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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 07 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 55 48 114 55 48 114 16,098 66 24,367
GRADE 07 - MATHEMATICS 95 83 114 95 83 114 18,657 76 24,410
GRADE 08 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 71 66 108 71 66 108 18,817 78 24,279
GRADE 08 - MATHEMATICS 77 71 109 77 71 109 17,047 70 24,235
GRADE 08 - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 54 50 109 54 50 109 42,361 60 70,792
GRADE 10 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 76 88 86 76 88 86 59,820 87 68,882
GRADE 10 - MATHEMATICS 67 77 87 67 77 87 45,240 66 68,887
HS - BIOLOGY 53 70 76 53 70 76 28,282 56 50,402
HS - CHEMISTRY 665 60 1,103
HS - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS 9,307 58 16,006
HS - TECHNOLOGY / ENGINEERING 4 4 1,371 52 2,632
ALL GRADE - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 202 66 308 202 66 308 137,787 73 189,237
ALL GRADE - MATHEMATICS 239 77 310 239 77 310 136,261 72 189,233
ALL GRADE - SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG 108 57 189 108 57 189 117,531 56 210,655

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