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Analysis: 87 percent of Chrisman-Scottland Junior students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 13 percent of Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School show about 13 percent met expectations and none exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 33 percent approached expectations, 36 percent partially met expectations and 18 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School, which enrolled 67 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

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

Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
13%
87.0%
2016
13.5%
86.5%
2015
13.9%
86.1%

How Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Ford, Iroquoi County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Teutopolis Junior High School
Teutopolis
Effingham
54%
46.0%
Mayo Middle School
Paris
Edgar
48.9%
51.1%
Nuttall Middle School
Robinson
Crawford
40.8%
59.2%
Crestwood Junior High School
Paris
Edgar
34.9%
65.1%
Charleston Middle School
Charleston
Coles
32%
68.0%
Effingham Junior High School
Effingham
Effingham
30%
70.0%
Jasper Co Junior High
Newton
Jasper
29.3%
70.7%
Marshall Junior High School
Marshall
Clark
25.3%
74.7%
Mattoon Middle School
Mattoon
Coles
23.8%
76.2%
Clay City Junior High School
Clay City
Clay
22.2%
77.8%
Villa Grove Junior High School
Villa Grove
Douglas
21.3%
78.7%
Richland County Middle School
Olney
Richland
20.4%
79.6%
Parkview Junior High School
Lawrenceville
Lawrence
18.5%
81.5%
Chrisman-Scottland Junior High School
Chrisman
Edgar
13%
87.0%
Floyd Henson Junior High School
Flora
Clay
12.7%
87.3%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
81.7%
18.3%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
80.1%
19.9%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
79.9%
20.1%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
79.3%
20.7%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
79%
21.0%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
77.5%
22.5%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.6%
23.4%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
75.3%
24.7%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
74.7%
25.3%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
73.7%
26.3%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
73.3%
26.7%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
73%
27.0%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
72.5%
27.5%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
72%
28.0%
Deer Path Middle School West
Lake Forest
Lake
71.9%
28.1%
Clarendon Hills Middle School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
68%
32.0%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
67.7%
32.3%
Wilmette Junior High School
Wilmette
Cook
67.5%
32.5%
Hinsdale Middle School
Hinsdale
Dupage
67.2%
32.8%
Gordon Gregory Middle School
Naperville
Dupage
66.8%
33.2%

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