DISTRICT'S OVERALL STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS AVERAGE : PALMDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT CTBS TEST SCORES.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. scored slightly below the national average on standardized tests for reading, language and math, performing about the same as the previous year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. test results released Wednesday. Districtwide, the overall score was 47, which is within the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills average range of 45 to 55, officials said. Joshua Hills School led all 18 schools in the district with the top overall average of 52. ``We feel we are a very academic-oriented school, and we concentrate on delivering the curriculum probably as much as anything,'' said Principal Mark Pospisil, who added that the school has much parent involvement and not a lot of discipline problems. The Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills is a multiple-choice, national standardized test that covers three subject areas: math, language and reading. CTBS CTBS Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills CTBS Certified Tissue Bank Specialist CTBS California Tests of Basic Skills scores are reported in ``national percentiles.'' For example, a fourth-grade student scoring at the 50th percentile percentile, n the number in a frequency distribution below which a certain percentage of fees will fall. E.g., the ninetieth percentile is the number that divides the distribution of fees into the lower 90% and the upper 10%, or that fee level in reading has scored at or above where 50 percent of the fourth-graders in the national sample scored. ``We do not see any drastic increase or decrease. The scores are fairly stable,'' said Don Crane, assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. for pupil personnel services. ``One thing that could be said is that with so much change, growth and transiency, the fact that we were able to maintain constant scores isn't all that bad.'' The test results indicate that math scores are higher than reading and language in the primary grades, but in the eighth grade, the reverse is true, Crane said. Three districtwide scores were below the average range, those by fourth- and fifth-graders in reading, and by eighth-graders in math, a district report said. The strongest scores were posted by second- and third-graders in math, and with the exception of grades 7 and 8, math scores tended to be higher than reading and language, the report said. Eighth-graders had the highest reading and language scores in the district. The higher-performing schools were Barrel Springs, Joshua Hills, the Learning Plaza, Ocotillo, Summerwind and Wildflower wildflower Any flowering plant that grows without intentional human aid. Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers. A wildflower growing where it is unwanted is considered a weed. , the report said. The lower-scoring schools were Manzanita manzanita: see bearberry. , Palm Tree, Tamarisk tamarisk (tăm`ərĭsk), shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix, native chiefly to the Mediterranean area and to central Asia. The plants are often heathlike and thrive in arid and coastal regions. , Tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as and Yucca. The report cautioned that the quality of schools should not be judged solely on test scores, since results are affected by extraneous ex·tra·ne·ous adj. 1. Not constituting a vital element or part. 2. Inessential or unrelated to the topic or matter at hand; irrelevant. See Synonyms at irrelevant. 3. factors such as influxes of new students coming in midyear and increases in the numbers of pupils who speak limited English. Following is a list of reading, language and mathematics scores from Palmdale School District campuses. The Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills results are reported in ``national percentiles.'' For example, a fourth-grader scoring at the 50th percentile has scored at or above where 50 percent of the fourth-graders in the national sample scored. READING LANGUAGE MATHEMATICS School name 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995 BARREL SPRINGS 49 49 52 51 52 53 BUENA VISTA 47 47 50 49 48 51 CACTUS 48 48 48 48 51 49 CHAPARRAL 48 47 47 48 50 50 DESERT ROSE 48 48 49 48 50 50 JOSHUA HILLS 49 51 52 52 54 54 JUNIPER 45 45 48 46 43 44 LEARNING PLAZA 51 47 48 44 49 43 MANZANITA 40 43 42 43 4248 MESA 47 49 48 47 43 42 MESQUITE 46 47 51 49 51 52 OCOTILLO 46 47 50 49 53 53 PALM TREE 41 40 43 40 47 44 SUMMERWIND 46 46 50 47 56 49 TAMARISK 34 37 36 37 40 43 TUMBLEWEED 42 42 43 43 44 47 WILDFLOWER 49 48 49 49 54 49 YUCCA 34 37 39 39 41 41 Source: Palmdale School District CAPTION(S): Chart Chart: Palmdale School District CTBS test scores (see text) |
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