Springfield school officials are analyzing the results of a new standardized test that are being shared by the state this week.
Only twenty-three percent of third through eighth graders in Springfield Public Schools who took the Next Generation MCAS test were proficient in math, while the numbers were similar when focusing on the English results for middle school students.
Superintendent Daniel Warwick says it's hard to get a fair assessment of student growth because of the multiple versions of standardized testing that have been rolled out in the commonwealth over the last few years, and he notes the current version is much more rigorous.
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