Student and School Performance
Overview
Annually in October, Immaculata students in grades 3-8 take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS), a nationally recognized achievement test. The ITBS is a norm-referenced test that compares scores of Immaculata students to the scores of a national sample of students. Students in grades 4 and 7 take the Riverside writing test. Eighth graders take the North Carolina computer literacy test and eighth graders enrolled in Algebra I take the North Carolina Algebra I end-of-course test.
School Profile: Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
The following tables and graphs are based on the ITBS Core test results that include the core subjects of reading, language, and mathematics.
Table 1
ITBS Core Test Results in Each Subject Area, Average Student Score, Percentile Rank by Grade, October 2009
Grade
|
Reading |
Language |
Math
|
Core total
|
3
|
83 |
85 |
78 |
83 |
| 4 |
84 |
91 |
78 |
88 |
| 5 |
84 |
87 |
86 |
87 |
| 6 |
83 |
80 |
78 |
82 |
| 7 |
84 |
78 |
69 |
79 |
| 8 |
81 |
80 |
75 |
80 |
The above table shows the percentile rank of the average student score in grades 3 through 8 in each of the core areas and in the total of the core areas. Note the following trends:
- In all cases, the average student score by grade is in the top quarter of students in the U.S.
- For the Core Total score, Immaculata students performed better than or the same as 83% of the students in the national test sample.
Table 2
Eight Year History, ITBS Core Total Average Student Score, Percentile Rank by Grade and Year, 2002 to 2009
| Grade |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008
|
2009
|
|
3
|
94
|
93
|
82
|
88
|
84
|
91
|
90
|
83
|
|
4
|
91
|
95
|
88
|
86
|
89
|
82
|
89
|
88
|
|
5
|
83
|
84
|
92
|
87
|
87
|
85
|
82
|
87
|
|
6
|
79
|
82
|
81
|
84
|
83
|
74
|
76
|
82
|
|
7
|
81
|
83
|
83
|
81
|
86
|
81
|
81
|
79
|
|
8
|
78
|
85
|
80
|
86
|
81
|
83
|
84
|
80
|
The above table shows the eight year record of the percentile rank of the average Immaculata student score by grade for the ITBS Core Total. Note the following trends::
- The average Immaculata student score is consistently in or near the top quarter of students in the U.S.
- The average student score for the past four years is at or above the top quarter of U.S. students.
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