Monday, March 18, 2013
Inclement weather has caused delays in testing.
The snow storm rolling into Massachusetts Monday night and Tuesday will give Watertown students a repreive from taking the MCAS test, state officials announced Monday. According to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), MCAS English Language Arts tests have been postponed to Monday, March 25. Students in grades 4, 7 and 10 were scheduled to take the exam Tuesday. The DESE made the announcement due to pending inclement weather. "We realize that this change may be disruptive for some schools, but for security reasons it is critical that all schools administer the ELA Composition on the same day. Even schools that are unaffected by the storm must wait until Monday, March 25, to administer the test," the …
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, November 18, 2011
The group of current high school juniors who have been in the town schools since third grade all passed the 10th grade MCAS on the first try.
Watertown school officials have followed a group of students who have been in the district since third grade and found they fared better than the town's annual scores on the statewide MCAS test would indicate. All kinds of data is collected for students in the Watertown Public Schools, including the most well known — the MCAS test results. Interim Superintendent said the MCAS test is just a small piece of the of the picture when looking at how students' are doing in school. The state gives tests in math, English Language Arts, various sciences and other subjects. The tests generally provide teachers with information about students, but when they reach high school, students must pass the test to graduate. The Group Looking at a group of …
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Watertown High School's MCAS scores led the way in the district, while fourth graders struggled on the 2011 test.
Watertown's 10th graders and the English test at most levels highlighted the district's 2011 MCAS exam results, which were released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary Secondary Education this week. State officials consider students scoring in the Advanced (A) or Proficient (P) categories to meet the standards, while those in Needs Improvement (NI) or Warning/Fail (W/F) fall short. Watertown High School excelled on the test, with 80 percent of 10th graders making the grade in math and English Language Arts, and 76 percent in science. Scores on the English test were strong at all levels, especially in seventh and eighth grades where more than 80 percent met the standards. Fourth-graders struggled, with under 50 percent getting …
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6:08 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
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