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Dedham 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) 73 25 2 259
  State (1) 63 30 7 73,972
  Grade 4
English District 12 49 36 3 245
  State 10 45 34 10 74,895
Mathematics District 12 33 48 7 245
  State 12 28 43 16 75,229
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 22 35 35 8 258
  State 18 33 34 15 76,903
  Grade 6
Mathematics District 16 29 39 16 211
  State 16 26 32 26 77,899
  Grade 7
English District 10 72 18 1 241
  State 8 57 28 7 79,192
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 11 20 30 40 238
  State 12 25 30 33 78,456
Science & Tech District 2 17 41 40 235
  State 4 28 37 30 78,422
  Grade 10
English District 18 57 20 5 180
  State 20 41 28 12 69,301
Mathematics District 28 42 25 5 180
  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) 80 18 2 194
  State (1) 71 26 3 58,943
  Grade 4
English District 16 54 28 2 184
  State 13 51 31 5 59,737
Mathematics District 16 36 44 4 184
  State 15 32 43 10 59,800
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 31 35 29 5 175
  State 22 37 32 9 61,033
  Grade 6
Mathematics District 18 31 38 13 181
  State 19 30 33 17 62,438
  Grade 7
English District 12 81 8 0 198
  State 10 65 23 3 64,145
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 13 23 35 29 198
  State 15 29 32 24 63,507
Science & Tech District 2 19 46 33 195
  State 5 32 39 23 63,486
  Grade 10
English District 21 59 17 3 154
  State 23 45 25 6 57,157
Mathematics District 32 45 20 3 154
  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) 50 48 2 60
  State (1) 33 46 21 12,017
  Grade 4
English District 2 32 62 4 50
  State 2 23 48 28 12,910
Mathematics District 2 26 58 14 50
  State 3 14 45 38 12,999
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 2 41 48 10 63
  State 6 20 41 33 13,604
  Grade 6
Math District 0 18 50 32 22
  State 3 9 27 61 13,456
  Grade 7
English District 0 30 65 5 40
  State 1 26 49 24 13,251
  Grade 8
Mathematics District 0 3 5 93 40
  State 1 7 21 70 13,146
Science & Tech District 0 5 18 78 40
  State 1 8 29 62 13,127
  Grade 10
English District 0 42 38 19 26
  State 3 22 42 33 10,006
Mathematics District 0 27 54 19 26
  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) 5
  State (1) 23 48 30 3,012
  Grade 4
English District 0 36 45 18 11
  State 1 15 42 42 2,248
Mathematics District 0 9 73 18 11
  State 3 11 41 44 2,430
  Grade 5
Science & Tech District 0 15 55 30 20
  State 2 8 36 54 2,266
  Grade 6
Math District 8
  State 3 8 23 66 2,005
  Grade 7
English District 3
  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.