The DSTP will assist Delaware educators in determining the degree to which we are achieving this goal. The scores from this first year of the DSTP will give each school a sense of where they are when compared to other schools in the state, and to the state as a whole. The scores for the initial administration in the spring of 1998 in reading and mathematics will be available from the schools on December 17, 1998. A single score will be reported for writing. The national percentile rankings in reading and mathematics are scores that come from sub-sets of the total test items.
Percentiles provide an indication of how a school's performance compares to a national average.
All the student scores in a school will be combined to show a national percentile ranking for the school. The total test scores in reading and mathematics are scores that include all the items on the test. The school average will be reported. The total test score will be used by schools to show progress over time. It will also be used to compare results from year to year.