In a press release on MCAS scores, in which the school department patted themselves on the backs, entitled, Framingham Public Schools are Making Substantial Progress Toward MCAS Targets, late September, 2023, the presser gave very concerning stats about four of our schools being in the very bottom of all schools in the state.
In Massachusetts, there are 1,751 schools in 316 school districts. Three of our schools in Framingham are rated in the bottom 3% of all schools in the state. This means there are probably about 50 schools worse off than Fuller, Brophy, and Harmony Grove, in all of Massachusetts, and about 1700 schools better than those three schools.
Per the press release:
Six of our schools are identified as requiring targeted assistance or intervention; a description of the rationale is listed below.
Fuller Middle School (3rd percentile) is among the lowest performing 10% of schools. While Fuller Middle School has made moderate progress toward targets, there was low student group performance in low-income, Hispanic/Latino, EL and former EL, and High need subgroups.
Barbieri Elementary School (7th percentile) is also among the lowest-performing 10% of schools. It is worth noting that Barbieri made substantial progress toward goals. With careful attention to subgroup data, there was low student group performance in both low-income and high-needs subgroups.
Brophy Elementary School (3rd percentile) is among the lowest performing 10% of schools. While moderate progress was made toward targets, the school also requires assistance or intervention due to low student group performance for students with disabilities, low income, Hispanic/Latino, EL and former EL, and High needs subgroups.
Harmony Grove Elementary School (3rd percentile) is among the lowest performing 10% of schools. With substantial progress toward targets, the school remains identified as requiring assistance and intervention. The rationale for this support results from low student group performance across the following areas: students who identify as white, students with disabilities, and low-income, Hispanic/Latino, and High-needs subgroups.