A student’s score is an important measure of his or her academic achievement. However, scores alone can be misleading if they are not understood in the context of a student’s performance relative to his or her peers. That is why the MCAS system uses the Student Growth Percentile (SGP) to interpret students’ results. The SGP is a statistic that shows the extent to which a student’s score has grown or declined over time and how much this change has been due to the influence of other factors.
SGPs are determined by comparing a student’s current performance to the performance of a group of his or her academic peers from previous MCAS administrations in that subject area. For example, if a student’s math SGP is 90, this indicates that the student grew as well as or better than 90% of his or her academic peers in this subject in prior MCAS administrations.
The average SGP of a school’s students can also be helpful for understanding the progress made by a particular group of students. This information is available on the MCAS Results by Student Group page of School and District Profiles. This information can help you see trends in the growth of students by demographic groupings such as race/ethnicity, income status, special education, or multilingual learning.
In addition to the information provided on this page, you can find more detailed and individualized information about your child’s MCAS results by visiting the student’s MCAS Report. This report includes a chart that displays the SGP of your child in each subject area for both the current year and past years. This chart can be a valuable tool for parents to use when discussing their child’s performance with teachers, school administrators, and other members of their child’s educational team.
Result SGP is a free, online service that enables you to track your child’s MCAS performance. It provides you with a graph that shows your child’s scores over time and compares them to those of his or her peers. The graph will indicate whether your child’s scores are increasing or decreasing, and how much this increase or decrease is due to the influences of other factors such as school, classroom, and personal learning.
SGP is one of the best free tools available to monitor your child’s performance in the classroom and on the MCAS exam. This tool allows you to see the progress of your child and helps you determine if your child needs extra support in a specific subject or if his or her score is on target for graduation. It is easy to use and provides you with a lot of useful information about your child’s MCAS results. It is an essential tool for any parent.