The 50th percentile is the national average on a norm-referenced test. Since our nation's current educational achievement is not necessarily an accomplishment to be proud of, neither is the national average. Though not included in the grade, ACT scores, graduation and dropout rates are reported for the high schools. At the Parent Information Center we request individual school performance data from every public school district in Colorado. Our efforts are constant so that updated information may be made available to you.
Some districts refuse to comply with our requests.
Others do not report using national percentiles or do not use a nationally norm-referenced test. Look for other information about those schools such as state assessment results. In the comment section of the report card we will explain why the data may be missing. We carefully check the data for errors. Please inform us if you find any errors.