These students did not meet the required standards of the Math portion of the MCAS, compared to the 70% who did.
The number of Westwood Public Schools District students who failed their Math assessments fell by 22.6% from the previous school year.
Westwood Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Norfolk County and has a main office in Westwood.
In the 2021-22 school year, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 29% students failing, 7.6% less than the year before.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's 2022 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the average scale score for grade 10 English Language Arts was 503, which met the expectation level, while the average scale score for grade 10 Science was 499, which only partially met the expectation level.
Massachusetts students performed better than most of their peers in other states, but their own average scores on a national assessment dropped from 2019 levels.
School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
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Deerfield School | 30% |
Downey School | 24% |
E. W. Thurston Middle School | 33% |
Martha Jones School | 25% |
Paul Hanlon School | 27% |
William E. Sheehan School | 23% |