B-R sophomores took the PLAN test October 27 and the school received the results last week. The PLAN test is a pre-ACT test that will give us an idea of the students’ academic strengths and weaknesses in the four areas assessed by ACT (English, Math, Reading, and Science reasoning).
We had 31 students take the test. Twenty-two (22) students scored above the 50th percentile, or above average, on their composite test score. This was a higher number than scored on any individual test, which means that several students scored high on one or two parts of the test, bringing their overall average up. Here are the subject areas tests and the number of students above 50% (a typical school would have half of the students, 15-16 in this case, above 50%:
English 15/31
Math 16/31
Reading 20/31
Science 17/31
Here are the numbers of students scoring above the 75% in the subject area tests (a typical school would have 25% of the students score at this level, or 8 in our school):
English 6
Math 8
Reading 4
Science 9
The math course students were taking made a noticeable difference in how they performed on the Math test.
Algebra II students- All 11 scored above 50%, and 7 scored above 75%. The decision years ago to teach Algebra in 8th grade to students that are ready continues to pay dividends.
Geometry- 4 of the 9 scored above 50%.
Applied Math I and II- 1 of 11 scored above 50%.
None of the sophomore students are currently taking Algebra.
The results tell us that B-R School is getting the majority of our sophomore students prepared for college. We are doing well with the high achieving students in Math and science reasoning.
The results are also broken down by student reported racial groups. It was interesting to note that students who considered themselves “mixed race” performed better as a group than students who reported themselves as being “Caucasian/white”. I am glad to see that we are getting results for all groups of students.
