ITBS results are reported in various types of scores, one of them being a national percentile rank (NPR). This ranking shows your child’s relative position or rank in a group of students who are in the same grade and who were tested at the same time of year, nationally. Iowa Percentile Rank (IPR) shows the same information but only compares scores among students from Iowa. The National Grade Equivalent (NGE) and Iowa Grade Equivalent (IGE) are given in decimal form and those numbers mean that is how an average student in that grade after that month would have scored on this test. For example, a score of 5.2 on a particular subtest means that is how an average fifth grade student at the end of the second month would score. Should school staff determine that your child’s test results suggest a need for further review and discussion, you will be contacted. To qualify for eligibility in the Extended Learning Program in the ICCSD, students must score 97% or above on the Iowa CORE total on the ITBS.
The results from the ITBS are not used to grade or evaluate your child. However, teachers, counselors and administrators will use the results to monitor your child’s learning of many of the important skills taught in school, particularly reading, writing and mathematics. Overall, student achievement is measured by daily class performance, performance on projects, quizzes and tests, performance on standardized tests like the ITBS, as well as other district-wide assessments.
The main purposes of the ITBS are to provide the school with information that can be used to improve instruction and to help teachers make sound educational decisions about each student’s learning. The scores allow teachers to check each student’s year-to-year growth and to identify each student’s strongest and weakest areas of achievement. In addition, ITBS scores are now used to satisfy regulations of the federal legislation known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). If your child’s national percentile rank is at or below the 40th percentile, his/her score is counted as not proficient when reported as part of the school’s scores.
ITBS results are reported in various types of scores, one of them being a national percentile rank (NPR). This ranking shows your child’s relative position or rank in a group of students who are in the same grade and who were tested at the same time of year, nationally. Iowa Percentile Rank (IPR) shows the same information but only compares scores among students from Iowa. The National Grade Equivalent (NGE) and Iowa Grade Equivalent (IGE) are given in decimal form and those numbers mean that is how an average student in that grade after that month would have scored on this test. For example, a score of 5.2 on a particular subtest means that is how an average fifth grade student at the end of the second month would score. Should school staff determine that your child’s test results suggest a need for further review and discussion, you will be contacted.
The results from the ITBS are not used to grade or evaluate your child. However, teachers, counselors and administrators will use the results to monitor your child’s learning of many of the important skills taught in school, particularly reading, writing and mathematics. Overall, student achievement is measured by daily class performance, performance on projects, quizzes and tests, performance on standardized tests like the ITBS, as well as other district-wide assessments.
The main purposes of the ITBS are to provide the school with information that can be used to improve instruction and to help teachers make sound educational decisions about each student’s learning. The scores allow teachers to check each student’s year-to-year growth and to identify each student’s strongest and weakest areas of achievement. In addition, ITBS scores are now used to satisfy regulations of the federal legislation known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). If your child’s national percentile rank is at or below the 40th percentile, his/her score is counted as not proficient when reported as part of the school’s scores.
If you have questions or would like further explanation about the ITBS scores, please do not hesitate to call your child's teacher, Mrs. Heffner, or Mrs. Gibson.
