These scores serve as a benchmark;
test score averages in all subsequent years are reported using them as a reference.
This is in contrast to the usual ranking of schools
by test score averages, which is more of an indication of how affluent the parents are than of how good the school is.
We don't know if these are places to hide certain students who will bring
IPS test score averages down, graduation rates down, attendance rates down.
The Public Education Human Resource Management Act requires that the state Board «ensure the privacy and protection of individual evaluation data,» while the Duties of the State Board of Education requires the Board to compile «
test score averages at the classroom level» and make them available for review by parents of students.
• In Dane County, the biggest jump in
test score averages was in the Marshall (in eighth - grade science, eighth - grade math, and fifth - grade reading), Wisconsin Heights (10th - grade science, 10th - grade social studies), and Verona (eighth - grade language arts) districts.