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    • Missing the mark
    Some Ohio school districts posted better scores on student proficiency tests than were predicted -- given those district's poverty and income levels -- by an Enquirer statistical analysis of 1996 test scores. Others did worse than predicted. A look at those districts whose overall passage rate on all proficiency tests significantly exceeded or fell below the predicted score.

    OVERACHIEVERS
    SCHOOL
    DISTRICT    		 COUNTY % PASSED PREDICTED
    % PASSED    		 DIFFERENCE
    Kent Portage 79.3 66.9 12.5
    New Boston Scioto 59.7 47.6 12.1
    Mississinawa Valley Darke 74.9 63.7 11.3
    Wooster Wayne 80.4 69.4 11
    Madeira Hamilton 92.4 81.7 10.7
    Steubenville Jefferson 65.6 55 10.6
    Mayfield Cuyahoga 87 76.5 10.5
    New Knoxville Auglaize 87.5 77.3 10.2
    Niles Trumbull 74 64 10
    Grandview Heights Franklin 87.8 77.8 10
    South Range Mahoning 81.4 71.5 9.9
    Newcomerstown Tuscarawas 72.5 62.6 9.9

    UNDERACHIEVERS
    SCHOOL
    DISTRICT    		 COUNTY % PASSED PREDICTED
    % PASSED    		 DIFFERENCE
    Triad Champaign 56.4 75.8 -19.5
    Eastern Pike 44.4 59.5 -15.1
    Fairport Harbor Lake 57.7 71.9 -14.2
    Westfall Pickaway 57 70.6 -13.6
    Put-in-Bay Ottawa 65 78.5 -13.5
    Buckeye Valley Delaware 64.8 77.2 -12.4
    Northeastern Clark 67.4 78.7 -11.3
    Logan Elm Pickaway 61.6 72.4 -10.9
    Trotwood-Madison Montgomery 50.4 60.9 -10.5
    Riverdale Hardin 63.1 73.6 -10.4
    Carey Wyandot 62.8 73.1 -10.3
    Madison Richland 59.8 69.9 -10.1