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 two sets of standardized test results. 

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 the 2010-2011 academic year.

Grade	Reading	Mathematics	Language  Usage
1	168.8* [160.2**]	173.1 [163.4]	---
2	189.9 [179.7]	188.9 [179.5]	189.9 [181.2]
3	200.3 [191.6]	202.8 [192.1]	203.0 [192.6]
4	207.5 [200.1]	211.5 [203.0]	210.2 [201.0]
5	215.0 [206.7]	219.3 [211.7]	218.9 [207.2]
6	217.5 [211.6]	223.2 [218.3]	221.1 [211.7]
7	223.9 [215.4]	231.7 [224.1]	225.5 [215.1]
8	228.1 [219.0]	240.8 [231.6]	229.1 [218.4]

*Mean score of DCS students
**Mean score of national norm group
 
For more information about Measures of Academic Progress®, please click here.

ACT and AP 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.

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

*Data unavailable

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.