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2012 Golden Horseshoe Test March 22, 2012 to March 28, 2012.

 

Thursday

March 22

Friday

March 23

Monday

March 26

Tuesday

March 27

Wednesday

March 28

Total

Berkeley

1,438

Barbour

184

Boone

360

Kanawha*

1,160

Brooke

242

 

Doddridge

89

Gilmer

78

Braxton

153

Mason

321

Calhoun

88

 

Fayette

547

Harrison

845

Cabell

1,003

McDowell

273

Clay

140

 

Grant

162

Jefferson

604

Greenbrier

423

Mingo

317

Kanawha*

1,160

 

Hardy

177

Morgan

214

Hampshire

311

Monroe

141

Marshall

394

 

Logan

511

Preston

464

Hancock

349

Randolph

325

Mercer

779

 

Marion

603

Raleigh

956

Jackson

393

Ritchie

109

Monongalia

857

 

Pendleton

70

Tucker

68

Lewis

194

Roane

189

Nicholas

316

 

Putnam

721

Upshur

271

Lincoln

283

Summers

116

Pleasants

91

 

Tucker

68

Wayne

545

Mineral

320

Tyler

93

Pocahontas

86

 

Wirt

73

 

 

Ohio

525

Wetzel

217

Taylor

185

 

 

 

WVB&D

20

Wood

1115

Webster

118

 

 

 

 

 

Wyoming

312

 

 

 

 

 

Total

4,459

Total

4,229

Total

4,646

Total

4,376

Total

4,456

22166

Counties

11

Counties

10

Counties

12

Counties

12

Counties

12

56

We are providing you with detailed information in the chart above to show you the delicate balance of counties and student populations on each day of testing.

**If a county or school should experience technical problems on the day of testing  then that county/school will notify our office immediately and arrangements will be made to administer the test on the very next school day!

* Kanawha County is split into two days because of the size of the account and the Internet.

 

We are providing you with detailed information in the chart above to show you the delicate balance of counties and student

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West Virginia Archives and History Quick Quizzes can be found at   http://www.wvculture.org/history/trivia/quizindex.aspx

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