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Appendix A: Effective and Noteworthy School Districts on the 2000 MCAS

Appendix B: Repeaters in 1999 and 2000

Appendix C: Over-performing School Districts on the 1998-2000 MCAS

Appendix D: School Districts that Most Over-performed Their Demography

Appendix E: Demographically-Challenged School Districts that Over-performed on the 1998-2000 MCAS

Appendix F: Deriving the Effectiveness Index

Grade 4: Over-performing School Districts on the 1998, 1999, and 2000 MCAS Based on Combined Overscore

	Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	Combined Overscore ELA4 98-00		Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	Combined Overscore M4 98-00
Woburn	344	16	Orleans	393	29
Eastham	349	16	Harvard	287	25
Pembroke	1193	13	Oak Bluffs	347	22
Orleans	393	12	Shrewsbury	552	21
Harvard	287	11	North Reading	529	21
East Longmeadow	384	10	Eastham	349	19
Lawrence	3643	10	Chelsea	3318	18
Lenox	301	9	Newton	335	18
Ayer	233	9	Woburn	344	18
Danvers	337	9	Lenox	301	17
Everett	1785	9	West Bridgewater	344	17
Brookline	322	9	Plymouth	1146	16
Franklin	1843	8	Orange	3244	16
Kingston	1259	8	Littleton	355	15
Shrewsbury	552	8	Marion	327	15
North Reading	529	8	Marshfield	1210	15
Marshfield	1210	8	Ayer	233	15
Monson	1741	8	Everett	1785	15
Orange	3244	8	Pembroke	1193	15
Canton	334	8	Lexington	306	15
Newton	335	8	Clinton	1933	14
Sharon	295	8	East Longmeadow	384	14
Braintree	336	8	Franklin	1843	13
Central Berkshire	976	8	Winchester	332	13
Scituate	370	7	Sturbridge	436	12
Needham	315	7	Amherst	1546	12
Hadley	363	7	West Boylston	473	12
Georgetown	558	7	Foxborough	974	12
Arlington	325	7	Wachusett Reg	1797	11
Wrentham	1530	7	Belmont	318	11

	Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	Combined Overscore ST4 98-00		Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	GR$ Total MCAS 98-00
Orleans	393	26	Orleans	393	67
Eastham	349	25	Eastham	349	60
Woburn	344	18	Harvard	287	55
Harvard	287	18	Woburn	344	53
Pembroke	1193	15	Pembroke	1193	43
Orange	3244	14	North Reading	529	42
Everett	1785	13	Orange	3244	38
North Reading	529	13	Everett	1785	37
Boylston	346	13	Lenox	301	36
Arlington	325	12	Ayer	233	36
Monson	1741	12	Newton	335	35
Ayer	233	12	Plymouth	1146	34
Amherst	1546	12	East Longmeadow	384	34
Marion	327	12	Oak Bluffs	347	32
Oak Bluffs	347	12	Marion	327	31
Brookline	322	11	Marshfield	1210	30
Plymouth	1146	11	Shrewsbury	552	30
Hadley	363	11	Chelsea	3318	29
Norwood	342	11	Arlington	325	29
Quabbin	1359	10	Monson	1741	29
East Longmeadow	384	10	Franklin	1843	29
Brewster	421	10	Brookline	322	28
Lenox	301	9	Amherst	1546	28
Hampden Wilbraham	1470	9	West Bridgewater	344	27
Newton	335	9	Littleton	355	27
Westford	605	9	Norwood	342	26
Chelsea	3318	8	Brewster	421	24
Granby	819	8	Westford	605	24
Braintree	336	7	Lexington	306	24
Mohawk Trail	3067	7	Lawrence	3643	24

*Key:

Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid is the difference between the amount of per-pupil Chapter 70 state school aid provided in 1994 and the amount provided in 1998. It is a measure of how much additional resources education reform brought to individual districts during that period. See Footnote 11 in the text for more detail.

COMBINED OVERSCORE x..x 98-00 is the sum of the district's Overscores on all three MCAS administrations in three subjects. For example, ELA4 is English Language Arts for Grade 4; M4 is Math for Grade 4, and such. Overscore is the difference between the demographically-predicted score and the actual district MCAS score. The higher the Overscore, the more a district exceeded its demographic characteristics.