State Test Scores Released
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
State Education Director Ken James says the
latest batch of standardized test results are a positive sign.
The tests show that Arkansas fifth and ninth graders are above
the national average in most categories. The states ninth graders
had average scores for reading comprehension.
The University of Iowa-developed Iowa Test of Basic Skills and
Iowa Test of Educational Development replaced the Stanford
Achievement Test last April. The basic skills was given to more
than 33-thousand fifth graders, and the educational development
test was given to more than 33-thousand ninth graders.
The Iowa tests, like the Stanford tests, are graded on a system
that compared results to the nations average score. The 50th
percentile represents the average.
