Lynn MCAS Results 2012: Part VIII

Below are the Reading/English Language Arts CPIs by subgroup on the 2012 MCAS exam for the Lynn Public School System (excluding KIPP charter school). CPIs are a measure of the extent to which students are progressing toward 100% proficiency in ELA or math; the goal is a CPI of 100 which is the equivalent of all students having achieved proficiency on the exam.  More specifically, each student participating in the MCAS is given a score based on well they perform on the MCAS which is later averaged among the district, school or subgroup to determine the CPI. Possible scores are 0 (Warning/Failing - Low), 25 (Warning/Failing - High), 50 (Needs Improvement - Low), 75 (Needs Improvement - High), and 100 (Proficient or Advanced).

	CPI	Percentile in Grade Span
All Students	78.1	8
Students w/ Disabilities	63.5	26
High Needs	75.3	21
ELL/Former ELL	67.1	35
Low Income	75.7	12
Asian	79.1	6
Afr Amer/Black	77.5	28
Hispanic/Latino	73.9	19
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic	80.4	19
White	86.2	18

Below are the Math CPIs by subgroup for the 2012 MCAS exam.

	CPI	Percentile in Grade Span
All Students	69.6	8
Students w/ Disabilities	53.4	34
High Needs	66.4	35
ELL/Former ELL	61.7	36
Low Income	66.9	22
Asian	77.9	8
Afr Amer/Black	64.3	34
Hispanic/Latino	65.4	29
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic	69.8	18
White	77.6	20

Citation: www.doe.mass.edu

Massachusetts' Gateway Cities Education Agenda

Part of Governor Deval Patrick's second term education agenda includes focusing more resources on Gateway Cities in an effort to close the achievement gap among students. The 24 Gateway Cities are:

• Barnstable
• Brockton
• Chelsea
• Chicopee
• Everett
• Fall River 
• Fitchburg
• Haverhill
• Holyoke
• Lawrence
• Leominster
• Lowell
• Lynn
• Malden
• Methuen
• New Bedford
• Pittsfield
• Quincy
• Revere
• Salem
• Springfield
• Taunton
• Westfield
• Worcester

Massachusetts' Gateway Cities are home to many of the state's immigrant, low income and English Language Learner students. Pittsfield, for example, is 55.2% low income while Revere is 48.1% First Language not English. Thus, the state's education agenda will focus on these cities where achievement gaps are most persistent. The education strategy will focus on four main goals:

1. Getting every child to read proficiency by the third grade
2. Providing every child with a healthy platform for education
3. Creating a differentiated education system that meets each student, particularly English Language Learners, where they are
4. Preparing all students for college and career success 

The Gateway Cities education agenda serves as part of Governor Patrick's Achievement Gap Act of 2010.