About 44 percent of Hamlin Upper Grade Center students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and 56 percent of students failed, according to a South Cook News 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 Hamlin Upper Grade Center English language scores, about 40 percent met expectations and 4 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 36 percent approached expectations, while 13 percent partially met expectations and 7 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 Hamlin Upper Grade Center, which enrolled 229 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.
Hamlin Upper Grade Center's English language arts scores over 3 years
How County schools' English language arts scores compareIndependence Junior High School
Palos South Middle School
H. H. Conrady Junior High School
Century Junior High School
Jerling Junior High School
Virgil I. Grissom Middle School
Hamlin Upper Grade Center
Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School
Geo T. Wilkins Junior High School
Orland Junior High School
Prairie Junior High School
McKinley Junior High School
Liberty Junior High School
Parker Junior High School
Memorial Junior High School
Prairie View Middle School
Calumet Elementary School
Brookwood Junior High School
Colin Powell Middle School
Veterans Memorial Middle School
Elden D. Finley Junior High School
Wentworth Junior High School
Roosevelt Junior High School
Everett F. Kerr Middle School
Nathan Hale Middle School
Prairie-Hills Junior High School
Rickover Junior High School
Lincoln Junior High School
Creative Communications Academy
Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Hickory Creek Middle School
Butler Junior High School
Deer Path Middle School West
Kennedy Junior High School
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School
Twin Groves Middle School
McClure Junior High School
Carleton W. Washburne School
Stephen Mack Middle School
Charles J. Caruso Middle School