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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.