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About the Scores Reported on the Stanford 9 Tests

[From Explanatory Material Provided by the California State Department of Education]

Stanford 9

Stanford 9 scores are reported for the subjects tested at each grade level:
reading, written expression, mathematics, spelling, for grades 2 through 8;
reading, writing, mathematics, science, social science, for grades 9
through 11.

Score Explanations

Mean Scaled Score

[NOTE: Designated as "SC SCRE" in the Beverly Hills Unified School
District reports]

Raw scores identify the number of items answered correctly on a test or
subtest. Raw scores are limited in their measurement precision because of
differences among test items. For example, some items are more difficult
than others. A scaled score takes item differences into account and is
calculated to provide a more precise measure of the knowledge or skills
tested. Through this calculation, an increase of one point at one place on
the scale is described as being equal to a one-point increase anywhere else
on the scale. Scaled scores are particularly useful for reporting changes
over time. The Stanford Achievement Test Series provides results in terms
of scaled scores for individual students and a mean or average scaled score
for groups of students. Scaled scores can be compared within the same
test, but not between two different tests (e.g. Stanford 9 and SABE/2), nor
even two different subjects on the same test, (e.g. Reading and
Mathematics). A scaled score of 500 will have very different meanings on
the Stanford 9 5th grade reading test and the Stanford 9 5th grade math
test.

NPR (National Percentile Rank) of the "Average" Student

[NOTE: Designated as "NP" in the Beverly Hills Unified School District
reports]

For the STAR program, Stanford 9 reports national percentile ranks (NPRs)
for individual students, but does not produce group level (e.g., school or
district) percentile scores. A mean percentile rank for a group cannot be
calculated from percentile ranks for individuals because they cannot be
added or averaged across students. The national percentile rank of a
hypothetical "average" student can be approximated by the following
procedure. First, find the average NCE score for a group of students. NCE
scores divide the normal curve into 99 equal units. Next, find the
percentle score that is equivalent to the mean NCE. This mean percentile
can be roughly interpreted as the 'NPR (national percentile rank) of the
"average" student.'

1999 STAR TESTING REPORT
RANKINGS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
RANKED DOWN TO BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

GRADE AND SUBJECT AREA LISTINGS
BY DESCENDING MEAN SCALED SCORE


GRADE LEVEL: 2 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 621.6
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 79 620.7
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 619.4
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 616.9
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 616.6
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 72 610.6
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 71 609.5


GRADE LEVEL: 2 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 87 618.7
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 87 617.5
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 610.1
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 609.5
EL SEGUNDO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 86 606.9
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 79 606.1
LOWELL JOINT ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 77 604.9
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 603.0
TEMPLE CITY UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 601.2
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 600.0


GRADE LEVEL: 2 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 88 632.1
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 86 630.0
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 624.7
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 623.6
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 622.2
LOWELL JOINT ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 80 621.6
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 620.1
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 617.5


GRADE LEVEL: 2 SUBJECT AREA: SPELLING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 623.7
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 616.5
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 74 607.9
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 607.4
TEMPLE CITY UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 606.1
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 72 604.2
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 71 603.7
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 71 602.8


GRADE LEVEL: 3 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 653.5
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 649.8
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 648.1
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 648.0
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 644.4


GRADE LEVEL: 3 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LOWELL JOINT ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 85 644.9
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 643.1
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 641.2
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 640.8


GRADE LEVEL: 3 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 648.1
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 645.3
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 80 644.9
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 80 644.3


GRADE LEVEL: 3 SUBJECT AREA: SPELLING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 650.6
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 637.7
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 636.9
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 633.9


GRADE LEVEL: 4 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 680.1
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 679.8
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 676.7
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 80 675.6
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 673.8
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 669.4
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 664.3
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 72 664.0
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 664.0


GRADE LEVEL: 4 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 667.2
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 665.8
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 663.3
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 663.3
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 79 658.2
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 657.8
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 652.4
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 651.1


GRADE LEVEL: 4 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 665.5
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 665.3
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 665.1
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 662.5
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 661.2
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 77 659.0
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 656.1
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 654.5


GRADE LEVEL: 4 SUBJECT AREA: SPELLING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 670.6
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 665.2
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 662.2
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 661.2
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 658.9
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 658.9
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 75 655.6
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 69 647.7


GRADE LEVEL: 5 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 692.5
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 78 685.7
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 685.5
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 684.3
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 683.8
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 680.6
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 678.2


GRADE LEVEL: 5 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 86 688.1
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 686.6
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 685.9
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 683.6


GRADE LEVEL: 5 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 678.9
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 677.2
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 675.5
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 80 674.8


GRADE LEVEL: 5 SUBJECT AREA: SPELLING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 682.3
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 672.1
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 669.7
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 668.4
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 667.0
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 72 666.1
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 71 665.1


GRADE LEVEL: 6 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 699.5
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 695.0
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 690.3
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 689.5
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 687.7
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 687.4
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 686.8


GRADE LEVEL: 6 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 90 712.3
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 88 707.9
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 86 704.6
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 86 704.2
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 87 703.2
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 695.6


GRADE LEVEL: 6 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 683.9
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 682.4
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 80 679.2
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 676.3
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 674.6
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 674.6
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 75 672.7
LOWELL JOINT ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 74 672.5
SAUGUS UNION ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 73 670.0
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 669.7


GRADE LEVEL: 6 SUBJECT AREA: SPELLING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 80 689.2
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 686.3
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 685.5
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 685.4
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 682.8
WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 679.8
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 678.9


GRADE LEVEL: 7 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 717.2
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 714.2
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 710.3
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 708.8
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 704.6
HERMOSA BEACH CITY ELEMENTARY LOS ANGELES 71 701.3
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 71 700.8
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 70 700.3


GRADE LEVEL: 7 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 93 733.2
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 87 722.1
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 715.0
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 714.9
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 714.6
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 708.0
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 707.0


GRADE LEVEL: 7 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 87 698.9
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 86 698.7
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 695.7
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 694.3
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 83 692.9
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 80 688.2


GRADE LEVEL: 7 SUBJECT AREA: SPELLING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 701.1
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 77 697.8
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 694.2
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 691.3
WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 69 686.7
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 68 686.2
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 69 686.1


GRADE LEVEL: 8 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 725.7
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 80 724.0
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 78 720.9
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 76 718.0


GRADE LEVEL: 8 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 92 743.1
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 87 729.3
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 86 725.8
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 725.4
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 719.1


GRADE LEVEL: 8 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 87 710.1
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 705.7
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 704.9


GRADE LEVEL: 8 SUBJECT AREA: SPELLING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 74 708.6
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 70 704.4
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 69 702.1


GRADE LEVEL: 9 SUBJECT AREA: READING
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 71 723.1
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 71 722.0
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 66 716.5
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 65 715.2
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 63 713.9


GRADE LEVEL: 9 SUBJECT AREA: MATH
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 90 742.6
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 86 732.2
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 85 731.4
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 725.2
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 82 724.5


GRADE LEVEL: 9 SUBJECT AREA: LANGUAGE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 84 712.5
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 81 706.8
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 79 705.2


GRADE LEVEL: 9 SUBJECT AREA: SCIENCE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY NP SC SCRE
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
LA CANADA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 75 701.9
SAN MARINO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 73 699.0
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 70 695.9
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 67 692.8
MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 65 691.5
CLAREMONT UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 65 690.8
LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 65 690.4
EL SEGUNDO UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 63 688.5
ARCADIA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 62 688.0
GLENDORA UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 59 685.6
BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED LOS ANGELES 59 685.1


GRADE LEVEL: 9 SUBJECT AREA: SOCIAL SCI
------------------------------ --------------- -- -------
DISTRICT NAME COUNTY &n