Testing Times for Education
Boston Herald
September 29, 2005
The statistics below list Bay State schools with the highest and lowest performance in MCAS testing in 2005.
GRADE 10 - BOTTOM 10 SCHOOLS THAT ARE FAILING IN...
Mathematics
Following are the 10 schools with the highest percentage of students with failing scores on the 2005 10th-grade math MCAS:
Boston-Egleston Comm. High School........................100 percent
Brockton-BB Russell Alternative School......................95
New Bedford-West Side Jr-Sr High School...................92
Fall River-Fall River Alternative High School................81
Springfield-Springfield High School.............................78
Boston-Academy of Public Service..............................73
Boston-William McKinley............................................70
Boston-Community Academy.....................................66
Boston-Hyde Park High School....................................66
Boston-Economics and Business Academy....................65
English Language Arts
Following are the 10 schools with the highest percentage of students with failing scores on the 2005 English language arts MCAS:
Boston-Engleston Comm. High School.........................100 percent
Fall River-Fall River Alternative High School.................100
New Bedford-West Side Jr-Sr High School.....................92
Brockton-BB Russell Alternative School........................91
Boston-Boston International High School.......................82
Boston-William McKinley..............................................57
Springfield-Springfield Academy...................................54
Boston-Community Academy.......................................53
Boston-Madison Park High............................................51
Boston-Hyde Park High School......................................50
GRADE 10 - TOP 10 SCHOOLS THAT ARE ADVANCED OR PROFICIENT IN...
Mathematics
Following are the 10 schools with the highest percentage of students scoring advanced or proficient on the 2005 10th-grade math MCAS:
Mass. Academy for Math and Science...........................100 percent
Boston-Boston Latin.....................................................99
Boston-Boston Latin Academy.......................................97
Media and Technology Charter......................................96
Norwell-Norwell High....................................................96
Dover-Sherborn-Dover Sherborn Regional High..............95
Harvard-Bromfield.......................................................95
Boston-O'Bryant School Math/Science............................95
Weston-Weston High....................................................94
Hadley-Hopkins Academy..............................................93
English Language Arts
Following are the 10 schools with the highest percentage of students scoring advanced or proficient on the 10th-grade ELA MCAS:
Harvard-Bromfield......................................................100 percent
Mass. Academy for Math and Science...........................100
Boston-Boston Latin.....................................................99
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential...............................98
Lenox-Lenox Memorial High..........................................97
Boston-Boston Latin Academy.......................................96
Medfield-Medfield Senior High.......................................95
Weston-Weston High....................................................94
Concord-Carlisle-Concord Carlisle High.........................94
Westwood-Westwood High School.................................93
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