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Statewide test results: 67 percent of Sangamon Valley failed English language arts

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About 33 percent of Sangamon Valley Middle School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 67 percent of students failed, according to a Sangamon 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 Sangamon Valley Middle School English language scores, about 29 percent met expectations and 3 percent 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 39 percent approached expectations, while 19 percent partially met expectations and 9 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 Sangamon Valley Middle School, which enrolled 156 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.

Sangamon Valley Middle School's English language arts scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
32.5%
67.5%
2016
41.8%
58.2%
2015
48.3%
51.7%

How Sangamon County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Lincoln Magnet School
Springfield
Sangamon
68.6%
31.4%
Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
43%
57.0%
New Berlin Junior High School
New Berlin
Sangamon
42.2%
57.8%
Athens Junior High School
Athens
Menard
36.1%
63.9%
Williamsville Junior High School
Williamsville
Sangamon
33.9%
66.1%
Glenwood Middle School
Chatham
Sangamon
33.5%
66.5%
Sangamon Valley Middle School
Illiopolis
Macon
32.5%
67.5%
Rochester Junior High School
Rochester
Sangamon
30.2%
69.8%
Auburn Junior High At Divernon
Divernon
Sangamon
26.4%
73.6%
Tri-City Junior High School
Buffalo
Sangamon
16.5%
83.5%
U. S. Grant Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
15.8%
84.2%
Jefferson Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
7.9%
92.1%
Washington Middle School
Springfield
Sangamon
6.9%
93.1%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
86.2%
13.8%
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
85.6%
14.4%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
83.6%
16.4%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
82.1%
17.9%
Deer Path Middle School West
Lake Forest
Lake
80.2%
19.8%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
80%
20.0%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
79.9%
20.1%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
79.5%
20.5%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
78.6%
21.4%
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School
Big Rock
Dekalb
78.6%
21.4%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.5%
23.5%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
76.2%
23.8%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
75.9%
24.1%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
75.7%
24.3%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
75.7%
24.3%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
75.3%
24.7%
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
75.1%
24.9%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
73.5%
26.5%
Edison Middle School
Wheaton
Dupage
72.9%
27.1%
Mossville Junior High
Mossville
Peoria
71.9%
28.1%

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