Improving and declining districts

Here are the schools whose 10th grade scores changed the most from 2004 to 2005. MCAS passing rates in these districts improved or declined at least 5 percentage points compared with 2004. Source: Boston Globe, from Mass. Department of Education data.

Improving districts

10th GRADE ENGLISH District % Passing 2004 2005 Change Chelsea 63 77 +14 South Middlesex Vocational, Framingham 67 79 +12 Essex Agricultural, Hathorne 84 95 +11 Northampton-Smith Vocational 80 90 +10 Northeast Metro Vocational, Wakefield 79 88 +9 Holyoke 64 73 +9 Gill-Montague Regional 85 94 +9 North Brookfield 82 90 +8 Nashoba Valley Vocational, Westford 86 93 +7 Bristol-Plymouth Vocational, Taunton 90 97 +7 Quaboag Regional, Warre 85 92 +7 Lenox 93 100 +7 North Adams 85 92 +7 Old Colony Vocational, Rochester 87 94 +7 Greater Fall River Vocational 84 91 +7 Sabis International Charter, Springfield 93 100 +7 Palmer 89 96 +7 Chatham 89 96 +7 New Leadership Academy Charter, Springfield 77 83 +6 Leicester 89 95 +6 Greater Lawrence Vocational, Andover 70 76 +6 Somerville 76 82 +6 Uxbridge 89 95 +6 Assabet Valley Vocational, Marlborough 87 93 +6 Monson 91 97 +6 Cape Cod Vocational, Harwich 91 97 +6 South Hadley 90 95 +5 Southeastern Vocational, South Easton 84 89 +5 Milford 86 91 +5 Upper Cape Cod Vocational, Bourne 91 96 +5 North Shore Vocational, Middleton 87 92 +5 Whittier Vocational, Haverhill 86 91 +5 Lee 92 97 +5

10th GRADE MATH District % Passing 2004 2005 Change Champion Charter, Brockton 23 44 +21 Chatham 83 98 +15 South Middlesex Vocational, Framingham 55 70 +15 Cape Cod Vocational, Harwich 82 94 +12 City On A Hill Charter, Boston 79 91 +12 Health Careers Academy Charter, Boston 79 91 +12 Hull 79 91 +12 Gill-Montague Regional 79 90 +11 Montachusett Vocational, Fitchburg 78 89 +11 Palmer 85 96 +11 Provincetown 85 96 +11 Greater Fall River Vocational 66 76 +10 Monson 83 93 +10 Norton 86 96 +10 Oxford 80 90 +10 Sabis International Charter, Springfield 87 97 +10 Assabet Valley Vocational, Marlborough 75 84 +9 Essex Agricultural, Hathorne 62 71 +9 Holyoke 54 63 +9 Northampton-Smith Vocational 74 83 +9 Old Colony Vocational, Rochester 82 91 +9 Somerset 83 92 +9 Webster 78 87 +9 Millbury 87 95 +8 Tri-County Vocational, Franklin 78 86 +8 Lee 89 96 +7 Southern Worcester Vocational, Charlton 83 90 +7 Uxbridge 87 94 +7 Blue Hills Vocational, Canton 78 84 +6 Lenox 92 98 +6 Mansfield 91 97 +6 Millis 94 100 +6 North Adams 78 84 +6 Silver Lake Regional, Kingston 85 91 +6 Wareham 86 92 +6 West Boylston 92 98 +6 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 92 97 +5 Billerica 91 96 +5 Bristol-Plymouth Vocational, Taunton 81 86 +5 Chicopee 70 75 +5 Frontier Regional, Deerfield 94 99 +5 Granby 92 97 +5 Greenfield 79 84 +5 Nantucket 88 93 +5 Newburyport 90 95 +5 Northeast Metro Vocational, Wakefield 77 82 +5 Quaboag Regional, Warre 86 91 +5 Whittier Vocational, Haverhill 80 85 +5

Declining districts

10th GRADE ENGLISH District % Passing 2004 2005 Change North Central Charter, Fitchburg 93 78 -15 Champion Charter, Brockton 59 50 -9 Everett 89 82 -7 Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter, Hadley 100 93 -7 Salem 88 81 -7 Bourne 95 88 -7 Foxborough Regional Charter 100 94 -6 South Shore Charter, Hull 100 94 -6 Harwich 99 93 -6 Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester 100 94 -6 Ware 91 86 -5 Gateway Regional, Huntington 96 91 -5 Lunenburg 97 92 -5 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman 95 90 -5 Randolph 87 82 -5 Gloucester 93 88 -5

10th GRADE MATH District % Passing 2004 2005 Change New Leadership Academy Charter, Springfield 74 57 -17 Foxborough Regional Charter 100 86 -14 South Shore Charter, Hull 100 87 -13 Avon 91 80 -11 Everett 87 76 -11 Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter, Hadley 98 87 -11 Rockland 88 77 -11 North Central Charter, Fitchburg 80 70 -10 Harwich 97 88 -9 Southbridge 77 68 -9 Haverhill 81 73 -8 Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester 95 88 -7 Easthampton 92 85 -7 Salem 84 77 -7 Springfield 61 54 -7 Boston 73 67 -6 Codman Academy Charter, Dorchester 81 75 -6 Dracut 94 88 -6 Rockport 97 91 -6 Ware 92 86 -6 Carver 93 88 -5 Hudson 94 89 -5 Mashpee 90 85 -5 Mount Greylock Regional, Williamstown 97 92 -5 Nashoba Valley Vocational, Westford 84 79 -5 Northbridge 95 90 -5