Massachusetts 2021 MCAS Results and Administration Overview
"Explore the adjustments made to the 2021 MCAS administration in response to the pandemic, participation numbers, achievement levels in ELA, Math, and Science by grade, and key highlights presented to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education."
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2021 MCAS Results September 21, 2021 Presented to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
2021 MCAS Administration In response to the pandemic, DESE made several adjustments to the 2021 MCAS administration o Extended the spring timeline for administration by weeks until June 11 o Shortened the grade 3-8 assessments in all subjects by requiring students to take only one session instead of two o Developed a remote administration option for students who chose remote learning following the April return to school (one of 6 states to do so) Board of Elementary and Secondary Education also voted to modify the Competency Determination for the classes of 20-23 2 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2021 MCAS Administration Across three subjects in grades 3-8 and 10 o 1,042,080 tests administered in total o 883,628 tests administered in-person (85%) o 158,452 tests administered remotely (15%) 99% of assessments received a valid score and are included in the state results 1% of assessments did not receive a valid score and are not included in the state results o DESE is reviewing a small number of classrooms within the state for data irregularities o The grade 8 remote administration of the science assessment was not able to be scored due to a contractor error 3 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2021 MCAS Participation Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 ELA # 63,935 65,381 65,735 66,799 67,893 67,818 64,578 ELA % Math # Math % Sci # 97 63,910 97 65,357 97 65,659 96 66,678 94 67,804 93 67,806 90 64,233 Sci % 97 97 97 95 94 93 89 65,448 96 53,046 91 4 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2021 ELA MCAS Achievement Levels by Grade 100% 6.0 6.2 6.4 7.8 8.0 9.4 12.1 18.6 90% 80% 34.2 36.9 38.1 38.8 42.8 34.7 70% 41.3 60% 45.2 50% 40% 41.1 37.0 31.0 37.8 41.0 37.8 30% 39.3 27.1 20% 22.2 10% 20.1 18.3 16.1 13.2 12.5 10.0 9.1 0% 3 4 5 6 7 8 All Grades 3-8 10 % Not Meeting Expectations % Partially Meeting Expectations % Meeting Expectations % Exceeding Expectations **Blue line in stacked bar indicates the 2019 Meeting and Exceeding Expectations level 5 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2021 Mathematics MCAS Achievement Levels by Grade 100% 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.7 5.4 6.2 11.1 90% 28.2 29.3 29.4 28.9 28.7 28.0 80% 28.5 70% 40.9 60% 50% 40.3 43.1 46.4 43.9 44.6 46.9 46.9 40% 30% 35.9 20% 26.3 23.6 22.6 22.0 21.5 10% 19.7 18.3 12.0 0% 3 4 5 6 7 8 All Grades 3-8 10 % Not Meeting Expectations % Partially Meeting Expectations % Meeting Expectations % Exceeding Expectations 6 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2021 Science MCAS Achievement Levels by Grade 100% 6.7 7.3 8.1 90% 80% 35.5 34.5 33.2 70% 60% 50% 40% 39.3 40.8 42.8 30% 20% 10% 18.5 17.3 15.9 0% 5 8 All Grades 5&8 % Not Meeting Expectations % Partially Meeting Expectations % Meeting Expectations % Exceeding Expectations 7 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Change in MCAS Achievement Levels 2019 to 2021 Not Partially Meeting +1% -4% Subject Grades 3-8 10 Meeting +5% +1% M&E Trend -6% +3% Meeting -4% -3% Exceeding -2% +6% ELA ELA Not Partially Meeting Subject Grades 3-8 10 Meeting M&E Trend Meeting Exceeding Math +10% +6% -15% -11% -4% Math +3% +3% -7% -5% -2% Not Partially Meeting Subject Grades 5&8 Meeting M&E Trend Meeting Exceeding Science +5% +1% -5% -4% -1% 8 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
2021 Performance Levels by Race/Ethnicity 2021 ELA Performance Levels by Race (Gr. 3-8) 2021 Math Performance Level by Race (Gr. 3-8) 100% 100% 0.9% 0.9% 2.7% 3.0% 4.7% 4.7% 8.0% 9.5% 12.8% 13.6% 17.3% 90% 90% 19.4% 23.2% 25.3% 28.7% 80% 80% 35.4% 38.1% 70% 70% 44.6% 46.5% 47.3% 60% 60% 48.4% 44.4% Percent Percent 44.6% 50% 50% 45.1% 44.6% 40% 40% 45.7% 37.8% 30% 30% 35.6% 28.2% 26.5% 20% 20% 39.8% 38.2% 29.5% 26.5% 22.0% 10% 10% 16.1% 14.1% 10.3% 7.8% 8.1% 0% 0% A B H W All A B H W All NM PM M E NM PM M E 9 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
ELA Change in Achievement Levels by Race/Ethnicity, 2019 to 2021 Not Partially Meeting +4% -2% -2% +2% +1% M&E Trend -7% -6% -7% -4% -6% Group Asian Black Hispanic White All Meeting +3% +8% +9% +3% +5% Meeting -3% -5% -6% -3% -4% Exceeding -4% -1% -1% -1% -2% 10 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Mathematics Change in Achievement Levels by Race/Ethnicity, 2019 to 2021 Not Partially Meeting +8% -3% -2% +9% +6% M&E Trend -13% -13% -15% -16% -15% Group Asian Black Hispanic White All Meeting +4% +16% +18% +6% +10% Meeting -4% -12% -13% -11% -11% Exceeding -9% -1% -2% -5% -4% 11 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
