Posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
Greenville County Scores Continue to Rise
Greenville County middle and high school students scored above the state average on all four End-of-Course exams. GCS scores on all exams increased and more students earned passing grades. The End-of-Course exam counts as 20% of a student’s final grade in the course.
In the 2014-2015 school year, exams were given to students enrolled in the following high school credit courses:
- Algebra I and Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (middle and high school students were administered the Algebra I exam)
- English1 (middle and high school students were administered the English I exam)
- Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (high school students were administered the Biology I exam)
- U.S. History and the Constitution (high school students were administered the U.S. History exam)
End-of-Course Exam
|
|
GCS
|
SC
|
Algebra I*
|
% Passing
|
89.9%
|
85.5%
|
Average Score
|
85.3
|
82.6
|
English I*
|
% Passing
|
79.5%
|
74.8%
|
Average Score
|
81.5
|
79.4
|
Biology I
|
% Passing
|
83.6%
|
77.7%
|
Average Score
|
85.3
|
82.3
|
U.S. History
|
% Passing
|
77.7%
|
68.9%
|
Average Score
|
78.8
|
76.1
|
*Algebra I and English I scores include exams taken by middle school students.
Greenville County Schools passage rates in Algebra I and US History & the Constitution have increased significantly over the past five years.
The passage rate for Algebra I is up more than five percentage points, from 84.4% of students in 2011 to 89.9% in 2015.
Increases in US History & the Constitution are even greater. The percentage of students passing improved from 59.8% in 2011 to 77.7% in 2015.
English I and Biology I passage rates declined slightly for Greenville County students, while average scores have continued to rise to 81.5 and 85.3 respectively.
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