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District Assessments
Students in the Carroll Independent School District consistently score significantly higher than the state average on standardized tests. Carroll ISD administers the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and Cogat tests.
High School students in Carroll ISD tend to score much higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than state and national scores. On average, 90 percent of graduating seniors take some form of college entrance exam. Approximately 40 percent of the graduating seniors score above the criterion SAT or ACT. Carroll ISD offers a full array of Advanced Placements courses which allow students to earn dual credit for high school graduation and college.
Related Links:
- 2008-2009 Assessment Calendar
- College Entrance Exam Results (SAT/ACT)
- Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Test (TAKS)
- Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS)
- School Report Cards
- 2008 SAT, ACT & AP Results Download
Measures of Academic Progress
The Measures of Academic Progress or MAP assessments are electronically administered and scored achievement tests designed to measure overall growth in learning including growth in specific goal areas for each subject. CISD administers MAP to students in grades 3-7. The district receives detailed district-level reports while the teachers receive comprehensive reports for their classes and information on each student that informs instruction. This assessment provides a national percentile score and a growth scale score.
www.nwea.org/
www.nwea.org/assets/downloads/1172/MAP_Basics_Overview.pdf
www.nwea.org/assets/downloads/930/Parent_Toolkit.pdf
SAT
The SAT® test assesses high school students' knowledge in critical Reading, mathematics, and writing.
• The test takes 3 hours and 45 minutes.
• The test has a total score of 2400 with each section consisting of 800 points.
• Colleges use the test as one predictor of first-year academic achievement in college, and as a common yardstick to use in comparing students from a wide range of educational backgrounds.
Carroll ISD SAT Score History:
| Year | Critical Reading | Mathematics | Writing | # of Test-Takers |
| 2004 | 547 | 564 | N/A | 434 |
| 2005 | 551 | 567 | N/A | 494 |
| 2006 | 547 | 539 | 572 | 514 |
| 2007 | 551 | 568 | 536 | 529 |
| 2008 | 548 | 575 | 541 | 561 |
• The district’s average composite score for 2008 (reading, writing and mathematics combined score) was 1664 .
• The state of Texas’ average composite score for 2008 was 1473.
• The national average composite score for 2008 was 1511.
PSAT/NMSQT
SAT/NMSQT stands for Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. It's a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test™. It also gives you a chance to enter National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) scholarship programs.
• The PSAT/NMSQT measures critical reading skills, math problem-solving skills and writing skills.
• Carroll I.S.D. administers this assessment to every 10th grader free of charge.
ACT
http://www.act.org/aap/
The ACT® test assesses high school students' knowledge in English, mathematics, reading, and science.
• The ACT is an achievement test, measuring what a student has learned in school.
• The test takes 175 minutes (plus 30 minutes for the optional writing test)
• The writing test, which is optional, measures skill in planning and writing a short essay.
• Colleges use the test as one predictor of first-year academic achievement in college, and as a common yardstick to use in comparing students from a wide range of educational backgrounds.
Carroll ISD ACT Scores:
| Year | Reading | Math | English | Science | Composite Score | # of Test-Takers |
| 2004 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 291 |
| 2005 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 23.5 | 23.1 | 23.9 | 342 |
| 2006 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 23.5 | 24.2 | 347 |
| 2007 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 24.3 | 347 |
| 2008 | 24.8 | 25.1 | 24.1 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 415 |
• The district’s composite score (Reading, English, Math, Science) for 2008 was 24.5
• The state of Texas’ average composite score for 2008 was 20.7.
• The national average composite score for 2008 was 21.1
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