Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 3

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Grade 4

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Grade 5

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Grade 6

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Grade 7

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Grade 8

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Grade 10

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

About the Tests

• In 2007-2008 Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) was used to test students in reading, writing and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 and 10.
• AIMS is a standards-based test, which means that it measures how well students have mastered Arizona's learning standards.
• Students must pass the grade 10 AIMS in order to graduate.
• The goal is for all students to meet or exceed state standards on the test.

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Scale: National percentile rank (50 is the national average)

Grade 2
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		55	51			56	54			61	53
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 3
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		55	51			53	52			61	59
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 4
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		53	54			58	58			65	63
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 5
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		58	60			58	61			60	58
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 6
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		59	64			57	60			67	68
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 7
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		61	63			64	64			63	64
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 8
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		62	61			63	62			68	65
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 9
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		63	64			62	64			60	62
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

About the tests

• In 2007-2008 Arizona used the TerraNova to test students in grades 2 through 9 in reading, language arts and mathematics. The TerraNova is given alone in grades 2 and 9 and in conjunction with the AIMS test in grades 3 through 8.
• The TerraNova is a national norm-referenced test, which means it measures how well students in Arizona scored in comparison to their peers across the country.
• The goal is for all students to score at or above the national average on the test.

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Student-Teacher Ratio

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2006-2007

	This District
Students per FTE teacher	15

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Student Ethnicity

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2006-2007 Ethnicity This District State Average White 55% 46% Hispanic 36% 40% Black 5% 5% Asian 3% 3% Native American 2% 6%

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Student Subgroups

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2006-2007

	This District	State Average
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program	39%	51%
English language learners	11%	13%

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Home Languages of English Learners

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2005-2006 Language This District State Average Spanish 88% 82% Other Non-Indian 5% 2% English 2% 11% Vietnamese 1% <1% Korean <1% <1% Mandarin <1% <1% Arabic <1% <1% German <1% <1% Cantonese <1% <1% Russian <1% <1% Japanese <1% <1% Navajo <1% 3% Filipino <1% <1% Polish <1% <1% Romanian <1% <1% Dutch <1% <1% Czechoslovakian <1% <1% Hungarian <1% <1% Other Indian <1% <1% Ukrainian <1% <1% Thai <1% <1% French <1% <1% Greek <1% <1% Yugoslavian <1% <1%

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Attendance

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2006-2007

	This District
Attendance rate	96%

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