TEST PERFORMANCE
TEST PERFORMANCE
Racial comparison
The state’s local report card showed that the percentage of black students in the Youngstown city schools achieving proficiency or above on the 11th grade Ohio Graduation Test for 2006 ranged between 12 percent and 30 percent behind that of white students on portions of the test.
READING: Black, 84.3 percent;
white, 100 percent.
WRITING: black, 85.7 percent;
white, 97.9 percent.
MATH: black, 73.7 percent;
white, 94.1 percent.
SCIENCE: black, 59.3 percent;
white, 91.8 percent.
SOCIAL STUDIES: black, 70.1 percent; white, 97.9 percent.
Source: State of Ohio