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2015 Legacy MCAS Open Response Item Results (SCHOOL) for
Students averaging 2 or above on the open response items


Data Last Updated on September 24, 2015.

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NOTE: Grade 3 students are not included in these results.

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.
Grade and Subject School District State
# % Tested # % Tested # % Tested
GRADE 04 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 18 31 58 374 45 836 10,511 45 23,501
GRADE 04 - MATHEMATICS 32 55 58 490 58 841 17,237 73 23,541
GRADE 05 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 24 46 52 512 65 788 17,436 71 24,505
GRADE 05 - MATHEMATICS 32 62 52 490 62 792 19,176 78 24,501
GRADE 05 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 16 30 53 650 39 1,666 35,545 51 69,720
GRADE 06 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 13 35 37 491 64 772 15,105 64 23,703
GRADE 06 - MATHEMATICS 24 65 37 571 74 767 18,904 80 23,659
ALL GRADE - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 55 37 147 3,081 65 4,734 137,787 73 189,237
ALL GRADE - MATHEMATICS 88 60 147 2,637 56 4,748 136,261 72 189,233
ALL GRADE - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 16 30 53 1,754 35 4,987 117,531 56 210,655

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