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 state`s 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 nation`s average score. The 50th
percentile represents the average.
