How Did Boston Students Perform on the PARCC Exam?

As educational officials consider dropping the MCAS test, Massachusetts released the 2015 PARCC exam results, an exam which could take its place. Many School districts across the state chose to issue the PARCC exam in place of the MCAS this past spring as part of a two-year trial.

In Boston, 34 percent of students in grades 3 to 8 met expectations in the math exam, according to the Boston Globe. 39 percent of students met expectations on the English exam.

Statewide, 60 percent met expectations in English and 52 percent in math, with a large range of achievement seen across the state.

A smaller percentage of students earned “Meeting Expectation” on PARCC than the MCAS’s “Proficiency” standard.

It was initially believed that the state would choose between MCAS and PARCC this week but instead, Mitchell Chester, commissioner of elementary and secondary education, chose to recommend a “next-generation MCAS” exam that would use elements from both tests.