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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Statewide test results: 70 percent of Meridian failed English language arts

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About 30 percent of Meridian Middle School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 70 percent of students failed, according to a Macon 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 Meridian Middle School English language scores, about 26 percent met expectations and 4 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 32 percent approached expectations, while 20 percent partially met expectations and 17 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 Meridian Middle School, which enrolled 253 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.

Meridian Middle School's English language arts scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
30.3%
69.7%
2017
13.9%
86.1%
2016
13.5%
86.5%
2015
14.3%
85.7%

How Macon, DeWitt, Moultrie and De Witt County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Maroa-Forsyth Middle School
Maroa
Macon
54.4%
45.6%
Sullivan Middle School
Sullivan
Moultrie
48.1%
51.9%
Warrensburg-Latham Middle School
Warrensburg
Macon
37.6%
62.4%
Sangamon Valley Middle School
Illiopolis
Macon
36.3%
63.7%
Mt Zion Junior High School
Mount Zion
Macon
32.7%
67.3%
Meridian Middle School
Macon
Macon
30.3%
69.7%
Clinton Junior High School
Clinton
DeWitt
28.4%
71.6%
Argenta-Oreana Middle School
Argenta
Macon
23.1%
76.9%
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Decatur
Macon
11.5%
88.5%
Stephen Decatur Middle School
Decatur
Macon
7.9%
92.1%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
88.4%
11.6%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
86.6%
13.4%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
86%
14.0%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
84.6%
15.4%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
83.9%
16.1%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
83%
17.0%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
82.8%
17.2%
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School
Thomasboro
Champaign
82.6%
17.4%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
81.3%
18.7%
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School
Big Rock
Dekalb
80.5%
19.5%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
79.9%
20.1%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
78.6%
21.4%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
78.4%
21.6%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
76.9%
23.1%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
76.6%
23.4%
Aptakisic Junior High School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
75.5%
24.5%
Mossville Junior High
Mossville
Peoria
74.1%
25.9%
Stephen Mack Middle School
Rockton
Winnebago
73.8%
26.2%
Coal City Middle School
Coal City
Grundy
73.5%
26.5%
Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe
Winnebago
71.9%
28.1%

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