Boston's 2015 MCAS Scores Among Worst in MA

By FRANK O’LAUGHLIN (Patch Staff)

The 2015 MCAS scores are out. Boston students placed among the worst of all schools in Massachusetts. The city ranks 270th among 291 school districts with 66 percent of 10th-grade students scoring proficient or advanced on the annual standardized test.

Boston ranked 277th in the state for the English Language Arts portion of the test; 82 percent of students earned either proficient or advanced.

The city ranked 271st in the state for the Math portion of the test; 67 percent of students earned either proficient or advanced.

And finally, Boston ranked 274th in the state for the Science portion of the test; 50 percent of students earned either proficient or advanced.

Between the three sections, 68 percent of students earned a needs improvement grade; 33 percent scored within the warning/failing area.