The test scores serve as an important indicator of academic success in relation to students across the state and nation. However, some school subjects are not tested by SAT 9 or similar standardized norm-referenced tests. A full evaluation of a student s academic performance requires teachers to consider student papers, projects, portfolios, classroom discussion and other types of assessments. Parents will receive results for their children by mail by early August. The mailing this year will include a California Reading List Number keyed to a list of state-recommended books appropriate to a student s reading level.
Parents can choose the appropriate books for their children according to the reading list number.
Copies of the list will be available at all San Diego City Schools in the fall. How the SAT 9 Is Scored SAT 9 results are reported as national percentiles. The norms represent the average scores from a national sample of students who took the test to establish benchmarks. San Diego City Schools compares its student, school and district scores against the national norms.