Diocese of Raleigh
Performance Profile from the 2004 Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Grade level Score Includes National Percentile
Ranking
No test in grade 1
2 Reading, Language, Math,
Social Studies, Science, Sources of Information
78
3 Reading, Language, Math, 85
4 Reading, Language, Math,
Social Studies, Science, Sources of Information
86
5 Reading, Language, Math,
Social Studies, Science, Sources of Information
86
6 Reading, Language, Math,
Social Studies, Science, Sources of Information
82
7 Reading, Language, Math,
Social Studies, Science, Sources of Information
84
8 Reading, Language, Math,
Social Studies, Science, Sources of Information
84
Components of the Reading total are: Vocabulary – Reading Comprehension Components of the Language are: Word analysis – Listening – Spelling
Components of the Math total are: Concepts and Estimation- Computation – Concepts and Estimation*
Components of the Sources of Information are: Maps and Diagrams - Reference Material (Grade 2 is simplified)
Science and Social Studies have no subdivisions
*Not included on Grade 2 test
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