preliminary EOG results for OCS (science)

So sorry for not getting the rest of these results up sooner, but it's been a bit crazy over here, and this requires (for me) long periods of concentration (and a lot of coffee!).

Here are the preliminary results on End of Grade tests for science.

Since there are fewer categories here (only students in grades three and eight are tested in science for the EOG), I'll be able to go into more detail per school.

With retesting, every elementary and middle school was able to increase their students' level of proficiency. The district increased proficiency by 2.3 percent before the retest and by a whopping 16.1 percent after it from the 2008 school year levels. For the middle schools, that meant a total of 72.3 percent of students in the district being proficient in science (achieving at least a Level III on the EOG). At the elementary school level, the district achieved a 13 percent increase pre-retest and a humongous leap of a nearly 40 percent increase in proficiency from the 2008 levels after the retest.

Grade Three

Before the retest, Central achieved the biggest percent increase in proficiency of 31.9 percent more students over 2008 levels, with 34.3 percent reaching proficiency. After the retest, Central increased by 53.9 percent the number of students who were proficient, to 40 percent.

Cameron Park had a decrease of 3.1 percent the number of students who achieved proficiency before the retest compared with 2008, with 55.7 percent of students proficient in 2009. However, with the retest, they achieved a 20.2 percent increase in the number of students achieving proficiency, with nearly 70 percent proficient.

Efland Cheeks saw a 28.7 percent increase in proficiency from the 2008 levels, to 36.8 percent of students proficient in science in 2009. ECES experienced the highest percentage increase of students reaching proficiency: There was an 80.1 percent increase in students reaching proficiency after the retest, to 51.5 percent proficient in 2009.

Grady A. Brown achieved a 9.2 percent increase over 2008 levels, to 64 percent proficient before the retest. After the retest, nearly 80 percent of students were proficient, a 34.8 percent increase.


Hillsborough achieved a 14.5 percent increase over 2008 levels, to nearly 65 percent proficient before the retest. After the retest, more than 72 percent of students were proficient, a 27.6 percent increase.


New Hope suffered a .5 percent decrease in proficiency from 2008 to 2009 levels before the retest, to 56.8 percent proficient. However, retesting boosted the number of students considered proficient to 70.3 percent, a more than 23 percent increase.

Pathways achieved a 29.3 percent increase over 2008 levels, to 64 percent proficient before the retest. After the retest, more than 73 percent of students were proficient, a 66.4 percent increase.

Grade Eight

A.L. Stanback was the only middle school to increase the number of students who were considered proficient before the retest, to 70.6 percent, a 16.5 percent increase over 2008 numbers. After the retest, 78.2 percent of students were proficient, a 29 percent increase.

C.W. Stanford suffered a 2.1 percent decrease in the number of students who were considered proficient compared with 2008. Post retest, nearly 73 percent of students were considered proficient, a 9 percent increase over 2008 numbers.

Gravelly Hills experienced a 6.4 percent decrease in the number of students who were considered proficient compared with 2008 during the first round of testing. After the retest, more than 66 percent of students were considered proficient, a 14.3 percent increase over the 2008 numbers.

Phew! The reading EOG analysis will be up sometime this week.