Officials from Challenger School, a private institution in Utah, recently announced that this year, its students received the highest scores on their Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) in the school’s history.
Their 2011 test results indicated that the school’s kindergarten students scored in the 96th percentile, meaning that they had better results than 96 percent of the other children who took the assessment. Additionally, the eighth-grade students were placed in the 98th percentile, scoring higher than 98 percent of other eighth-grade pupils who took the ITBS.
Even when Challenger School children were compared to other private schools exclusively, as opposed to all institutions that administer the assessment, officials said the students still performed much better than average.
While the results of this year’s ITBS scores were particularly high, Barbara Baker, chief executive officer and founder of the school, said that the pupils have always received good results.
“Challenger students have always performed extraordinarily well on national standardized tests, consistently averaging in the top 10 percent nationally," Baker said. "We’re proud of that record and are committed to maintaining it."
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