Savannah School District

Savannah scores on the Stanford 9 standardized test given this spring showed marked improvement in almost every subject. Continuing a countywide trend, reading scores showed the least improvement while math scores showed the greatest. The Stanford 9, which is taken by California public school students in grades 2 through 11, measures basic skills, such as reading, math, language and spelling. Scores are measured against those of a national pool of test-takers. The 50th percentile is the national median. A score in the 99th percentile, for example, is equal to or higher than all but 1% of the comparison group’s score.

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Reading Math Language Spelling School Grade 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 Districtwide 2 51 54 50 61 52 58 51 53 3 41 48 48 65 51 62 47 56 4 42 44 45 48 51 49 40 47 5 42 42 49 56 49 50 43 42 6 47 52 61 72 58 62 46 55 Cerritos 2 71 59 63 66 67 65 66 57 3 53 59 55 76 65 77 58 62 4 62 61 57 62 61 65 50 58 5 56 51 61 69 59 59 59 51 6 61 65 70 82 70 73 68 66 Hansen 2 40 50 36 63 37 52 40 50 3 27 36 37 50 34 44 32 47 4 37 37 44 49 50 44 47 41 5 33 46 41 63 46 51 38 47 6 34 45 57 75 52 61 37 54 Holder 2 52 52 55 53 56 56 53 54 3 49 54 57 75 59 71 49 60 4 37 45 44 51 42 48 30 49 5 41 38 56 52 54 46 38 36 6 47 55 62 75 54 69 40 57 Reid 2 52 57 52 63 53 61 52 54 3 44 44 47 58 54 57 54 53 4 39 40 41 38 51 45 38 45 5 43 38 40 45 41 49 40 40 6 49 46 57 60 59 49 43 47

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Source: Savannah School District