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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