NRT -- All Students

Specific Requirements

Pupil achievement by grade level, as measured by the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program.

Education Code Section 33126 (b)(1)(A)

Definitions

For the most recent three-year period:

Data are provided for math and reading for each grade level as the percentage of students taking the state-approved norm-referenced test that scored at or above the 50th percentile.

Guidelines and Data Sources

Reading and mathematics results from the norm-referenced test (NRT) adopted by the State Board of Education (this was the Stanford 9 test until 2002, but was changed to the California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition in 2003) are reported as the percentage of tested students scoring at or above the 50th percentile (the national average). School results are compared to results at the district and state levels. Data are reported for 2003, 2004, and 2005.

In lieu of providing grade level data, a link to the STAR Web site may be provided to the reader, where these data are available.

Data are reported from the STAR Program [http://star.cde.ca.gov/].