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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock N*w« Staff Writer
The results are in from the state’s first effort to measure schools by the results they achieve rather than the policies and programs in place, and Rappahannock’s public schools fared somewhat better than average.
There were 50 scores reported in the Outcome Accountability Project (some are repeated), and Rappahannock public schools ranked among the top 25 percent in the state in 14, in the bottom 25 percent in nine categories and between these extremes in 24 areas that were measured.
For three of the measurements, Rappahannock did not have a statistical basis for reporting.
The results are divided into seven categories: preparing students for college, preparing students for work, increasing the graduation rate, increasing special education students’ living skills and opportunities, educating elementary school students, educating middle school students, and educating secondary school students.
In the category of preparing students for college, Rappahannock was one of six school systems in the state whose students were not required to take remedial courses at state supported four-year or twoyear colleges.
On the other hand, Rappahannock scored lowest among state school systems in the percentage of students in college who had grade point averages of 2.5 or better in state schools. For Rappahannock that figure was 18 percent.
Rappahannock schools also scored among the lowest 25 percent in the state on the percentage of graduates earning the advanced studies diploma, the percentage of minority students earning the advanced studies diploma, and the percentage taking a foreign language in eighth grade.
Rappahannock scored among the middle 50 percent among school systems in the state in the percentage of juniors and seniors taking the SAT exams, the percentage of those taking the SATs who scored 1,100 or above, the percentage of eighth grade students taking algebra, the percentage scoring above 75 percent on standardized tests in 11th and 8th grades, and the percentage taking advanced placement tests.
Only four scores were reported for preparing students for work. Rappahannock scored in the bottom 25 percent in the percentage of students not continuing their education who had completed a vocational education course.
However, the county scored in the top 25 percent for those who had acquired basic math skills by 11th grade and those who had completed a keyboarding or typing course. Rappahannock scored in the middle 50 percent of those who had acquired
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