Blue Hill Scores well in Statewide education Assessments.

The Governor of Nebraska shared the results of the statewide reading, math, science and writing assessment results for class C-1, C - 2, and smaller high schools.
This data allows parents, citizens, school boards, superintendents, principals, teachers and elected officials to compare results from one district to another in order to improve student and school academic achievement performance.
The top scores are as follows:

	Reading	Math	Science
Class C-1	Auburn	Pierce	Gordon-Rushville
	Milford	Auburn	Syracuse
	Ord**	Gordon-Rushville	Fillmore Central
	Syracuse**	Syracuse	Fairbury***
	Fairbury	Wayne	Pierce***
Class C-2	North Bend	Crofton	Crofton
	Thayer Central	Oakland-Craig	Blue Hill
	Yutan	Blue Hill	Elmwood-Murdock**
	Battle Creek	Centennial***	Kimball**
	Crofton	Louisville***	Cambridge
		West Holt***
Smaller Schools	Bertrand*	Bloomfield*	Bertrand*
	Creek Valley*	Leigh*	Bloomfield*
	Bancroft-Rosalie**	Creighton	Franklin*
	Bloomfield**	Kenesaw***	Leigh*
	Kenesaw	Loomis***	Loomis*
			Stuart*
*tied for first **tied for third ***tied for fourth

The Governor  congratulated Crofton for scoring first again this year in math and science. "That’s an outstanding achievement." he said. 
Regarding the reading assessment, 22 Class C-1 schools, 23 Class C-2 schools and 36 smaller schools had a higher score in 2013 than they did in 2010.
Regarding the math assessment, 24 Class C-1 schools, 27 Class C-2 schools and 43 smaller schools had a higher score in 2013 than they did in 2011 which was the first year of the math assessment. Bloomfield has had a perfect score on the math assessment all three years.
Regarding the science assessment, this was the second year for the test and 28 of 39 Class C-1 schools, 29 of 41 Class C-2 schools and 39 of 59 smaller schools improved their scores in 2013.  The Governor said he considers that excellent progress. Bertrand and Stuart have had a perfect score on the science assessment in both 2012 and 2013.
The Governor thanked the school districts for the increased emphasis that they have placed on academic achievement. "It is making a difference" He said.