School board members who are pushing for significantly improved reading scores for students at Williamsburg-James City County schools were probably disappointed by the results of last spring’s testing, which were released last week by the state department of education.
York County students generally performed better, with pass rates that were higher by double digits in many cases.
English reading scores fell for the third year in a row for students in Third and Fourth Grade at WJCC schools, with pass rates of 67% and 75%, respectively.
Several board members have openly expressed a desire to see reading pass rates of 85% or better, but none of the school system’s pass rates surpassed 81%
Older students in 6th and 7th grades saw an improvement in their scores, while 8th graders’ pass rate dropped slightly to 78%, after improving to 80% the previous year.
In fact, sixth grade reading saw the highest jump over the past two years, up nine points to 81%. That w…