MAKING GAINS STUDENT TEST SCORES IMPROVING.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Fifth- and seventh-graders in the Castaic school district improved as much as 9 percentage points in state math and language test scores over last 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. results released by the district Tuesday. While the statewide Standardized Testing and Reporting The Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program measures performance on the California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition Survey (CAT/6 Survey), the California Content Standards Test and the Spanish Assessment of Basic Education (SABE/2). results - required of all California public school students in grades 2-11 as part of the Department of Education's push for school accountability - will be released today, three Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. school districts announced their individual results a day early. The Newhall School District The Newhall School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Valencia and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California, as well as the Stevenson Ranch community in unincorporated Los Angeles County. averaged a 2.4 percent increase in spelling scores in grades 2 through 6 on the 2001 STAR tests, and a 1.6 percent improvement in math. Eighth-graders showed the biggest improvement in the William S. Hart Union High School District, boasting a 2.5 percent average increase in reading, language, math and spelling. Hart ninth-graders, however, dropped slightly in every subject but science, which remained the same with a 57 percent ranking. While seventh-grade Hart district scores went up slightly in reading, language, math and spelling, sophomore results improved only in reading by one point, to 47. The largest improvements in local scores released Tuesday came in the Castaic district, where seventh-graders jumped 8 percentage points in math, to 67, and 9 points in language, to 68. Castaic fifth-graders raised their math score to 73, a 9-point jump, and improved their language scores by 7 points, to 63. Results from the Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs, city (1990 pop. 14,062), seat of Hopkins co., NE Tex., in a farm area; inc. 1859. Vegetables, wheat, rice, and corn are grown, and livestock and dairying are important. There is clay and timber in the area. and Saugus Union school districts The Saugus Union School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Saugus, Valencia, and Canyon Country communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California. As of March 25,2006, it has 15 elementary schools. , as well as a look at how Santa Clarita Valley schools fared on a state and county level, will be available after statewide numbers are released today. The test is a multiple-choice, standardized exam. Spelling is given only to students in the second through eighth grades. Science and social science tests are given only to students in the ninth through 11th grades. A 50 percentile-point score is the national average. This was the fourth year California public-school pupils took the Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition, or Stanford 9, picked by the state Board of Education as California's standardized achievement test under 1997 legislation. The legislation required that pupils take a single standardized achievement test each spring to measure academic progress. The test scores have added importance because they are used to calculate rankings under which schools and their staffs can qualify for extra money - or sanctions if their students perform poorly. SANTA CLARITA VALLEY REPORT CARD Three Santa Clarita Valley school districts released some Stanford 9 Achievement Test scores Tuesday. The state Department of Education will release scores for individual schools today. Unless otherwise noted, results are for students in third, sixth and ninth grades in reading, math and language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. . Scores are released as 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 rankings, a way of measuring performance against a national norm. A student with a reading score at the 60th percentile scored equal to or better than 60 percent of the students in the norming sample. A percentile rank The percentile rank of a score is the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution which are lower. For example, a test score which is greater than 85% of the scores of people taking the test is said to be at the 85th percentile. of 50 is considered better than half or worse than half of other scores. Check out dailynews.com for a complete listing of school scores since 1998. READING MATH LANGUAGE CASTAIC UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICTWIDE/3 59 58 76 74 71 68 DISTRICTWIDE/6 59 59 66 64 62 61 NEWHALL SCHOOL DISTRICT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DISTRICTWIDE/3 65 65 76 74 72 71 DISTRICTWIDE/6 71 69 82 80 77 73 WILLIAM S. HART UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT - HIGH SCHOOLS BOWMAN/9 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A CANYON/9 47 44 65 64 64 58 HART/9 47 51 66 71 59 62 LEARNING POST/9 N/A 41 N/A 41 N/A 54 SAUGUS HIGH/9 52 56 74 82 67 72 VALENCIA/9 50 52 71 71 65 65 CAPTION(S): chart Chart: SANTA CLARITA VALLEY REPORT CARD (see text) |
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