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Did Woburn Public Schools District students fail or pass their 2021-22 school year English tests?

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Of the 1,899 students who took part in the MCAS, 59% did not meet the testing standard in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

These students did not meet the required standards of the English Language Arts portion of the MCAS, compared to the 41% who did.

The number of Woburn Public Schools District students who failed their English Language Arts assessments rose by 8.8% from the previous school year.

Woburn Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Middlesex County and has a main office in Woburn.

In the 2021-22 school year, 400,101 students took the English Language Arts test in Massachusetts with 59% students failing, 10.1% more than the year before.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's 2022 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the average scale score for grade 10 English Language Arts was 503, which met the expectation level, while the average scale score for grade 10 Science was 499, which only partially met the expectation level.

Massachusetts ranks 5th in the ranking of the best and worst public schools from Scholaroo. School systems were evaluated on three factors — student achievement, student safety, and the quality of school education.

Woburn Public Schools District's Students Proficiency in English Language Arts Over the Years
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Woburn Public Schools District Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Language Arts During 2021-22 School Year
School NameStudents who did not meet met standards (%)
Clyde Reeves School43%
Daniel L. Joyce Middle School62%
Goodyear Elementary School67%
Hurld-Wyman Elementary School48%
John F. Kennedy Middle School60%
Linscott-Rumford School46%
Malcolm White School61%
Mary D. Altavesta School54%
Shamrock School68%

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