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Analysis: 94 percent of Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 6 percent of Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a West 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 Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High show about 6 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 32 percent approached expectations, 40 percent partially met expectations and 23 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 Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High, which enrolled 50 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

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

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

Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
5.5%
94.5%
2016
5.7%
94.3%
2015
10.2%
89.8%

How Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Henderson, Knox, Log County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Western Junior High School
Kinderhook
Pike
29.8%
70.2%
La Harpe Junior High School
La Harpe
Hancock
28.7%
71.3%
Macomb Junior High School
Macomb
McDonough
27.4%
72.6%
Jacksonville Middle School
Jacksonville
Morgan
24.3%
75.7%
Bushnell-Prairie City Junior High School
Bushnell
McDonough
23.8%
76.2%
Bluffs Junior High School
Bluffs
Scott
10.7%
89.3%
Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High
Meredosia
Morgan
5.5%
94.5%

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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