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Mixed results
Some good, some bad news for Saugus in latest MCAS scores released by state By Mark E. Vogler
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he latest MCAS test results released this week by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education show mixed results for Saugus Public Schools. Students who took the tests at the elementary grade school level this spring showed great success in meeting or exceeding expectations – in most cases above average compared to school districts across the state. But in
most of the secondary school level – grades 6 through 10, Saugus students taking the test finished below the state average – by double digits in several instances: • 35 percent of the 8th graders taking Mathematics met or exceeded expectations – 13 percent below the state average • 37 percent of the 7th graders taking the test in English Language Arts (ELA) met or exceeded expectations – 13 percent less than the state average
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• 38 percent of 8th graders taking ELA met or exceeded expectations – 11 percent less than the state average • 69 percent of 10th graders were proficient or higher in Mathematics – 10 percent lower than the state average. A new test offers new challenge The results include scores from the next-generation MCAS,
MIXED RESULTS| SEE PAGE 2
Shown at the Chamber of Commerce’s Selectmen Candidates Forum Tuesday are, from left to right, Master of Ceremonies Mike Procopio, Timekeepers Julie Mitchell and Denise Selden, and Moderator Jim Mitchell of The Saugus Advocate. (Advocate photo by Ross Scabin)
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t least one of the nine candidates running for selectmen in the town’s Nov. 7 election separated herself from the field during a twohour candidate’s forum Tuesday night. Assunta A. Palumba, a local real estate agent, didn’t help her candidacy when she failed to show up for the event sponsored by the Saugus Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, the five incumbent selectmen who are seeking another two-year term
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