Norfolk Reporter

Of the 277 students who took part in the MCAS, 68% did not meet the testing standard in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

These students did not meet the required standards of the Science portion of the MCAS, compared to the 32% who did.

The number of Foxborough Regional Charter District students who failed their Science assessments rose by 22.2% from the previous school year.

Foxborough Regional Charter District roughly covers schools within Norfolk County and has a main office in Foxborough.

In the 2021-22 school year, 135,538 students took the Science test in Massachusetts with 68% students failing, 13.9% more 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 ranks 5th in the ranking of the best and worst public schools from Scholaroo. School systems were evaluated on three factors — student achievement, student safety, and the quality of school education.

School Name	Students who did not meet met standards (%)
Foxborough Regional Charter School	68%