About 50 percent of Minooka Intermediate School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and half of students failed, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of
the latest Illinois schools report card.
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards.
According to Minooka Intermediate School English language scores, about 43 percent met expectations and 7 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category are considered to be most ready to move on to the next level and are most prepared for college or work.
Another 30 percent approached expectations, while 14 percent partially met expectations and 6 percent did not meet them. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.
Test results at Minooka Intermediate School, which enrolled 936 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.
Statewide, 37 percent of students passed the test and 63 percent failed.
Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.
Minooka Intermediate School's English language arts scores over 3 years
How Bureau, La Salle and Putnam County schools' English language arts scores compareCoal City Intermediate School
Seneca Grade School North Campus
Minooka Intermediate School
McKinley Elementary School
Coal City Elementary School
Mazon-verona-Kinsman Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Centennial Elementary School
Putnam County Elementary School
Northview Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Minooka Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Central Intermediate School
Sherman Elementary School
Van Orin Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School
Sheridan Elementary School
Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores
Decatur Classical Elementary School
McDade Elementary Classical School
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Grafton Elementary School
Poe Elementary Classical School
Willowbrook Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School
Forest Hills Elementary School
The Lane Elementary School
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary
Lincoln Elementary School
Thomas Dooley Elementary School
South Park Elementary School
Grove Avenue Elementary School