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Cambridge 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) 50 39 12 488
  State (1) 63 30 7 73,972
  Grade 4
English District 5 34 42 19 516
  State 10 45 34 10 74,895
Mathematics District 9 19 43 30 517
  State 12 28 43 16 75,229
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 8 25 36 31 513
  State 18 33 34 15 76,903
  Grade 6
Mathematics District 10 20 33 38 503
  State 16 26 32 26 77,899
  Grade 7
English District 4 48 38 10 494
  State 8 57 28 7 79,192
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 9 17 29 44 555
  State 12 25 30 33 78,456
Science & Tech District 3 17 33 47 555
  State 4 28 37 30 78,422
  Grade 10
English District 17 32 31 20 433
  State 20 41 28 12 69,301
Mathematics District 20 22 26 31 436
  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) 60 35 6 356
  State (1) 71 26 3 58,943
  Grade 4
English District 7 41 41 11 383
  State 13 51 31 5 59,737
Mathematics District 10 23 44 22 383
  State 15 32 43 10 59,800
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 10 31 36 23 385
  State 22 37 32 9 61,033
  Grade 6
Mathematics District 14 22 36 28 360
  State 19 30 33 17 62,438
  Grade 7
English District 5 56 32 7 376
  State 10 65 23 3 64,145
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 13 22 32 33 385
  State 15 29 32 24 63,507
Science & Tech District 4 21 37 38 385
  State 5 32 39 23 63,486
  Grade 10
English District 23 39 29 9 313
  State 23 45 25 6 57,157
Mathematics District 27 28 26 18 315
  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) 25 52 23 105
  State (1) 33 46 21 12,017
  Grade 4
English District 1 13 45 41 117
  State 2 23 48 28 12,910
Mathematics District 3 3 37 56 118
  State 3 14 45 38 12,999
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 2 10 35 53 113
  State 6 20 41 33 13,604
  Grade 6
Math District 0 12 26 62 130
  State 3 9 27 61 13,456
  Grade 7
English District 1 23 56 20 112
  State 1 26 49 24 13,251
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 1 7 22 70 146
  State 1 7 21 70 13,146
Science & Tech District 1 6 23 69 146
  State 1 8 29 62 13,127
  Grade 10
English District 2 20 48 30 82
  State 3 22 42 33 10,006
Mathematics District 5 10 30 55 83
  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) 15 37 48 27
  State (1) 23 48 30 3,012
  Grade 4
English District 0 31 31 38 16
  State 1 15 42 42 2,248
Mathematics District 6 19 44 31 16
  State 3 11 41 44 2,430
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 0 0 27 73 15
  State 2 8 36 54 2,266
  Grade 6
Math District 0 23 8 69 13
  State 3 8 23 66 2,005
  Grade 7
English District 6
  State 1 18 44 37 1,796
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 4 8 25 63 24
  State 3 8 19 71 1,803
Science & Tech District 0 4 21 75 24
  State 0 3 17 80 1,809
  Grade 10
English District 0 0 11 89 38
  State 1 12 31 56 2,138
Mathematics District 3 3 18 76 38
  State 11 16 30 43 2,265
(1) No differentiation was made between Advanced and Proficient in 3rd grade English.