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

	COMB OVERSCORE CHAL ELA4 98-00		COMB OVERSCORE CHAL M4 98-00
Orange	14	Chelsea	18
Everett	13	Orange	16
Ayer	12	Ayer	15
Chelsea	8	Everett	15
Lawrence	6	Clinton	14
Berkshire Hills	6	Methuen	11
Fall River	5	Holbrook	8
Worcester	4	Lawrence	8
Pittsfield	4	Worcester	6
Dartmouth	3	Dartmouth	4
		Springfield	4
		Pittsfield	4

	COMB OVERSCORE CHAL ST4 98-00		COMB OVERSCORE CHAL TOT4 98-00
Orange	14	Orange	38
Everett	13	Everett	37
Woburn	12	Ayer	36
Chelsea	8	Chelsea	29
Lawrence	6	Lawrence	24
Berkshire Hills	6	Clinton	17
Fall River	5	Worcester	12
Worcester	4	Springfield	10
Pittsfield	4	Dartmouth	9
Dartmouth	3	Methuen	9
		Holbrook	9

*Key:

NOTE: This listing only includes the 50 communities that are at the lower end of the state's demography, Challenged Massachusetts. Districts that do not fit this definition are not evaluated in this Appendix.

COMB OVERSCORE CHAL xxxx 98-00 is the Combined Overscore on all three MCAS administrations for the relevant Grade/Subject tests.
(For example, ELA4 refers to the Grade 4 English Language Arts Tests for 1998, 1999, and 2000.)

COMB OVERSCORE CHAL xxxx 98-00 is the difference between the demographically-predicted score and the actual district MCAS scores for all tests, all administrations. The higher the Combined Overscore, the more a district exceeded its demographic characteristics.