.1	64	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	51.1	41	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	59.3	208	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	58.0	414	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	57.8	67	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	55.7	170	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	57.1	69	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	53.5	81	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	52.5	79	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	56.2	81	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	19	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	55.3	65	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	56.0	42	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	61.2	207	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	46.4	56.5	10.1	51.6	23	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	46.4	56.5	10.1	51.6	23	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Students with Disabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chronic absenteeism - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	10.8	12.6	1.8	9.7	461	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	20.8	25.4	4.6	17.5	67	0	Declined
High Needs	18.6	20.8	2.2	16.5	192	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	14.1	19.8	5.7	11.1	81	0	Declined
Low Income	23.2	25.0	1.8	18.9	92	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	22.5	22.1	-0.4	20.0	86	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	4.2	5.9	1.7	2.1	85	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	15.0	8.7	-6.3	12.0	23	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	12.3	19.8	7.5	8.1	81	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	17.8	18.2	0.4	16.7	44	1	No Change
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	10.5	11.8	1.3	9.3	228	0	Declined

Assessment participation - All students
Group	English language arts					Mathematics					Science
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate
All Students	453	446	98	Yes	1	452	449	99	Yes	1	140	138	99	Yes	1

Assessment participation - Student Group
Group	English language arts		Mathematics		Science		Overall
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Total Enrolled	Total Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate
High Needs	190	185	188	186	56	55	434	426	98	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	80	79	79	78	18	18	177	175	99	Yes	1
Low Income	91	91	91	91	31	31	213	213	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	86	82	84	83	30	29	200	194	97	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	84	84	84	84	20	20	188	188	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	22	22	22	22	8	8	52	52	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	80	75	78	76	28	27	186	178	96	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	43	42	43	43	13	13	99	98	99	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	224	223	225	224	71	70	520	517	99	Yes	1

About this report

About the Data

Overall classification: All Massachusetts districts and schools with sufficient data are classified into one of two accountability categories: districts and schools requiring assistance or intervention, and districts and schools not requiring assistance or intervention. The reason(s) for the district's or school's classification are noted on this report.

Progress toward improvement targets: The criterion-referenced target percentage combines multiple years of data related to achievement, growth, high school completion, English learner progress, advanced coursework completion, and chronic absenteeism into a single number between 0 and 100. For a group to be considered to be meeting targets it must have a cumulative criterion-referenced target percentage of 75% or higher.

The annual criterion-referenced target percentage is calculated by dividing the weighted total points earned by the weighted total possible points. The calculation for each is displayed below.

Weighted total of points earned = (Total achievement points earned x Achievement weight) + (Total growth points earned x Growth weight) + (Total high school completion points earned x high school completion weight) + (EL progress points earned x EL progress weight) + (Total additional indicator points earned x Additional indicator weight)

The cumulative criterion-referenced target percentage represents a weighted average of the annual criterion-referenced target percentages. At a minimum, a group must have an annual criterion-referenced target percentage for the most recent year in order to receive a cumulative percentage.

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.

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