Student Achievement

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Student Achievement

Periodic standardized testing provides insight into Denver Christian Schools' students and academic programs. We are currently involved in an effort to expand our data collection efforts as well as our ability to translate student achievement data into improved instruction, both at the program level and at the level of individual students.

For comparative purposes, we offer the following glimpses into student standardized test results at Denver Christian Schools.

Measures of Academic Progress®
Under current policy, all 1st through 8th grade students are tested each year in reading, mathematics, and language usage (except 1st grade students), using Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress®.

The following table displays test results from spring 2012 testing.

Grade	Reading	Mathematics	Language Usage
1	184.7* [176.9**]	188.8 [179.0]	---
2	194.3 [189.6]	196.0 [191.3]	196.5 [190.0]
3	206.6 [199.2]	209.9 [203.1]	208.5 [200.3]
4	214.1 [206.7]	220.8 [212.5]	216.8 [207.0]
5	219.0 [212.3]	225.7 [221.0]	219.9 [212.9]
6	222.5 [216.4]	228.8 [225.6]	225.7 [216.2]
7	226.8 [219.7]	234.3 [230.5]	228.1 [218.7]
8	232.7 [222.4]	244.5 [234.5]	232.7 [221.3]

*Mean score of DCS students
**Mean score of national norm group

For an article about student academic growth across the 2011-12 school year, please click here.
For more information about MAP® testing, please click here.

ACT Test Results
Juniors and seniors at Denver Christian Schools typically take the ACT as part of their college application process. Many students also take selected Advanced Placement tests.

The following table provides comparative data on composite scores for the graduating classes of 2010 and 2011.

Year	Denver Christian	State Mean	National Mean
2010	23.4	20.6	21.0
2011	24.4	20.7	21.1

The following table provides ACT college readiness benchmark scores for Denver Christian (2011 graduating class) as compared with state means.

	English	Math	Reading	Science
Denver Christian	85	73	63	44
State of Colorado	62	39	51	28

Advanced Placement Test Results
Nationally, an average of 15.9% of the 2010 senior class scored a 3 or higher on AP tests. At Denver Christian, in 2010, 38.1% of the senior class scored a 3 or higher.