The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (elementary and middle school) and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (for high schoolers) show how students perform in reading, math and science.

Test results are shown here for 44 districts in Eastern Iowa. Results from large districts are listed by building. Test scores listed as: '09 are for the 2009-10 school year; '10 are for the 2010-11 school year. Schools who have not tested this school year are marked with NT, which stands for not tested.

GRADE EQUIVALENTS

Estimate of a student's developmental level as compared with peers in Iowa and nationwide.
An average fourth grader who takes the test in October scores 4.2 (fourth grade, second month).
Iowa grade equivalents tend to be lower than national equivalents. Students in Iowa are compared with other Iowa students, who usually score better than students nationally.
Proficiency scores for reading reflect reading comprehension scores. Reading grade equivalents reflect vocabulary and comprehension scores.
Grade equivalents are not calculated for 11th grade and are marked with NA.

PROFICIENCY

Not proficient: The percentage of students who score in the 40th percentile nationally or below.
n Proficient: The percentage of students who scored in the 41st to 99th percentile nationally. This category is divided into two ranges - intermediate (percentage of students who scored in the 41st to 89th percentile) and high (90th to 99th percentile).
Note: In school districts, proficiency percentages are shown for students who qualify for the free and reduced-price meal program, an indicator of poverty; for minorities; and for special education. (Schools with fewer than 30 students in a subgroup do not publicly report such information, given the likelihood specific children could be identified.)

CAVEATS

Percentages are rounded so numbers may not always add up to 100 percent.
The data do not necessarily reflect how scores are reported for federal No Child Left Behind Act purposes, to determine whether a school is placed on a federal school-in-need-of-assistance list.
State requirements call for schools to separate scores for all minority groups. For purposes of this report, all minority groups were lumped together.
The ACT scores denote the district's composite ACT score for the most recent year available. The statewide average was 22.2 in 2010.

Check out the charts below (TIP: click on the "+" in the navigation tools at the bottom of each page tools for a closer look at the information).

Eastern Iowa 2011 test scores, page 1

Eastern Iowa 2011 test scores, page 2

Eastern Iowa 2011 test scores, page 3

Eastern Iowa 2011 test scores, page 4