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OLYMPIA—The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction released standardized test results for public schools statewide for the 2021-22, which included results for Davenport, Reardan-Edwall, Odessa and Harrington.
For local schools, Davenport averaged the highest percentage of students meeting state standards for their grade level on the Smarter Balanced Assessment, which tests on English/language arts and math, and the Comprehensive Assessment of Science.
The SBA is administered to grades 3-8 and 10, while the WCAS is given to fifth, eighth and 10th-graders.
In Davenport, 74.5% of eighth-grade and 10th-grade students met ELA standards, the highest of any grade. Just 50% of seventh-graders met these standards, the district’s lowest mark.
68.2% of sixth-graders met standards in math, best in the district. 10th-graders had the lowest mark at 40.4%.
56.4% of 11th-graders met science standards, but just 36.0% of fifth-graders met that mark.
Reardan-Edwall student test scores didn’t average as high as Davenport’s in ELA and math, but some grades still received high marks. 68.4% of 10th-graders met standards, but just 31.9% of third-graders did so.
Third-graders did receive the district’s highest marks in math, with 53.2% meeting state standards. Fifth-graders had the lowest marks at 28.2%.
The Screaming Eagles outperformed the Gorillas in average science scores, with 61.4% of 11th-graders meeting state standards. Only 34.7% of fifth-graders met these standards.
Odessa didn’t quite reach the level of Davenport or Reardan in ELA scores, but was quite competitive in math and science.
The most successful grade for ELA was third-graders, where 66.7% of students met state standards. The lowest scores on average were seventh-graders, with just 38.9% of students meeting standards.
Math scores widely varied in Odessa across grades, with 66.7% of third-graders meeting state standards but just 20% of sixth-graders meeting standards.
All three proctored grades had at least 50% of its students meet state standards in science, and 73.7% of 11th-graders accomplished that feat, the highest percentage for any subject or any grade in the district.
In Harrington, no grade had more than 45% of its students meet state standards on any of the three subjects. The district’s highest ELA mark was for fifth-graders at 43.8%, while just 27.3% of third-graders met the state standards.
All math percentages were 20% or lower. Science tests resulted in better marks for Harrington, with 43.8% of fifth-graders and 40% of eighth-graders meeting standards.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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