SAT 10
Norm Referenced Results - Spring 2011

A Quick Explanation of a "Norm-Referenced Test"

 

A "Norm-Referenced" test, such as the new "SAT 10" provides a comparison to every other student and school in the country.  A "norm referenced" test means that a score of 50 is the average for all students taking the test.  A score of 66 would mean it is 16% higher than the average and in the top one-third of all students in the country.  A score of 25 would mean it is 25% below the average and in the bottom one-fourth of all students that took the test.

2011 SAT 10

Grade	Reading	Math	Language
Second	72	73	68

In April 2009, the Arizona State Board of Education authorized a new testing contract with NCS Pearson, Inc for Spring 2010 testing. The change in test companies meant that the norm referenced test used in the state also changed. Beginning in Spring 2010 students in 2nd grade take the Stanford Achievement Test, Tenth Edition (SAT 10) rather than the TerraNova. Students in 3rd - 6th grade take the AIMS test which contains both AIMS and SAT 10 questions.

Students in 3rd - 6th grade will receive an individual SAT 10 percentile score as well as an AIMS score in each tested area. However, due to the limitations in the Pearson reporting, the school does not receive scores that reflect overall grade-wide performance on the SAT 10 at these grade levels.