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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Statewide test results: 93 percent of Wm Nashold students failed math

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About 7 percent of Wm Nashold Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and 93 percent of students failed, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards.

According to Wm Nashold Elementary School math scores, about 7 percent met expectations and none exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category are considered to be most ready to move on to the next level and are most prepared for college or work.

Another 19 percent approached expectations, while 38 percent partially met expectations and 37 percent did not meet them. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Wm Nashold Elementary School, which enrolled 402 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.

Wm Nashold Elementary School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
6.5%
93.5%
2016
7.9%
92.1%
2015
9.5%
90.5%

How Boone and Winnebago County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Wm Nashold Elementary School
Rockford
Winnebago
6.5%
93.5%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Lincoln Elementary School
Dixmoor
Cook
21.2%
78.8%
Wm Nashold Elementary School
Rockford
Winnebago
6.5%
93.5%

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