MCAS 2012: Watertown's Scores on the Rise, Especially in 10th Grade
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 …
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