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Analysis: 62 percent of Donovan Junior students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 38 percent of Donovan Junior High School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Donovan Junior High School show about 34 percent met expectations and 4 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 42 percent approached expectations, 16 percent partially met expectations and 4 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Donovan Junior High School, which enrolled 71 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.

Donovan Junior High School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
38.2%
61.8%
2016
45.8%
54.2%
2015
42.5%
57.5%

How Kankakee County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Donovan Junior High School
Donovan
Iroquois
38.2%
61.8%
Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center
Bourbonnais
Kankakee
35.3%
64.7%
Bradley Central Middle School
Bradley
Kankakee
27.7%
72.3%
Cissna Park Junior High School
Cissna Park
Iroquois
26.6%
73.4%
Iroquois West Middle School
Onarga
Iroquois
25.6%
74.4%
Kankakee Junior High School
Kankakee
Kankakee
13.7%
86.3%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Daniel Wright Junior High School
Lincolnshire
Lake
81.7%
18.3%
Wood Oaks Junior High School
Northbrook
Cook
80.1%
19.9%
Butler Junior High School
Oak Brook
Dupage
79.9%
20.1%
Marie Murphy School
Wilmette
Cook
79.3%
20.7%
Hickory Creek Middle School
Frankfort
Will
79%
21.0%
Kennedy Junior High School
Lisle
Dupage
77.5%
22.5%
Maple School
Northbrook
Cook
76.6%
23.4%
Alan B. Shepard Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
75.3%
24.7%
McClure Junior High School
Western Springs
Cook
74.7%
25.3%
Twin Groves Middle School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
73.7%
26.3%
Carleton W. Washburne School
Winnetka
Cook
73.3%
26.7%
Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff
Lake
73%
27.0%
Woodlawn Middle School
Long Grove
Lake
72.5%
27.5%
Charles J. Caruso Middle School
Deerfield
Lake
72%
28.0%
Deer Path Middle School West
Lake Forest
Lake
71.9%
28.1%
Clarendon Hills Middle School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
68%
32.0%
Park Junior High School
La Grange Park
Cook
67.7%
32.3%
Wilmette Junior High School
Wilmette
Cook
67.5%
32.5%
Hinsdale Middle School
Hinsdale
Dupage
67.2%
32.8%
Gordon Gregory Middle School
Naperville
Dupage
66.8%
33.2%

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