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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Statewide test results: white students score 2.6 points higher at Gard Elementary School

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At Gard Elementary School, a 2.6-point achievement gap persisted between white and black students in 2018, according to end-of-year assessments reported in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The achievement gap shows an 13.4-point improvement in scores between white and black students. Of the 535 students enrolled in 2018, 31.2 percent were white – or 166 students.

The achievement gap measures how one group of students academically outperforms another. The Illinois State Board of Education collects data on the persistent gap between groups by race and ethnicity, income level and gender.

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. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

According to Gard Elementary School composite scores for 2018, 13.6 percent of white students passed the tests. Meanwhile, 10.9 percent of black students passed.

Students who passed either met or exceeded expectations are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work. Students who failed either partially met, approached or did not meet expectations.

The achievement gap is smaller for English language arts scores and larger for math scores.

There is a 3.6-point gap between white and black students' English language arts scores in 2018 – a 10.8 point decline since 2017. In 2018, 10 percent of white students passed the reading subject test. Meanwhile, 13.6 percent of black students passed.

There was a 8.8-point gap between white and black students' math scores in 2018: 17.1 percent of white students passed while 8.3 percent of black students passed.

Gard Elementary School's white vs. black achievement gap over 4 years

Year
Composite
English language arts
Math
2015
9.2%
10.4%
8.0%
2016
4.1%
3.4%
11.7%
2017
10.8%
14.4%
7.3%
2018
2.6%
3.6%
8.8%

The achievement gap at West Central Illinois schools

School
School District
City
County
Composite
English language arts
Math
Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
Beardstown CUSD 15
Beardstown
Cass
0.7%
4.4%
3.1%
Gard Elementary School
Beardstown CUSD 15
Beardstown
Cass
2.6%
3.6%
8.8%
Centralia Junior High School
Centralia SD 135
Centralia
Marion
3.8%
1.5%
6.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Sterling CUSD 5
Sterling
Whiteside
5.0%
20.1%
30.2%
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill SD 69
Peoria
Peoria
8.6%
11.2%
5.9%
Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School
Quincy SD 172
Quincy
Adams
9.4%
10.9%
8.0%
Washington Elementary School
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Morgan
12.1%
14.0%
10.2%
Lincoln Elementary School
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
McDonough
12.1%
12.2%
12.0%
South Jacksonville Elementary School
Jacksonville SD 117
South Jacksonville
Morgan
12.4%
9.5%
15.4%
Webster Elementary School
Collinsville CUSD 10
Collinsville
Madison
13.2%
16.3%
10.1%
Macomb Junior High School
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
McDonough
16.9%
14.5%
19.2%
Lincoln Elementary School
Pontiac CCSD 429
Pontiac
Livingston
18.6%
11.7%
25.5%
Lincoln Elementary School
Lyons SD 103
Brookfield
Cook
20.8%
25.8%
15.8%
Jacksonville Middle School
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Morgan
20.8%
20.7%
20.9%
Edison Elementary School
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
McDonough
20.9%
24.0%
17.9%
Lincoln Elementary School
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Morgan
23.9%
25.8%
22.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Dekalb CUSD 428
Dekalb
Dekalb
24.6%
27.6%
21.6%
Washington Elementary School
SD U-46
Elgin
Kane
24.8%
22.3%
27.3%
Lincoln Elementary School
Palatine CCSD 15
Palatine
Cook
25.5%
20.4%
30.6%
Washington Elementary School
Marion CUSD 2
Marion
Williamson
27.4%
23.9%
30.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
28.5%
26.0%
31.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Marion CUSD 2
Marion
Williamson
30.2%
35.4%
25.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
SD U-46
Hoffman Estates
Kane
31.1%
21.9%
40.3%
Eisenhower Elementary School
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Morgan
33.4%
37.4%
29.3%
Washington Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
36.7%
43.7%
29.7%
Washington Elementary School
Bloomington SD 87
Bloomington
McLean
40.4%
36.3%
44.4%
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
CUSD 200
Winfield
Dupage
43.8%
44.2%
43.3%
Lincoln Elementary School
CUSD 200
Wheaton
Dupage
47.6%
50.5%
44.7%
Washington Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
51.5%
54.4%
48.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Evanston CCSD 65
Evanston
Cook
54.2%
55.0%
53.4%
Washington Elementary School
Champaign CUSD 4
Champaign
Champaign
72.8%
70.6%
74.9%

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