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Billerica Public Schools

These results, released in September 2003, are for the MCAS exams taken in the spring of 2003.

All students
 All Students


 Spring 2003 Exam
% of students at each performance level
Advanced Proficient Needs
Improv.
Warning/
Failing
No. of
students
tested
  Grade 3
Reading District (1) 61 34 5 570
  State (1) 63 30 7 73,972
  Grade 4
English District 11 51 32 6 508
  State 10 45 34 10 74,895
Mathematics District 12 34 45 10 510
  State 12 28 43 16 75,229
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 21 35 37 8 547
  State 18 33 34 15 76,903
  Grade 6
Mathematics District 10 31 40 19 490
  State 16 26 32 26 77,899
  Grade 7
English District 5 68 25 2 573
  State 8 57 28 7 79,192
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 9 37 39 15 523
  State 12 25 30 33 78,456
Science & Tech District 3 35 48 14 523
  State 4 28 37 30 78,422
  Grade 10
English District 21 54 22 3 356
  State 20 41 28 12 69,301
Mathematics District 31 37 24 8 356
  State 24 27 28 21 69,981
(1) No differentiation was made between Advanced and Proficient in 3rd grade English.


Regular education students
 Regular education
 students

 Spring 2003 Exam
% of students at each performance level
Advanced Proficient Needs
Improv.
Warning/
Failing
No. of
students
tested
  Grade 3
Reading District (1) 70 28 2 460
  State (1) 71 26 3 58,943
  Grade 4
English District 13 58 28 1 407
  State 13 51 31 5 59,737
Mathematics District 14 38 42 5 408
  State 15 32 43 10 59,800
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 24 37 35 4 449
  State 22 37 32 9 61,033
  Grade 6
Mathematics District 11 37 40 12 418
  State 19 30 33 17 62,438
  Grade 7
English District 6 75 18 1 463
  State 10 65 23 3 64,145
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 11 42 38 8 442
  State 15 29 32 24 63,507
Science & Tech District 4 40 47 9 442
  State 5 32 39 23 63,486
  Grade 10
English District 23 57 18 1 315
  State 23 45 25 6 57,157
Mathematics District 34 36 24 6 315
  State 27 30 28 15 57,575
(1) No differentiation was made between Advanced and Proficient in 3rd grade English.


Students with disabilities
 Students with
 disabilities

 Spring 2003 Exam
% of students at each performance level
Advanced Proficient Needs
Improv.
Warning/
Failing
No. of
students
tested
  Grade 3
Reading District (1) 21 60 19 108
  State (1) 33 46 21 12,017
  Grade 4
English District 2 23 48 26 99
  State 2 23 48 28 12,910
Mathematics District 1 14 56 29 100
  State 3 14 45 38 12,999
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 5 21 45 28 95
  State 6 20 41 33 13,604
  Grade 6
Math District 1 1 35 63 72
  State 3 9 27 61 13,456
  Grade 7
English District 0 38 53 9 109
  State 1 26 49 24 13,251
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 0 7 41 52 81
  State 1 7 21 70 13,146
Science & Tech District 0 6 52 42 81
  State 1 8 29 62 13,127
  Grade 10
English District 2 29 56 12 41
  State 3 22 42 33 10,006
Mathematics District 7 46 24 22 41
  State 5 15 30 50 10,141
(1) No differentiation was made between Advanced and Proficient in 3rd grade English.


Students with disabilities
 Limited English
 Proficient Students

 Spring 2003 Exam
% of students at each performance level
Advanced Proficient Needs
Improv.
Warning/
Failing
No. of
students
tested
  Grade 3
Reading District (1) 2
  State (1) 23 48 30 3,012
  Grade 4
English District 2
  State 1 15 42 42 2,248
Mathematics District 2
  State 3 11 41 44 2,430
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 3
  State 2 8 36 54 2,266
  Grade 6
Math District 0
  State 3 8 23 66 2,005
  Grade 7
English District 1
  State 1 18 44 37 1,796
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 0
  State 3 8 19 71 1,803
Science & Tech District 0
  State 0 3 17 80 1,809
  Grade 10
English District 0
  State 1 12 31 56 2,138
Mathematics District 0
  State 11 16 30 43 2,265
(1) No differentiation was made between Advanced and Proficient in 3rd grade English.