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

	Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	Combined Overscore ELA8 98-00		Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	Combined Overscore M8 98-00
Stoneham	319	17	Harvard	287	31
Harvard	287	14	Ipswich	322	24
Lawrence	3643	13	Tyngsborough	1495	23
Brookline	322	13	Hadley	363	19
Frontier	473	12	West Bridgewater	344	19
East Longmeadow	384	12	Sandwich	326	18
Central Berkshire	976	12	Frontier	473	18
Bedford	318	12	Medway	1074	18
Tyngsborough	1495	12	North Reading	529	18
North Reading	529	12	Amherst Pelham	1120	17
Sandwich	326	12	Chelsea	3318	17
Braintree	336	11	Stoneham	319	17
Berkley	2858	11	Newburyport	315	17
Northampton	362	11	Tantasqua	1396	17
Westborough	309	10	Lawrence	3643	16
Quabbin	1359	10	Westborough	309	16
Clinton	1933	10	Central Berkshire	976	15
Woburn	344	9	Grafton	807	15
Berkshire Hills	330	9	Northborough	328	14
Lenox	301	9	Chatham	306	14
Northborough	328	9	Westford	605	14
Hadley	363	8	Newton	335	14
Belchertown	1641	8	Beverly	385	14
Norwood	342	8	Ludlow	1304	14
Gardner	2016	7	Wachusett Reg	1797	13
Medway	1074	7	Brookline	322	13
Nauset	1021	7	Clinton	1933	12
Medfield	332	7	Bedford	318	12
Chelsea	3318	7	Georgetown	558	12
Uxbridge	1899	7	Quabbin	1359	12

	Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	Combined Overscore ST8 98-00		Per-Pupil Education Reform Aid	GR8 Total MCAS 98-00
Harvard	287	26	Harvard	287	71
Tyngsborough	1495	25	Tyngsborough	1495	60
Westborough	309	25	Stoneham	319	58
Stoneham	319	24	North Reading	529	52
North Reading	529	23	Westborough	309	51
Hadley	363	18	Sandwich	326	48
Sandwich	326	18	Hadley	363	45
Medway	1074	17	Central Berkshire	976	43
Amherst Pelham	1120	16	Medway	1074	42
Northampton	362	16	Lawrence	3643	42
Bedford	318	16	Brookline	322	41
Central Berkshire	976	16	Frontier	473	40
Nantucket	306	16	Bedford	318	40
Berlin Boylston	284	16	Amherst Pelham	1120	40
Brookline	322	15	West Bridgewater	344	39
Quabbin	1359	15	Northampton	362	37
Belchertown	1641	15	Quabbin	1359	37
Masconomet	295	13	Chelsea	3318	33
East Longmeadow	384	13	Beverly	385	32
West Bridgewater	344	13	Berlin Boylston	284	31
Lawrence	3643	13	Clinton	1933	30
Belmont	318	12	Lenox	301	30
Norwood	342	12	Belchertown	1641	30
Pentucket Regional	1057	11	Norwood	342	28
Lenox	301	11	East Longmeadow	384	28
Concord	299	11	Tantasqua	1396	27
Douglas	1981	11	Ludlow	1304	26
Beverly	385	11	Westford	605	26
Gardner	2016	10	Berkshire Hills	330	25
Lunenburg	467	10	Gardner	2016	25

*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.