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Word this morning that Octorara High students bucked a Lancaster County trend this year, in a good way.
According to a LancasterOnliine article, scores for the college entrance exam SAT for Lancaster County public school students declined for the third year in a row.
Octorara's scores, on the other hand, went up.
Not only did 44 more Octorara students take the SAT in 2011 than sat for the exam 2010, but thier Reading, Math and Writing scores increased 12, 4 and 17 points respectively.
The money quote from the article:
The total average for Pequea Valley students, for instance, dropped by 73 points in 2011, one year after it rose by 72 points. Octorara followed a similar pattern, boosting its scores by 33 points a year after the 2010 average declined by 47 points.
This year's increase came despite an additional 44 Octorara students taking the test.
Octorara High School Principal Scott Rohrer said it's difficult to compare results from one year to the next because every graduating class is different.
But he said Octorara's teaching staff has "made a concerted effort to enhance critical thinking skills" for all students and has challenged more pupils to take advanced courses, which may have helped boost the 2011 scores.
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