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MCAS

Introduction

The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) is designed to meet the requirements of the Education Reform Law of 1993. This law specifies that the testing program must

  • test all public school students in Massachusetts, including students with disabilities and limited English proficient students;
  • measure performance based on the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework learning standards; and
  • report on the performance of individual students, schools, and districts.

As required by the Education Reform Law, students must pass the grade 10 tests in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics as one condition of eligibility for a high school diploma (in addition to fulfilling local requirements).

In addition, the MCAS program is used to hold schools and districts accountable, on a yearly basis, for the progress they have made toward the objective of the No Child Left Behind Law that all students be proficient in Reading and Mathematics by 2014.

 

Massachusetts developed a statistically valid method of measuring growth in student, group, school, and district performance over time. The Growth Model complements the MCAS year-by-year test scores, since it reports change over time rather than grade-level performance results in any one year.

 

Participation Requirements

 

Graduation Requirements

 

Statewide Testing Schedule

 

Test Design and Development

 

Test Questions

 

Growth Model

 

Student Work and Scoring Guides

 

Other Resources

  • MCAS Service Center
  • Adams Scholarship
  • Koplik Scholarship
  • Pathways to Success on MCAS
  • Educational Proficiency Plans
  • Performance Appeals

 

Results

 

DESE Site (To search for summaries, district and/or school results, student questionnaires, growth data, and scoring conversion tables.)

  

Dover Sherborn Public Schools' Results

High School

Middle School

Pine Hill Elementary

Chickering Elementary School