What this means is that a child might have a raw score that places the child at the 99th percentile nationally but only at about the 60th percentile compared to the independent school group. The only test results available as part of the SAT-9 STAR program are nationally normed results. These results are available to the public on the California Department of Education website and on the Ed-Data site . District and individual school scores are available. One can easily compare SAT-9 results from year to year and discover how many students tested above the 50th percentile.
School profiles are available for comparison purposes.
The second part of the STAR program , augmented multiple choice questions, assess how well children are mastering the material in the California Content Standards . On a grade by grade basis, the state gives an annual assessment to test student's knowledge of this material. Although this portion of the test is referred to as augmented, these test questions are an integral part of the state's STAR program. A current blueprint for each grade level will be available on the Department of Education website after January 19, 2001. Thus far, school districts and individual schools have only received the average percentage correct on the augmented portion of STAR testing.