These students did not meet the required standards of the Science portion of the MCAS, compared to the 20% who did.
The number of Hoosac Valley Regional School District students who failed their Science assessments rose by 20% from the previous school year.
Hoosac Valley Regional School District roughly covers schools within Berkshire County and has a main office in Cheshire.
In the 2021-22 school year, 135,538 students took the Science test in Massachusetts with 79% students failing, 13.9% 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 students performed better than most of their peers in other states, but their own average scores on a national assessment dropped from 2019 levels.
| School Name | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|
| Hoosac Valley High School | 83% |
| Hoosac Valley Middle School | 75% |
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