It varies depending on your school district. The law calls for SAT-9 scores to be considered as part of the promotion decision. To find out your district's policy, contact your child's teacher or principal. Lawmakers recently funded a scholarship program for students based on their combined SAT-9 reading and math test scores. Parents can exempt their children from taking the test.
School principals have information about the exemption process and can discuss the pros and cons.
Based on this score, California ranks schools from under performing to high performing, which may result in sanctions or regards for your school. The State Board of Education has approved a time frame for including results of the California standards-based questions in a school's API starting in 2002. The SAT-9 is a national test of basic skills. Neither test may completely measure our school district's curriculum or what your child's instructor is teaching. Many schools are reevaluating their instructional program based on the STAR tests and the stare's new academic standards.