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District-Wide Multiple Science
Assessment Data
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NWEA and PLAN
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In grade
span 6-8
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How did the eighth grade students perform on the NWEA/MAP
general science?
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¥The NWEA/MAP science assessment replaced the SCASS as the
multiple measure in science.
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¥The students in grades 4-8 will take the science assessment
over science concepts and processes and general science content (life,
earth/space, physical) in the fall and spring.
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¥The spring 2005 testing provided a baseline data for the
general science content and the spring 2006 testing provided the baseline
data for science concepts and processes.
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¥Areas of strength appear in the Earth & Space Science and
the Physical Science areas.
Areas of concern fall in the Life Science area. There were no areas of strength or
concern in the Science Processes and Concepts area.
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Key for tables below:
¥Green
and bold represent areas of strong performance.
¥Red
and italics represent areas of concern
¥Yellow
indicates that there was growth from the fall testing to the spring testing.
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General Science
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Spring 2005
|
Number of
Students not SES or IEP
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
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Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
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58
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4
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203.1
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203.5
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202.2
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203.3
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59
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5
|
210.9
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209.7
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210.3
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213.3
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73
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6
|
213.5
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213.2
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213.4
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214.2
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67
|
7
|
216.2
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217.0
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217.1
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214.7
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86
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8
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218.0
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217.0
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217.3
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220.4
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Spring 2005
|
Number of
SES Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
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Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
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41
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4
|
201.2
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200.9
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200.5
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202.4
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40
|
5
|
204.9
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203.3
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205.5
|
205.8
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39
|
6
|
204.1
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204.1
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204.4
|
203.6
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47
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7
|
209.5
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211.3
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209.8
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207.1
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38
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8
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207.2
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207.3
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206.4
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208.1
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Spring 2005
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Number of
IEP Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
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Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
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18
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4
|
196.8
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197.6
|
197.1
|
195.8
|
|
16
|
5
|
197.1
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|
196.4
|
196.0
|
198.8
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|
15
|
6
|
196.6
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|
197.1
|
196.0
|
196.7
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16
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7
|
202.6
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204.0
|
202.6
|
200.9
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13
|
8
|
197.8
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194.2
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197.9
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201.2
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Spring 2006
|
Number of
Students not SES or IEP
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
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Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
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53
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4
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201.9
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201.6
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201.2
|
202.9
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64
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5
|
210.9
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209.6
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210.3
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212.6
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63
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6
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213.7
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212.2
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215.9
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213.5
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70
|
7
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217.9
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220.3
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219.1
|
214.8
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|
66
|
8
|
220.5
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|
217.4
|
219.4
|
224.8
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Spring 2006
|
Number of
SES Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
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Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
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48
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4
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198.1
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196.2
|
198.3
|
199.8
|
|
42
|
5
|
205.4
|
|
203.5
|
203.9
|
208.8
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|
37
|
6
|
207.5
|
|
203.9
|
210.6
|
207.6
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|
43
|
7
|
209.0
|
|
210.0
|
209.2
|
208.4
|
|
41
|
8
|
212.4
|
|
210.3
|
211.7
|
215.7
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Spring 2006
|
Number of
IEP Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
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Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
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|
15
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4
|
193.3
|
|
192.2
|
194.2
|
193.5
|
|
15
|
5
|
198.7
|
|
195.7
|
198.3
|
202.1
|
|
13
|
6
|
202.8
|
|
199.9
|
208.5
|
201.5
|
|
18
|
7
|
197.9
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|
196.4
|
199.2
|
197.8
|
|
17
|
8
|
199.3
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|
196.4
|
198.9
|
202.2
|
|
|
|
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Spring 2007
|
Number of
Students not SES or IEP
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
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Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
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49
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4
|
202.1
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202.3
|
204.5
|
200.4
|
|
53
|
5
|
209.2
|
|
207.2
|
209.9
|
210.6
|
|
65
|
6
|
212.8
|
|
210.0
|
217.3
|
211.5
|
|
66
|
7
|
215.6
|
|
216.1
|
216.0
|
215.0
|
|
75
|
8
|
218.9
|
|
217.4
|
217.7
|
222.0
|
|
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Spring 2007
|
Number of
SES Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
|
|
51
|
4
|
200.4
|
|
200.1
|
200.7
|
200.2
|
|
42
|
5
|
203.4
|
|
202.4
|
204.6
|
203.4
|
|
34
|
6
|
205.4
|
|
201.6
|
208.6
|
205.5
|
|
36
|
7
|
209.2
|
|
211.0
|
209.6
|
206.7
|
|
37
|
8
|
212.9
|
|
211.4
|
211.5
|
216.1
|
|
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Spring 2007
|
Number of
IEP Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Life Science
|
Earth/Space
Science
|
Physical
Science
|
|
18
|
4
|
197.2
|
|
197.0
|
196.4
|
197.4
|
|
19
|
5
|
201.7
|
|
201.9
|
200.4
|
202.3
|
|
19
|
6
|
200.1
|
|
197.5
|
204.7
|
199.4
|
|
15
|
7
|
204.1
|
|
202.9
|
206.1
|
202.7
|
|
12
|
8
|
206.1
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|
205.5
|
205.3
|
207.8
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Science Processes and
Concepts
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Spring 2006
|
Number of
Students not SES or IEP
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Unify
Processed Concepts
|
Abilities for
Science Inquiry
|
|
53
|
4
|
202.2
|
|
200.7
|
203.7
|
|
64
|
5
|
208.6
|
|
208.4
|
208.8
|
|
63
|
6
|
212.0
|
|
211.2
|
213.0
|
|
70
|
7
|
215.0
|
|
213.8
|
216.3
|
|
66
|
8
|
218.7
|
|
217.3
|
220.1
|
|
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Spring 2006
|
Number of
SES Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Unify Processed
Concepts
|
Abilities for
Science Inquiry
|
|
48
|
4
|
197.1
|
|
196.1
|
198.1
|
|
42
|
5
|
204.2
|
|
205.3
|
203.2
|
|
37
|
6
|
205.1
|
|
204.7
|
205.5
|
|
43
|
7
|
207.7
|
|
206.6
|
208.9
|
|
41
|
8
|
210.1
|
|
209.0
|
211.3
|
|
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Spring 2006
|
Number of
IEP Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Unify
Processed Concepts
|
Abilities for
Science Inquiry
|
|
15
|
4
|
193.4
|
|
191.7
|
195.5
|
|
15
|
5
|
197.7
|
|
198.7
|
195.1
|
|
13
|
6
|
198.8
|
|
199.0
|
198.5
|
|
18
|
7
|
198.6
|
|
198.1
|
199.3
|
|
17
|
8
|
197.9
|
|
199.1
|
196.6
|
|
|
|
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Spring 2007
|
Number of
Students not SES or IEP
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Unify
Processed Concepts
|
Abilities for
Science Inquiry
|
|
49
|
4
|
202.0
|
|
200.6
|
203.7
|
|
53
|
5
|
206.5
|
|
206.3
|
206.8
|
|
65
|
6
|
210.9
|
|
210.1
|
211.8
|
|
66
|
7
|
212.9
|
|
212.4
|
213.5
|
|
75
|
8
|
217.1
|
|
215.5
|
218.7
|
|
|
Spring 2007
|
Number of
SES Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Unify
Processed Concepts
|
Abilities for
Science Inquiry
|
|
51
|
4
|
199.9
|
|
198.5
|
201.5
|
|
42
|
5
|
200.5
|
|
200.4
|
200.6
|
|
34
|
6
|
204.3
|
|
204.3
|
204.5
|
|
36
|
7
|
206.3
|
|
206.5
|
206.3
|
|
37
|
8
|
212.1
|
|
210.3
|
214.0
|
|
|
Spring 2007
|
Number of
IEP Students
|
Grade
|
Mean Rit
|
|
Unify
Processed Concepts
|
Abilities for
Science Inquiry
|
|
18
|
4
|
195.2
|
|
193.8
|
196.9
|
|
19
|
5
|
198.2
|
|
197.7
|
198.7
|
|
19
|
6
|
197.7
|
|
197.0
|
198.6
|
|
15
|
7
|
200.3
|
|
200.9
|
199.3
|
|
12
|
8
|
207.0
|
|
207.1
|
206.9
|
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In grade
span 9-12
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How do the PLAN science scores of Atlantic High School
sophomores compare to the10th grade students nationally?
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¥ The PLAN test is given to all
Atlantic High School sophomores each year in
October.
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¥ The 135 sophomores in 2006-2007 had a mean score of 17.8 that
is below the national mean of 18.2.
The mean of 17.8 is a decrease from 19.0 the previous year.
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¥ 30% of the
2006-2007 sophomores scored in upper quartile nationally in science. Compared to the
previous four sophomore classes, the 2006- 2007
sophomores have the lowest percent of students in the upper quartile
and
the highest percentage of students in the lowest quartile.
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¥ The 2006-2007
females had a mean score of 17.8 while the males had a mean score of
18.0. The males continue to
slightly out perform the females.
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NatÕl Quartile
|
Score Range
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% of AHS sophomores
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2002-2003
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2003-2004
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2004-2005
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2005-2006
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2006-2007
|
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75-99%
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19-32
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48%
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55%
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50%
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52%
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30%
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50-74%
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15-18
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23%
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24%
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25%
|
26%
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21%
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25-49%
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13-14
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21%
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11%
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16%
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15%
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23%
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1-24%
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1-12
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8%
|
10%
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9%
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7%
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26%
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Is the academic achievement of AHS PLAN tested sophomores for
the past 4 years improving compared to that of sophomores nationally?
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¥ The AHS
sophomores had consistently scored above the national average of 18.2 in
science since 2000-2001 until 2006-2007.
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# of students
|
Mean Score
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Atlantic
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2006-2007
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(N=135)
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17.8
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Atlantic
|
2005-2006
|
(N=136)
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19.0
|
|
Atlantic
|
2004-2005
|
(N=110)
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19.0
|
|
Atlantic
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2003-2004
|
(N=121)
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19.2
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Atlantic
|
2002-2003
|
(N=109)
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18.4
|
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Atlantic
|
2001-2002
|
(N=108)
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18.8
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Atlantic
|
2000-2001
|
(N=146)
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17.8
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