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with “no continuing education plans who completed a vocational education program.” In Rappahannock 63 percent of such students completed a vocational education program compared to 71 percent for the state. All surrounding counties had higher percentages than the state.
On measures of Increasing the Graduation Rate, Rappahannock students scored higher than the state and all surrounding counties in the percentage of 6th graders who passed all three Literacy Passport tests. Last year 72 percent of Rappahannock’s 6th graders passed all three tests, compared to 64 percent for the state as a whole.
Since that test was introduced four years ago, Rappahannock students have consistently outperformed students in surrounding counties. However, last year was the first time county students surpassed the state average. These are statewide tests in reading, writing and mathematics. Students are first given the tests in 6th grade and must pass all three sections to advance to 9th grade. Last year the state percentage who passed all three as 6th graders dropped from 72 percent to 64 percent chiefly because a higher standard was used to score the writing test. However, Rappahannock students continued to improve on these tests going from 70 percent who passed all three to 72 percent.
Rappahannock students also did better than the state and surrounding counties in the percentage of students in all grades who missed 10 or fewer days of school (81), and the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students scoring above the bottom 25 percent on national standardized tests (89 for 8th grade and 90 for 4th).
The county drop-out rate for 7th through 12th grade of four percent was worse than the state and Fauquier County average of three percent. Madison and Page counties also had a four percent drop-out rate and Warren County averaged five percent. The county's minority dropout rate of two percent is the same as for Madison and Page counties and below the state, Culpeper and Fauquier average of five percent.
Two more measures the state uses for Increasing the Graduation Rate are the percentage of 4th grade students who are 11 or older and the percentage of 8th grade students who are 15 or older. Research shows that students who are above the
usual age for their grade are more likely to drop out than those who are on grade level. Rappahannock had a lower percentage of such students than the state (one percent in 4th grade compared to five percent for the state, and nine percent in 8th grade compared to 10 percent for the state).
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