MCAS: Struggling Boston schools improve

Massachusetts’s 18-month effort to overhaul nearly three dozen of the worst-performing schools appears to be showing a glimmer of success, state education officials said as they released MCAS scores. In Boston, Superintendent Carol R. Johnson said replacing teachers, extending the school day, and closely monitoring student achievement data appeared to have helped schools yield strong improvement. This year, a higher portion of students ranked in the top two scoring categories, “proficient’’ and “advanced.’’ Here is a look at how some struggling schools improved this year in your Boston neighborhood.
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Massachusetts’s 18-month effort to overhaul nearly three dozen of the worst-performing schools appears to be showing a glimmer of success, state education officials said as they released MCAS scores.

In Boston, Superintendent Carol R. Johnson said replacing teachers, extending the school day, and closely monitoring student achievement data appeared to have helped schools yield strong improvement. This year, a higher portion of students ranked in the top two scoring categories, “proficient’’ and “advanced.’’

Here is a look at how some struggling schools improved this year in your Boston neighborhood.