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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Statewide test results: 72 percent of Seymour failed English language arts

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About 28 percent of Seymour High School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and nearly three quarters of students failed, according to a Quincy Reporter 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 Seymour High School English language scores, about 23 percent met expectations and 5 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 21 percent approached expectations, while 32 percent partially met expectations and 20 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 Seymour High School, which enrolled 246 students in 2018, fell below state averages.

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

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

Seymour High School's English language arts scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
28.2%
71.8%
2017
28.6%
71.4%
2016
25%
75.0%
2015
38.7%
61.3%

How Adams County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Liberty High School
Liberty
Adams
43.8%
56.2%
Seymour High School
Payson
Adams
28.2%
71.8%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Young Magnet High School
Chicago
Cook
83.5%
16.5%
Fisher Jr/Sr High School
Fisher
Champaign
71.1%
28.9%
Joppa Junior & Senior High School
Joppa
Massac
70%
30.0%
Cerro Gordo Junior And Senior High School
Cerro Gordo
Piatt
69.2%
30.8%
Alwood Middle/High School
Woodhull
Henry
63.9%
36.1%
Princeville High School
Princeville
Peoria
56.1%
43.9%
Nokomis Jr/Sr High School
Nokomis
Montgomery
55.4%
44.6%
Hamilton Jr/Sr High School
Hamilton
Hancock
52.7%
47.3%
Dieterich Jr/Sr High School
Dieterich
Effingham
51.5%
48.5%
Forreston Jr/Sr High School
Forreston
Ogle
49%
51.0%
Casey-westfield Jr/Sr High School
Casey
Clark
48.3%
51.7%
Heyworth Jr-Sr High School
Heyworth
McLean
47.8%
52.2%
Eastland Jr/Sr High School
Lanark
Carroll
46.7%
53.3%
Hamilton County Jr/Sr High School
McLeansboro
Hamilton
45.5%
54.5%
Lane Technical High School
Chicago
Cook
43.8%
56.2%
Liberty High School
Liberty
Adams
43.8%
56.2%
Red Hill Jr/Sr High School
Bridgeport
Lawrence
43.4%
56.6%
Triopia Jr-Sr High School
Concord
Morgan
43.4%
56.6%
Disney II Magnet High School
Chicago
Cook
43.1%
56.9%
R. O. W. V. A. Junior And Senior High School
Oneida
Knox
42.7%
57.3%

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