Posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
GCS Students Outperform State Average on End-of-Course Exams
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.
