Grafton sees a small dip on MCAS scores amid COVID-19 pandemic

It’s been three years since students across the state have had a normal school year.

The COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools in March 2020, forcing districts to quickly cobble together an online learning system where none had existed before. MCAS was eliminated that year.

Last year, Grafton’s schools were hybrid for most of the year, alternating one week of in-person instruction with a week of online learning. Some students went fully remote. But despite school committees, including Grafton, e calling for a suspension of MCAS for 2021, the tests went forward — but the results would not impact school systems.

Assistant Superintendent Tracey Calo told the School Committee Tuesday night that while the district did see an expected dip in scores, it was heartening to see that students did continue to learn.

“I look and see growth in the system,” she said. “We’re really right where we want to be.”

Overall, Grafton students continued to score higher than the average across the state.

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