Monday, November 12, 2012
School officials examined scores of students who have been in the system since the first year the test is given - third grade - and the results look a lot more positive than the overall score released by the state.
When Watertown's MCAS scores are released, some look better than the state average, while others lag behind, but school officials looked closer and found that those students who have been in the system from the start – or at least since third grade – fared better on the statewide test. Dan Wulf, the math coordinator for grades 6 to 12, got more detailed data about MCAS scores from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and looked he at students who have been around since third grade, he told the School Committee Wednesday night. Students scores on the test put them in one of four categories, from best to worst, Advanced, Proficient, Needs Improvement and Warning (called Fail in 10th grade). Advanced and Proficient are …
Friday, October 5, 2012
School officials are appealing the decision by state education officials, but for now the town is in the third level Accountability Data.
When the state released the results of the 2012 MCAS exams, Watertown school officials were surprised to see the district's classified in Level 3, or "needs technical assistance," in the state's accountability report. As the looked closer, they noticed that only one school, Watertown High School, fell into Level 3 - out of five levels. That rating was due to a lack of test takers in one group of students, Barbara Gortych, the district's Assessment and Testing Coordinator told the School Committee this week. All the other schools in the district fell into Level 2. "The district rating is based on the level of the lowest school," Gortych said. "The high school is Level 3 because in one particular subgroup, on the one particular test, we were…
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Watertown High School
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Students in Watertown Public Schools fared best in English Language Arts, and had the most problems with science and technology.
Watertown students scored well in on the 2012 MCAS Test when it counted - in 10th grade - but some pupils in the lower grades struggled according to results released today by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). The trend for Watertown schools for scores to improve as the students get older, with 89 percent of 10th graders getting Proficient or higher – considered a satisfactory score – in math, 80 percent in English Language Arts and 72 percent in science and technology. The percent of 10th graders who failed the test were 3 percent in English Language Arts, 5 percent in math and 7 percent in science and technology. In 2011, 80 percent of Watertown 10th graders were proficient or higher in English …
Monday, November 15, 2010
Improvement seen in most grade levels. Tenth graders are ahead of the state, but a dip in middle school shows work still remains.
Progress continues to be made by Watertown students on the MCAS test with the district's average scores remaining above the state average, Superintendent Ann Koufman-Frederick said. Middle school scores took a bit of a dip, but Koufman Frederick said she was pleased with what she saw in the 10th grade. "In sixth and seventh grade Watertown is slightly above the state (average)," Koufman said. "It dips in eighth grade, but in high school Watertown overtakes the state. That is important because the 10th grade scores count for graduation." Students receiving scores in the Advanced and Proficient categories are considered to have met the state standards. Those in Needs Improvement or Warning categories have not met the standards set out in the…
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Phillips School - Watertown Public Schools District Offices
30 Common St, Watertown, MA
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Watertown High School
50 Columbia St, Watertown, MA
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Watertown Middle School
68 Waverley Ave, Watertown, MA
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Cunniff Elementary School
246 Warren St, Watertown, MA
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Hosmer Elementary
1 Concord Rd, Watertown, MA
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Lowell Elementary School
175 Orchard St, Watertown, MA
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