2012 MCAS Presentation - Natick Public Schools

Natick Public
Schools
2012 MCAS
Scores

Advanced and Proficient
TEST NATICK STATE AVERAGE Diff.
10 ELA 94 88 6
10 SCIENCE 90 69 21
10 MATH 88 78 10
8 ELA 92 81 11
8 MATH 70 52 18
8 SCIENCE 64 43 21
7 ELA 89 71 18
7 MATH 74 51 23
6 ELA 77 66 12
6 MATH 72 60 12
5 ELA 72 61 11
5 MATH 70 57 13
5 SCIENCE 70 52 18
4 ELA 80 57 23
4 MATH 72 51 21
3 READING 82 61 21
3 MATH 83 61 22

Noteworthy Performances
‣ According to SchoolDigger.com:
‣ District 49/325
‣ Natick High School 80/343
‣ Middle School:
‣ Kennedy 58/387
‣ Wilson 80/387
‣ Elementary:
‣ Memorial 103/890
‣ Ben Hem 73/890
‣ Lilja 160/890
‣ Johnson 110/890
‣ Brown 49/890

Boston’s Best Public High Schools 2012
Source Boston Magazine
Natick High School #37

District ELA
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
82 80
72
77
89
92 94
30
20
10
0
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 10
District View ELA - % Top Two Categories
Passing rate at NHS 98%

Grade 3 Reading – 12 Year Comparison
88
87
86
84
84
82
82
82
82
82
80
78
78 78
78
77
78
76
75
74
72
70
68
Reading
01
Reading
02
Reading
03
Reading
04
Reading
05
Reading
06
Reading
07
Reading
08
Reading
09
Reading
10
Reading
11
Reading
12

Grade 3 Reading
100
90
80
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 78
81 81 82
84 84 85 86
70
65
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

Grade 3 Reading Advanced &
Proficient/Advanced Comparison
90
80
Grade 3 Reading
84 84
81
78
85
70
60
50
40
38
30
20
30
30 30
23
10
0
Ben-Hen Brown Johnson Lilja Memorial

Grade 4 ELA
100
90
89
80
78 78 79 79 79 80 80 81
70
66
69 70
72
60
60
50
52
40
30
20
10
0

Grade 7 ELA
94
92
92 92 92
90
89
90
88
86
86
87 87
84
84
82
81
82
80
78
76
74
Dedham Burlington North
Andover
Wachusett Chelmsford Franklin Natick Wilson Kennedy Walpole Wellesley

Grade 10 ELA – 12 Year Comparison
100
95 95 95 94
90
88 89 88
80
70
71
81
79
77
73
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
ELA 01 ELA 02 ELA 03 ELA 04 ELA 05 ELA 06 ELA 07 ELA 08 ELA 09 ELA 10 ELA 11 ELA 12`

Current Grade 9 – ELA Progression
100
90
82
87
92
80
74
70
69
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Grade 4 2008 Grade 5 2009 Grade 6 2010 Grade 7 2011 Grade 8 2012

Current Grade 11 ELA Progression
100
95
90
86
90
80
77 77
81
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Grade 4 2006 Grade 5 2007 Grade 6 2008 Grade 7 2009 Grade 8 2010 Gade 10 2012

Engl i sh Language Ar t s MCAS
Hi st or y of % Scor ed at
Advanced and Pr of i ci ent Level s
Grade 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
10 77 73 85 88 86 94 94 94 95
8 n/ a 87 86 90 92 90 89 92
7 82 83 82 86 84 86 87 87 89
6 n/ a 80 81 81 79 82 83 77
5 n/ a 75 77 77 74 79 77 72
4 81 72 77 79 69 78 83 77 80
3 84 78 78 75 78 77 82 78 82
Nat i ck Publ i c School s
2012 MCAS Resul t s

ELA Cohort

District Math
100
90
83
88
80
70
72
70
72
74
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 10
Passing rate NHS 96%

Grade 3 Math
Lilja
89
Brown
Natick
Beh Hem
Memorial
Johnson
Needham
Wellesley
Chelmsford
Dedham
Franklin
Walpole
Wachusett
84
83
83
81
78
77
77
75
74
73
72
71
North Andover
65
Burlington
61
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Grade 4 Math
90
80
70
64 64
66
67 67
68
70 70 70 70
72
75
78
80
60
59
60
50
40
42
30
20
10
0

Grade 6 Math – 12 Year Comparison
90
80
70
68 68
73
69
75
73
78
72
60
55
50
47
46
40
40
30
20
10
0
Math 01 Math 02 Math 03 Math 04 Math 05 Math 06 Math 07 Math 08 Math 09 Math 10 Math 11 Math 12

Grade 8 Math
90
80
70
60
60 60 61
63
66 67
71
73 74 74
80 81
50
40
30
20
10
0

Middle School Math Grades 7 & 8
90
80
70
76
71
72
70
81
80
76
71
74
71
66
64
80
75
73
64
60
50
49
40
30
37
35
31
28
43
34
32
34
35 35
33
25
40
32
20
21
10
0
Wilson 7
Advanced
Wilson 7 A/P Kennedy 7
Advanced
Kennedy 7 A/P Wilson 8
Advanced
Wilson 8 A/P Kennedy 8
Advanced
Kennedy 8 A/P
2009 – 2010 – 2011-2012

Grade 10 Math
100
95
95
96
90
87
88
89 89
90 90 90
91 91
85
83
80
75

Current Grade 11 Math Progression
100
90
91
80
71
70
60
61
70
69 69
50
40
30
20
10
0
Grade 4 2006 Grade 5 2007 Grade 6 2008 Grade 7 2009 Grade 8 2010 Grade 10 2012

Mat hemat i cs
Hi st or y of % Scor ed at
Advanced and Pr of i ci ent Level s
Grade 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
10 72 10 81 83 83 87 93 89 91
8 45 51 55 61 74 64 71 67 70
7 n/ a 58 70 66 72 75 71 74
6 55 68 68 73 69 78 73 78 73
5 n/ a 55 70 72 68 74 76 70
4 68 56 61 70 67 78 74 73 72
3 n/ a 75 73 81 76 83 79 83
Nat i ck Publ i c School s
2012 MCAS Resul t s

Math Cohort

Science

Science Cohort

Elementary School Comparisons
Free Lunch or Reduced Lunch
- Memorial 4%
- Bennett- Hemenway 4%
- Brown 9%
- Lilja 6%
- Johnson 12%

Summary
2012 2011 Difference
GRADE 03 - ELA 82 78 +4
GRADE 03 - MATHEMATICS 83 79 +4
GRADE 04 - ELA 80 77 +3
GRADE 04 - MATHEMATICS 72 74 -2
GRADE 05 - ELA 72 77 -5
GRADE 05 - MATHEMATICS 70 76 -6
GRADE 05 - SCIENCE 74 68 +6
GRADE 06 - ELA 77 83 -6
GRADE 06 - MATHEMATICS 73 78 -5
GRADE 07 - ELA 89 87 +2
GRADE 07 - MATHEMATICS 74 71 +3
GRADE 08 - ELA 92 89 +3
GRADE 08 - MATHEMATICS 70 67 +3
GRADE 08 - SCIENCE 64 59 +5
GRADE 10 - ELA 95 95 =
GRADE 10 - MATHEMATICS 88 89 -1
GRADE 10 - SCIENCE 93 87 +5

ELA Recommendations
‣ Continue with the use of Fundations
‣ All grade levels will focus on including evidence from the
text in open response writing.
‣ Grade 3 – Vocabulary Development
‣ Grade 4 – Sequencing events from a story
‣ Grades 5 -10 - Citing evidence from the text and
providing supporting details in response to long
composition prompt.

Math Recommendations
‣ Tier Two Math Support K – 8 (Budget)
‣ Grade 3 - Fact fluency and open response questions
‣ Grade 4 – More emphasis on adding and subtracting
fractions
‣ Grade 5 – improve on adding and subtracting positive
fractions and mixed numbers; reinforcement of place value
to the millions and thousandths
‣ Grade 6 – Read, write and evaluate expressions, where
letters stand for numbers
‣ Grade 7 – Estimate and compute with fractions, integers,
decimals and percents.

Math Recommendations
‣Grade 8 – Define, compare, order and
apply frequently used irrational
numbers, use ratios and proportions;
scientific notation.
‣Grade 10 – Use the properties of real
numbers; associative, commutative,
inverse, distributive

Science Recommendations
‣ Grade 5 – Focus on how to effectively
answer an open response question.
‣ Grade 8 – Focus on life science in the area
of evolution and biodiversity; review physical
science; matter; and and earth science
‣ Grade 9 – Physics: Focus on technical
writing, topics to include energy and
momentum