These students did not meet the required standards of the Math portion of the MCAS, compared to the 13% who did.
The number of Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence District students who failed their Math assessments fell by 5% from the previous school year.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence District roughly covers schools within Hampden County and has a main office in Springfield.
In the 2021-22 school year, 399,938 students took the Math test in Massachusetts with 87% students failing, 7.6% less 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.
The results of the spring 2022 MCAS examinations were mixed, with declines in ELA scores and gains in Math and Science scores since 2021. Overall results indicate a need for improvement as compared to pre-pandemic levels.
| School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Junior Charter School of Excellence | 87% |
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