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

High School

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, and in science in grades 4, 8 and high school.
• 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
		69	67			76	75			76	76
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 3
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		63	64			61	63			72	75
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 4
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		65	64			70	70			75	73
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 5
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		72	70			73	73			73	72
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 6
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		72	72			70	71			77	79
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 7
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		73	73			74	74			72	71
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 8
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		73	71			71	69			76	75
		2007	2008			2007	2008			2007	2008

Grade 9
		Reading				Language Arts Literacy				Math
		71	70			69	69			68	70
		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, 2007-2008

	This District
Students per certified teacher	16

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Student Ethnicity

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008 Ethnicity This District State Average White 75% 45% Hispanic 16% 41% Asian 4% 3% Black 3% 6% American Indian or Alaska Native 2% 6%

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Student Subgroups

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

	This District	State Average
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program	20%	51%
English language learners	7%	14%

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Home Languages of English Learners

Source: AZ Dept. of Education, 2007-2008 Language This District State Average Spanish 79% 81% Other Non-Indian 4% 1% English 3% 12% French 1% <1% Arabic 1% <1% Russian 1% <1% Korean 1% <1% Vietnamese 1% <1% Farsi <1% <1% Mandarin <1% <1% Romanian <1% <1% Japanese <1% <1% Navajo <1% 2% Portuguese <1% <1% Hindi <1% <1% Serbian <1% <1% German <1% <1% Cantonese <1% <1% Albanian <1% <1% Hebrew <1% <1% Tagalog <1% <1% Somali <1% <1% Italian <1% <1% Urdu <1% <1% Yugoslavian <1% <1% Ukrainian <1% <1% Other Indian <1% <1% Dutch <1% <1% Thai <1% <1% Hopi <1% <1% Czechoslovakian <1% <1% Filipino <1% <1% Maay <1% <1% Greek <1% <1% Burmese <1% <1% Pima (Akimel O'odham) <1% <1% Persian <1% <1% Finnish <1% <1%

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