By PAMELA GOULD
The Spotsylvania County school division recently recognized the success of its students on Standards of Learning tests for the last school year.
Mary Sutherland, director of testing, said it was especially impressive to see the number of schools whose students passed the SOLs in the highest score range, what's referred to as "highest percentage pass advanced."
At Spotswood Elementary, all of the students who took the "Plain English Math" test scored in that range. Plain English Math tests the same skills as the regular math test but is given to students who need some sort of accommodation such as students who are new to the English language or have a disability.
Sutherland also noted that at six of the county's seven middle schools, 100 percent of the students who took the Algebra I and Geometry tests passed them.
Pamela Gould: 540/735-1972
Email: pgould@freelancestar.com
Below are some of the county schools recognized for their achievements on the Standards of Learning tests given at the end of the 2008-09 school year. Following is a list of schools where 100 percent of students who took an SOL test passed it. Chancellor Elementary: third-grade science Spotswood Elementary: third-grade plain English math Livingston, Spotswood and Wilderness elementaries: fourth-grade plain English math Livingston and Wilderness elementaries: fifth-grade plain English math Spotsylvania Middle: eighth-grade plain English math Battlefield, Chancellor, Freedom, Ni River, Post Oak and Spotsylvania middle: end-of-course Algebra I Battlefield, Chancellor, Ni River, Post Oak, Spotsylvania and Thornburg middle: end-of-course Geometry Riverbend High students had the highest percentage of students passing for nine out of 10 end-of-course tests. That included: English, 96.78; geometry, 92.77; Algebra II, 95.56; world geography, 86.69; World History II, 92.64; U.S. history, 98.03; earth science, 87.34; biology, 89.12; chemistry, 95.08. Courtland had the highest percentage of students passing the Algebra I end-of-course test at 94.95. Following is a list of schools with the highest percentage of students passing the SOL with the highest scoring range for each grade. Chancellor Elementary: 88.52, third-grade history and social science Spotswood Elementary: 100, fourth-grade plain English math Lee Hill Elementary: 77.53, fifth-grade math Freedom Middle: 57.84, sixth-grade history Ni River Middle: 58.33, seventh-grade civics and economics Thornburg Middle: 62.75, eighth-grade math Ni River Middle: 93.75, end-of-course geometry Riverbend High: had the highest percentage of students scoring in the top range for six of the 10 end-of-course classes: chemistry, earth science, English, geometry, Virginia and U.S. history, and world geography. |