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Composite Scores
Mediocre at Best
By SHARON KILPATRICK } *"*-• *
Rippakaiaock New* Staff Writer
In addition to the scores from standardized tests reported in last week’s Rappahannock News, there are other results from this year’s testing.
The standardized tests now being used also have a composite score for the three grades for which testing is required, fourth, eighth and 11th. The composite score is widely used by the state in evaluating how well schools are doing. It is based not just on reading and math scores but also on such writing skills , as spelling, punctuation and standardized usage and on ability to use reference works. The composite scores were: for the fourth grade - 48 percent; eighth grade - 52 percent; 11th grade - 50 percent.
The 11th grade composite score also reflects scores on ’social studies and science tests. For the fourth grade and eighth grades those are not included in the composite score but are reported separately. Social studies and science scores were: fourth grade - 52 percent and 65 percent; eighth grade - 51 percent and 59 percent; 11th grade - 48 percent and 50 percent.
In addition an analysis of mathematics scores shows that in several grade levels scores on computation lowered the overall mathematics scores. This was most notably true for eighth grade where the score in computation was 23 percent while the score in mathematical concepts was 55 percent, and the score in problem solving was 50 percent, for an overall rating in mathematics of 46 percent. Computation also lowered the overall math scores in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades though less dramatically. The mathematics test score was not broken down for ninth, 10th and 11th grades.
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