GCS Students Exceed State Averages on End-of-Course Exams
Greenville County middle and high school students continue to score above the state average on the End-of-Course exams. The End-of-Course exam score counts 20% of a student’s final grade in the course.
In the 2015-16 school year, exams were given to students enrolled in the following high school credit courses:
- Algebra I/Mathematics for the Technologies 2 (middle and high school)
- English1 (middle and high school)
- Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 (high school)
- U.S. History and the Constitution (high school)
Greenville County Schools passage rates and mean scale scores increased in English I and US History and the Constitution from 2105 to 2016, while passage rates in Algebra I and Biology I scores decreased. Passage rates and mean scale score increases in GCS mirror increases for all South Carolina students.
|
2015-16 End-of-Course Exam |
|
GCS |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Algebra I* |
% Passing |
85.3% |
81.9% |
|
Mean Scale Score |
83.7 |
81.9 |
|
|
English I* |
% Passing |
82.5% |
78.6% |
|
Mean Scale Score |
81.6 |
79.8 |
|
|
Biology I |
% Passing |
80.4% |
75.7% |
|
Mean Scale Score |
83.5 |
81.6 |
|
|
U.S. History |
% Passing |
82.6% |
71.0% |
|
Mean Scale Score |
81.1 |
77.2 |
*Algebra I and English I scores include exams taken by middle school students.