DEMOGRAPHICS
Performance on standardized achievement tests, like MCAS, strongly correlates to whether the students are in what MA DESE calls a “selected population”.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Data on absences, including % of chronically absent,
by district, school, and student group.
DROPOUTS and GRADUATES
Performance on standardized achievement tests is not the only way to judge the performance of a high school. The dropout and graduation rates, and the post graduate plans of seniors, particularly as they change over time, help build a complete picture of how well a school is serving its students.