TAKS Scores ‘Above Average’
GCHS Principal Misty Kinnibrugh said on June 8 that the school’s 2009 TAKS test results were “above state averages.” Campus results in the elementary school showed that 97 percent met the test standard (passed) in reading, 93 percent in math, and 100 percent in both writing and science. Secondary school campus results were 100 percent passing in reading, 98 percent in math and social studies, and 87 percent in science.
In third grade, 94 percent passed in both reading and math; in fourth grade, 100 percent in reading, math and writing. One hundred percent of fifth graders passed in reading, math and science. In sixth grade, 94 percent passed in reading, 79 percent in math.
In the seventh grade, 95 percent passed in both reading and writing, and 100 percent in math. Eighth graders passed reading with 100 percent, 94 percent in math and social studies, and 72 percent passed in science. Ninth graders all passed both the reading and math tests. In tenth grade, 100 percent passed reading, math and social studies, while 94 percent passed science.
Exit level tests were passed by 100 percent of those tested in reading and social studies, by 96 percent in math and 92 percent in science. Some TAKS retesting is scheduled for June and July.