How to Read the Scores

Reading 2001: Percentage of students scoring at or above the national average on the 2001 Stanford 9 test. A 50 means that half the school’s students were at or above the national average.

Reading Change: Change from 1998’s percentage of students scoring at or above the national average. (When 1998 comparisons were unavailable--for example, with a new school--1999 data were used, if available.)

Math 2001: Percentage of students scoring at or above the national average on the 2001 Stanford 9 test.

Math Change: Change from 1998’s percentage of students scoring at or above the national average. (When 1998 comparisons were unavailable--for example, with a new school--1999 data were used, if available.)

Standard Above: Percentage of students whose scores on questions relating to California’s English and language arts standards were deemed “proficient” or “advanced.”

Standard Below: Percentage of students whose scores on the English and language arts standards questions were considered “below basic” or “far below basic.”

For more information, see first page of tables.

Note: an asterisk (*) means the number of students tested was 10 or fewer. Schools for which data were unavailable were omitted.