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We have elsewhere the third grade, eighth grade, and high school scores.
Turning to the fifth grade, in writing the Richmond scores dropped in 2000 far enough to put the division behind even Petersburg. Even so, the extrapolation shows Richmond meeting the accreditation standard on the average in 2001.
Here, again as another way to look at the data, are the changes from '08 to '00 for all the Virginia school Divisions. The State average is the gold square; Richmond is the red square. The Richmond suburban jurisdictions are green and the Cellar Cities are red diamonds. The comparison does not flatter Richmond.
In contrast the fifth grade RLR (Reading/Literature/Research) scores are dropping in Richmond. The extrapolation will never reach the accreditation level.
Fifth grade math is a little better. The extrapolation reaches 70 in 2005.
The dismal fifth grade history scores at least are improving. They extrapolate to 70 in 2009.
The fifth grade science scores are higher, but are decreasing.
The bright spot in the fifth grade is computer technology where we managed to beat Petersburg and edge out Danville, and where the extrapolation reaches 70 in 2001.
Here are the data showing the Holton scores for the fifth grade:
GR 5 WRITE GR 5 RLR GR 5 MATH GR 5 HIST GR 5 SCI GR 5 COMP 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 STATE 64.6 80.7 80.6 68.3 69.5 68.4 46.6 50.5 63.3 32.8 46.1 51.2 59.2 66.9 64.1 72.1 80.9 85.0 RICHMOND 49.5 65.0 61.2 45.9 40.3 43.0 22.3 20.4 37.1 11.7 18.5 21.7 35.9 33.6 35.8 46.5 54.5 65.7 HOLTON 54.4 40.4 21.1 12.2 46.6 65.5 In sum, Holton is ahead of the (awful) Richmond average in science, about the same in computer technology, behind in RLR, and far behind in writing, math, and history. Hardly a stellar performance.
See the sibling pages for the third grade, eighth grade, and high school scores.
Dr. Williams says the growth of the SOL scores makes him "extremely optimistic." Of course, if your job depended on improving these awful scores, you also would want to find reason for optimism. In contrast, if you are a taxpayer you probably should be wondering why we spend so much money for schools that do so badly.
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Last updated 02/24/02
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