A new report by a Boston community foundation found that Boston schools are behind the rest of the state in their performance on the science and technology/engineering MCAS test.
The report, released by The Boston Foundation, did find some improvement on the test from Boston schools over the last decade, but concluded that the city is still underperforming compared to the rest of the state.
The author of the report — Matthew Pakos, a former associate commissioner for the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education — analyzed science MCAS scores since 2008 and found a startling 25 percent or greater difference between the percentage of Boston students who scored proficient or advanced on the test and the state school average for grades five and eight.