Standardized Testing
All schools are required to participate in an archdiocese-wide standardized testing program.
School personnel must be appropriately trained to work effectively and responsibly with the archdiocesan assessment instruments and data.
Standardized test results are only one indicator of the student's overall academic achievement. Teachers use standardized test results to identify students' relative academic strengths and weaknesses, design curriculum, and plan for instruction, and principals use the results to evaluate curriculum in order to set instructional priorities and plan appropriate professional development.
Principals are expected to instruct parents/guardians on how to interpret their children's test scores and evaluate these in light of the overall school program.
The Department of Catholic Schools will analyze test scores to identify achievement trends and will assist principals and testing coordinators to analyze and use test scores to improve learning.
