PWCS 2012 SOL Scores – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
by pwceducationreform
The overall pass rates for the Spring 2012 SOL exams have been released and the results provide some insight into how well our children are performing relative to their peers at other schools and in other school divisions. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly……
The Good: PWCS continues to pass a greater percentage of students overall than the state average on many SOL exams, with most of those better than state averages occurring in grades K – 8. Grade 3 reading pass rates, after declining for several years in a row, increased. K – 8 Reading, Writing, Science, and Math pass rates continue to exceed state averages.
The Bad: Of the 10 High School subjects topics tested at the state level, PWCS only exceeds state averages in 3 : Geography, US & Virginia History, and World History I. Since 2007 PWCS has been at or below state averages in Biology,
