Presented in Percentile Ranks
Spring 2009

Stanford Achievement Test scores are reported in several ways. For consistency, the measure called percentile ranks is often chosen as the reporting method. Percentile rank simply shows what percentage of scores fall at or below a specific score. For example, if a child’s reading score on the SAT is 68, it means that the child’s score is better than 68% of the children in the group that was tested. If a school's average percentile rank is 68, it means that the "average" student score at that school was better than 68% of the scores in the original norming group. It is important to note that the nationally normed percentile is 50. Scores above the norm are considered acceptable.

Note also that not all children at all grade levels take the same tests. Children in Kindergarten, First and Second grades take a test called “Environment” in place of Science and Social Studies. Likewise, students in grades 3-10 do not take the “Environment” test.

To begin, click on a link above to view the grade level scores.

To compare test results with any California public school click the bottom link at the right. On that site, click on the “Reports” link. You will see a window that allows you to select a county, district, or individual school. There is also the opportunity to select the test, the CAT6 (California Achievement Test) is the closest equivalent to the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT10) that Village Christian Schools takes. The comparison between CAT6 and SAT10 is not an “apples and apples” comparison since these are two different tests that test slightly different skill sets and knowledge bases. The link to public school data is only to allow for general comparisons.