Each time the IRI is administered, the data is shared with staff, administration and parents the focus of assessment literacy for all stakeholders can only help us better serve students, prepare solid interventions and increase student achievement. These standardized tests are just one barometer to measure student success and give parents a way to look at where their child is in relation to other children around the nation. Test results become available in late December or early January. Individual student scores are sent home in the report cards in late January. The 50th percentile represents the national average.
Scores are school norms.
Every winter, Idaho students in grades 4 and 8, and sometimes grade 11, are given the Direct Math and Direct Writing Assessments. The 2001 scores, released in May of 2001, showed our district matched or exceeded state averages on both tests. Our district is working hard to help prepare students to meet these standards, which become effective with the graduating class of 2005. We encourage parents to become familiar with these standards.