In April 2004 all Arizona
public school students in grades 2-9 took the Stanford 9 test. These
scores tell you how a student, or the average student at a school,
compares to students nationally. Please keep the following in mind
when interpreting these scores:
- The Stanford 9 comparison
group consists of about 20,000 students per grade level who are representative
of students across the United States who took the test in the spring
of 2004.
- The scores are percentile
ranks. They tell you that the average student did better than ___
percent of students in the national comparison group.
- The scores include all
students in the school during the testing week, including those who
just enrolled that day. In most schools, the average for students
who began the year at the school is 15-20 percentile points higher
than those who enrolled during the year.
- The scores are only one
of the many factors that should be considered when looking at schools.
For example, is you child interested in music? Debate? Having an
opportunity to excel in many areas in order to win college scholarships?
Mesa students capture more state music awards, win more championships,
and take home more scholarships [over $45 million in 2004], but you
wouldn't know that if you just looked at the Stanford 9 scores.
Stanford 9 Achievement Test Results -- Percentile Rank
2003-2004 School Year |
| Grade |
Reading |
Math |
Language |
MPS
Avg. |
State Avg. |
MPS Avg.
|
State Avg.
|
MPS Avg.
|
State Avg.
|
2 |
65 |
57 |
70 |
63 |
52 |
48 |
3 |
59 |
54 |
65 |
61 |
63 |
59 |
4 |
61 |
56 |
66 |
59 |
54 |
50 |
5 |
61 |
54 |
70 |
63 |
54 |
48 |
6 |
63 |
56 |
76 |
66 |
54 |
48 |
7 |
54 |
59 |
75 |
61 |
63 |
57 |
8 |
54 |
59 |
73 |
59 |
57 |
52 |
9 |
42 |
50 |
76 |
63 |
52 |
42 |
2004 Stanford
9 Scores are available by grade in the following formats:
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Acrobat
The Adobe Acrobat Reader is
free software. You may obtain a copy of the software by clicking
here. This leads to the Adobe web site. After clicking on the link,
wait for the new page to load up, and follow the on-screen instructions
to download the software.
If you need the 2003
Stanford 9 Test Scores they are available in both Excel and Adobe
Acrobat format or you can contact our
office.
Back
to MPS main page. |
