September 21, 2011 by Irene Sege
Photo: Kate Samp for Strategies for Children
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education yesterday released school and district results of the 2011 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), following the release earlier this month of statewide results that showed a decline in third grade reading and a continued stagnation in this critical benchmark over the past decade. Results in other grades were mixed.
Overall 61% of third graders scored proficient or above in reading in 2011, down from 63% in 2010. The latest scores mirror the results between 2001 and 2005, when third grade reading hovered between 62% and 63% proficient or above, with a
