Salem MCAS Results 2012

Below are Salem's proficiency rates (advanced and proficient scores combined) on the 2012 MCAS  for the district as a whole and then by school. All proficiency rates are in percentages; positive or negative numbers in parentheses in the  grade level or 'ALL' fields represent the percent change from 2011. Also included is each school's Accountability and Assistance Level. Accountability levels are as follows:

• Level 1:  On track to college and career readiness
• Level 2:  Not meeting gap closing goals
• Level 3:  Focus: Lowest performing 20% of schools (including schools with the largest gaps)
• Level 4:  Priority: Lowest performing schools
• Level 5:  Priority: Chronically under-performing schools

'School Performance' refers to the school's overall performance relative to other schools statewide that serve the same grade span (percentiles range from 1 - 99). For example, a school performance that is greater than 75% of schools serving common grades statewide is at the 75th percentile.

In terms of demographics, Salem was 11.3% Limited English Proficiency, 24.9% First Language not English,  57.7% Low Income, and 23.1% Special Education in 2011-12. There were 4,459 students in SPS during the last school year.

SALEM (DISTRICT)

	ELA	Math
3	45 (-1)	47 (+1)
4	36 (+1)	38 (+8)
5	46 (-6)	43  (+3)
6	48 (-6)	40 (-5)
7	59 (-1)	36 (0)
8	70 (+2)	41 (+7)
10	77 (+11)	60 (+1)
All	53 (+1)	43 (-1)

BY SCHOOL

BATES

	ELA	Math
3	42	36
4	34	51
5	46	56
All	40 (-10)	48 (-4)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 2 (up from Level 3)
• School Performance: 23rd Percentile

BENTLEY

	ELA	Math
3	35	35
4	21	21
5	36	27
All	30 (-1)	27 (+1)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 4
• School Performance: 4th Percentile

CARLTON

	ELA	Math
3	39	34
4	27	30
5	61	36
All	39 (-1)	33 (-3)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 3
• Focus on Students w/ Disabilities; Low income 
• School Performance: 8th Percentile

COLLINS

	ELA	Math
6	50	41
7	60	36
8	69	39
All	60 (0)	38 (+1)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 3
•  Focus on Students w/disabilities; Hispanic/Latino; ELL or Former ELL 
• School Performance: 13th Percentile 

HORACE MANN

	ELA	Math
3	40	40
4	56	52
5	37	37
All	44 (-4)	43 (+6)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 2
• School Performance: 27th Percentile

NATHANIEL BOWDITCH

	ELA	Math
3	37	44
4	31	31
5	35	31
6	24	29
7	56	24
8	78	48
All	42 (-4)	35 (+2)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 3
• Focus on Hispanic/Latino; ELL or Former ELL
• School Performance: 15th Percentile

SALEM ACADEMY CHARTER

	ELA	Math
6	64	74
7	60	62
8	89	59
10	92	92
All	75 (-4)	70 (+8)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 1

SALEM HIGH

	ELA	Math
10	80 (+12)	63 (+2)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 3
• School Performance: 11th Percentile

SALTONSTALL

	ELA	Math
3	61	61
4	39	38
5	53	46
6	75	64
7	70	48
8	88	64
All	63 (-3)	52 (+2)

• Accountability Data Currently Under Review

WITCHCRAFT HEIGHTS

	ELA	Math
3	63	75
4	52	46
5	66	65
All	61 (+5)	63 (+4)

• Accountability and Assistance Level: Level 2
• School Performance: 58th Percentile

Citation: www.doe.mass.edu

North Shore School District Rankings

Below are the Accountability and Assistance Rankings for communities on the North Shore. Districts are ranked according to the lowest ranking individual school or schools in their system. For example, the lowest ranking schools in Lynn are Level 4, therefore Lynn is a Level 4 district. Accountability and Assistance Rankings are as follows:

• Level 1:  On track to college and career readiness
• Level 2:  Not meeting gap closing goals
• Level 3:  Focus: Lowest performing 20% of schools (including schools with the largest gaps)
• Level 4:  Priority: Lowest performing schools
• Level 5:  Priority: Chronically under-performing schools

District	Accountability/Assistance Level
Beverly	Level 3
Danvers	Level 2
Gloucester	Level 3
Ipswich	Level 2
Lynnfield	Level 2
Marblehead	Level 2
Nahant	Level 1
Newburyport	Level 2
Peabody	Level 3
Revere	Level 3
Rockport	Level 2
Salem	Level 4
Saugus	Level 3
Swampscott	Level 2
Topsfield	Level 2
Wakefield	Level 2
Woburn	Level 2

Citation: www.doe.mass.edu

Three New MA Schools Labeled Level 4

Based on the 2012 MCAS exam results, three new Massachusetts schools were designated as Level 4 schools:

• The Mattahunt School (Boston); Grades PK-5
• The Henry K. Oliver School (Lawrence); Grades 1 - 8
• The William N. Deberry School (Springfield); Grades K - 5

Under the state's accountability and assistance framework, a district is classified into the level of its lowest performing school. Currently, most districts in the state fall into Levels 1 or 2.

• Level 1: 25% (96 Districts)
• Level 2: 53% (200 Districts)
• Level 3: 19% (71 Districts)
• Level 4: 3% (12 Districts)
• Level 5: 0% (1 District)

At the individual school level, most schools in the state also fall into Levels 1 or 2.

• Level 1: 32% (503 Schools)
• Level 2: 47% (743 Schools)
• Level 3: 19% (298 Schools)
• Level 4: 3% (43 Schools)
• Level 5: 0% (0 Schools)

In the city of Lynn, most schools fall into Levels 3 or 4. This information excludes Lynn's one charter school which falls into the Level 2 category.

• Level 1: 12.5% (3 Schools) 
• Level 2: 29.2% (7 Schools)
• Level 3: 50% (12 Schools)
• Level 4: 8.3% (2 Schools)

*See here for the required actions based on the school or districts' Accountability and Assistance Level:  
http://www.doe.mass.edu/apa/ayp/2012/RequiredActions.pdf

Citation: http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.aspx?&id=7020

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