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Statewide test results: 87 percent of Wm Nashold failed English language arts

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About 13 percent of Wm Nashold Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 87 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 English language scores, about 13 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 24 percent approached expectations, while 28 percent partially met expectations and 36 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, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 37 percent of students passed the test and 63 percent failed.

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

Wm Nashold Elementary School's English language arts scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
12.9%
87.1%
2016
11.7%
88.3%
2015
14.6%
85.4%

How Boone and Winnebago County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Wm Nashold Elementary School
Rockford
Winnebago
12.9%
87.1%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Lincoln Elementary School
Dixmoor
Cook
20.4%
79.6%
Wm Nashold Elementary School
Rockford
Winnebago
12.9%
87.1%

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