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Payson School District students in grades two through nine are no longer required to take the dreaded Stanford 9 test.
Students now have an entire new set of state-mandated tests that make the Stanford 9 pale in comparison.
Next spring, second-graders will take reading, language arts and math tests known as the TerraNova. Those are considered Norm Referenced Tests (NRT)
which means previous tests have been given around the nation to establish a "normal." The Stanford 9 was an example of an NRT.
Students in grades three to eight take a triple hit in that they must take an AIMS dual purpose assessment in reading and mathematics, an NRT TerraNova and an AIMS extended-writing test.
Ninth grades take just the TerraNova in reading, language arts and mathematics.
Beginning next spring, sophomores take only the AIMS. Students who do not
meet the standard on any three portions of the test must retake it either the next fall or spring.
Juniors and seniors who have met the standard on a test have of option of retesting in hopes of improving their scores. Retesting may be done only in the spring.
Beginning with this year's high school junior class, students must meet the standard in reading, writing and mathematics to receive a diploma.
The Stanford 9 test fell by the wayside March 29 when the state board of education voted unanimously to award a new contract for the state's testing program to a division of McGraw Hill publishing known as CTB. The contract will include developing and administering the new AIMS testing.
Although the Stanford 9 is dead in the water, the results are in from the tests that students in grades two through nine took last spring.
In the test results, the percentile rank score means the students who took the tests did as well or better than the nationwide percentage.
For example, a student who scored in the 63rd percentile in math, did as well or better than 63 percent of the students who took the test around the nation.
The higher the percentile rank, the better the students performed.
The following are test results that compare Payson students to county and state scores.
GRADE 02
READING
Total Reading
District 67, County 50, State 50
Word Study Skills
District 70, County 55, State 53
Reading Vocab
District 66, County 47, State 49
Reading Comp
District 64, County 48, State 49
MATHEMATICS
Total Math
District 68, County 58, State 58
Problem Solving
District 68, County 57, State 59
Procedures
District 67, County 61, State 57
LANGUAGE
Language
District 53, County 40, State 42
GRADE 03
READING
Total Reading
District 59, County 44, State 47
Word Study Skills
District 62, County 47, State 48
Reading Comp
District 65, County 54, State 55
MATHEMATICS
Total Math
District 67, County 58, State 58
Procedures
District 60, County 47, State 55
LANGUAGE
Language
District 69, County 47, State 53
Pre-writing
District 53, County 42, State 48
Composing
District 61, County 51, State 59
GRADE 04
READING
Total Reading
District 64, County 50, State 51
Word Study Skills
District 66, County 51, State 50
Reading Vocab
District 61, County 47, State 52
Reading Comp
District 63, County 50, State 57
MATHEMATICS
Total Math
District 66, County 55, State 60
Procedures
District 54, County 41, State 48
LANGUAGE
Language
District 54, County 43, State 48
Pre-writing
District 54, County 42, State 49
Composing
District 54, County 44, State 50
GRADE 05
READING
Total Reading
District 61, County 49, State 50
Word Study Skills
District 61, County 49, State 50
Reading Vocab
District 62, County 49, State 50
Reading Comp
District 69, County 55, State 60
MATHEMATICS
Total Math
District 70, County 57, State 61
Problem Solving
District 65, County 52, State 57
Procedures
District 54, County 41, State 46
LANGUAGE
Language
District 46, County 36, State 40
Pre-writing
District 59, County 45, State 49
Composing
District 58, County 46, State 50
GRADE 06
READING
Total Reading
District 55, County 47, State 52
Word Study Skills
District 58, County 49, State 53
Reading Vocab
District 53, County 46, State 52
Reading Comp
District 63, County 55, State 64
MATHEMATICS
Total Math
District 67, County 60, State 67
Problem Solving
District 58, County 48, State 59
Procedures
District 46, County 38, State 45
LANGUAGE
Language
District 44, County 34, State 41
Pre-writing
District 52, County 44, State 46
Composing
District 47, County 42, State 50
GRADE 07
READING
Total Reading
District 47, County 42, State 50
Word Study Skills
District 47, County 37, State 43
Reading Vocab
District 48, County 46, State 59
Reading Comp
District 59, County 49, State 59
MATHEMATICS
Total Math
District 60, County 50, State 61
Problem Solving
District 58, County 47, State 56
Procedures
District 54, County 45, State 54
LANGUAGE
Language
District 50, County 41, State 49
Pre-writing
District 56, County 47, State 54
Composing
District 55, County 49, State 58
GRADE 08
READING
Total Reading
District 64, County 48, State 52
Word Study Skills
District 53, County 39, State 45
Reading Vocab
District 69, County 54, State 55
Reading Comp
District 63, County 46, State 59
MATHEMATICS
Total Math
District 67, County 51, State 63
Problem Solving
District 55, County 38, State 50
Procedures
District 60, County 40, State 48
LANGUAGE
Language
District 50, County 36, State 44
Pre-writing
District 73, County 50, State 54
Composing
District 56, County 41, State 50
GRADE 09
READING
Total Reading
District 43, County 35, State 40
Word Study Skills
District 39, County 33, State 39
Reading Vocab
District 48, County 39, State 43
Reading Comp
District 61, County 52, State 62
MATHEMATICS
Problem Solving
District 37, County 34, State 41
Procedures
District 34, County 32, State 37
LANGUAGE
Language
District 42, County 40, State 47
Pre-writing
District 41, County 37, State 43
Test Date: 03/04 • Test type: Multiple Choice • Percentile Rank-S of Mean National NCE
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