Greenville Christian School
 2011 SAT Scores compared to National Blue Ribbon Scores (C.A.P.E.)
 

 

 

READING

 

MATH

 

GCS

Scaled Score

Blue Ribbon

Scaled Score

Needed

GCS

Percent

Rank

Blue Ribbon

Percentage

Needed

 

GCS

Scaled Score

Blue Ribbon

Scaled Score

Needed

GCS

Percent

Rank

Blue Ribbon

Percentage

Needed

Grade 1:

578

569

68%

62%

 

564

561

80%

79%

Grade 2:

631

612

78%

64%

 

583

596

56%

69%

Grade 3:

670

642

89%

71%

 

657

625

87%

67%

Grade 4:

673

662

84%

77%

 

661

650

83%

77%

Grade 5:

689

678

89%

81%

 

688

669

88%

78%

Grade 6:

694

685

80%

74%

 

684

683

75%

76%

Grade 7:

703

691

81%

70%

 

687

696

69%

78%

Grade 8:

723

696

87%

67%

 

721

704

83%

76%

Grade 9:

717

705

77%

67%

 

714

711

74%

73%

Grade 10:

722

715

72%

64%

 

722

717

71%

72%

Grade 11:

741

731

77%

71%

 

724

719

74%

74%

 

The “Blue Ribbon Scaled Score/Percentage Needed” column refers to the Federal Department of Education’s award (The Blue Ribbon Award) which is given to schools that have each grade level tested in the school in the top 10% in the Nation.  The scaled score or percentage in the Blue Ribbon column is the number needed for that grade level to be considered in the top 10% in the nation in either Reading or Math.  You can look at the GCS column to see how that grade level matches up to the national average needed to be considered top 10%.

 

Scaled Score Definition: (more accurate)

 
There are two types of test scores: raw scores and scaled scores. A raw score is a score without any sort of adjustment or transformation, such as the simple number of questions answered correctly. A scaled score is the results of some transformation applied to the raw score.
 
The purpose of scaled scores is to report scores for all examinees on a consistent scale. Suppose that a test has two forms, and one is more difficult than the other. It has been determined by equating that a score of 65% on form 1 is equivalent to a score of 68% on form 2. Scores on both forms can be converted to a scale so that these two equivalent scores have the same reported scores. For example, they could both be a score of 350 on a scale of 100 to 500.
 
Scaled score (SS) is useful for comparing student performance over time and across grades. A scaled score is calculated based on the difficulty of questions and the number of correct responses. Because the same range is used for all students, scaled scores can be used to compare student performance across grade levels.