2011 STAR Test Results

Palo Alto Unified District

All Students - California Standards Test Scores

County Name:

Santa Clara County

District Name:

Palo Alto Unified District

School Name:

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CDS Code:

43-69641-0000000

Total Enrollment on First Day of Testing:

9,233

Total Number Tested:

9,077

Total Number Tested in Selected Subgroup:

9,077

Note: The first row in each table contains numbers 2 through 11 which represent grades two through eleven respectively. Additionally, EOC stands for End-of-Course.

An asterisk (*) appears on the Internet reports to protect student privacy when 10 or fewer students had valid test scores.

Reported Enrollment

Result Type	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	EOC
Reported Enrollment	961	914	924	896	867	910	883	968	938	972

CST English-Language Arts

Result Type	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Students Tested	950	878	895	856	845	881	837	931	886	913
% of Enrollment	98.9 %	96.1 %	96.9 %	95.5 %	97.5 %	96.8 %	94.8 %	96.2 %	94.5 %	93.9 %
Students with Scores	950	875	892	853	844	880	837	926	884	911
Mean Scale Score	407.9	395.0	433.9	419.6	410.6	418.0	419.3	420.8	398.3	406.5
% Advanced	55 %	45 %	77 %	74 %	67 %	63 %	71 %	72 %	61 %	64 %
% Proficient	26 %	33 %	14 %	17 %	20 %	23 %	17 %	15 %	20 %	18 %
% Basic	14 %	15 %	6 %	6 %	9 %	8 %	8 %	7 %	10 %	8 %
% Below Basic	4 %	4 %	1 %	1 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	3 %	4 %	4 %
% Far Below Basic	1 %	3 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	3 %	2 %	4 %	5 %	6 %

CST Mathematics

Result Type	2	3	4	5	6	7
Students Tested	954	886	892	865	843	834
% of Enrollment	99.3 %	96.9 %	96.5 %	96.5 %	97.2 %	91.6 %
Students with Scores	954	885	891	864	841	834
Mean Scale Score	451.3	463.7	455.9	466.7	447.9	439.7
% Advanced	71 %	68 %	75 %	66 %	64 %	58 %
% Proficient	18 %	20 %	16 %	23 %	24 %	25 %
% Basic	6 %	8 %	6 %	8 %	8 %	12 %
% Below Basic	3 %	4 %	2 %	3 %	3 %	4 %
% Far Below Basic	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

CST General Mathematics

Result Type	8	9	EOC
Students Tested	140	22	162
% of Enrollment	15.9 %	2.3 %
Students with Scores	140	22	162
Mean Scale Score	379.5	281.7	366.3
% Advanced	32 %	9 %	29 %
% Proficient	31 %	0 %	27 %
% Basic	23 %	9 %	21 %
% Below Basic	8 %	36 %	12 %
% Far Below Basic	6 %	45 %	11 %

CST Algebra I

Result Type	7	8	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	44	655	353	36	4	1,092
% of Enrollment	4.8 %	74.2 %	36.5 %	3.8 %	0.4 %
Students with Scores	44	655	352	36	4	1,091
Mean Scale Score	564.7	449.0	366.2	293.2	*	421.2
% Advanced	100 %	63 %	23 %	3 %	*	49 %
% Proficient	0 %	18 %	34 %	6 %	*	22 %
% Basic	0 %	11 %	21 %	31 %	*	14 %
% Below Basic	0 %	6 %	14 %	44 %	*	10 %
% Far Below Basic	0 %	2 %	8 %	17 %	*	4 %

CST Integrated Math 1

Result Type	9	EOC
Students Tested	1	1
% of Enrollment	0.1 %
Students with Scores	1	1
Mean Scale Score	*	*
% Advanced	*	*
% Proficient	*	*
% Basic	*	*
% Below Basic	*	*
% Far Below Basic	*	*

CST Geometry

Result Type	8	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	40	505	322	28	895
% of Enrollment	4.5 %	52.2 %	34.3 %	2.9 %
Students with Scores	40	505	321	28	894
Mean Scale Score	538.9	458.7	358.9	283.9	421.0
% Advanced	98 %	74 %	14 %	0 %	51 %
% Proficient	3 %	25 %	44 %	11 %	30 %
% Basic	0 %	1 %	26 %	18 %	10 %
% Below Basic	0 %	0 %	12 %	50 %	6 %
% Far Below Basic	0 %	0 %	4 %	21 %	2 %

CST Algebra II

Result Type	8	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	3	34	443	311	791
% of Enrollment	0.3 %	3.5 %	47.2 %	32.0 %
Students with Scores	3	34	443	309	789
Mean Scale Score	*	510.7	431.6	331.4	396.5
% Advanced	*	97 %	61 %	10 %	43 %
% Proficient	*	3 %	29 %	27 %	27 %
% Basic	*	0 %	8 %	34 %	18 %
% Below Basic	*	0 %	2 %	14 %	7 %
% Far Below Basic	*	0 %	0 %	16 %	6 %

CST Summative High School Mathematics

Result Type	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	7	43	488	538
% of Enrollment	0.7 %	4.6 %	50.2 %
Students with Scores	7	43	488	538
Mean Scale Score	*	495.5	447.0	452.0
% Advanced	*	98 %	61 %	65 %
% Proficient	*	0 %	34 %	31 %
% Basic	*	2 %	3 %	3 %
% Below Basic	*	0 %	1 %	1 %
% Far Below Basic	*	0 %	0 %	0 %

CST History - Social Science Grade 8

Result Type	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested							854
% of Enrollment							96.7 %
Students with Scores							854
Mean Scale Score							412.1
% Advanced							63 %
% Proficient							19 %
% Basic							12 %
% Below Basic							3 %
% Far Below Basic							4 %

CST World History

Result Type	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	922	9	10	941
% of Enrollment	95.2 %	1.0 %	1.0 %
Students with Scores	917	8	7	932
Mean Scale Score	402.7	*	*	400.5
% Advanced	58 %	*	*	57 %
% Proficient	22 %	*	*	22 %
% Basic	11 %	*	*	11 %
% Below Basic	4 %	*	*	4 %
% Far Below Basic	6 %	*	*	7 %

CST U.S. History

Result Type	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested										893
% of Enrollment										91.9 %
Students with Scores										891
Mean Scale Score										414.5
% Advanced										63 %
% Proficient										22 %
% Basic										6 %
% Below Basic										3 %
% Far Below Basic										6 %

CST Science - Grade 5, Grade 8, and Grade 10 Life Science

Result Type	5	8	10
Students Tested	870	839	877
% of Enrollment	97.1 %	95.0 %	93.5 %
Students with Scores	869	839	875
Mean Scale Score	434.3	476.3	413.7
% Advanced	65 %	79 %	65 %
% Proficient	25 %	10 %	19 %
% Basic	7 %	6 %	8 %
% Below Basic	1 %	3 %	3 %
% Far Below Basic	1 %	2 %	5 %

CST Biology

Result Type	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	850	67	143	1,060
% of Enrollment	87.8 %	7.1 %	14.7 %
Students with Scores	850	67	143	1,060
Mean Scale Score	414.0	333.4	485.7	418.6
% Advanced	64 %	10 %	93 %	65 %
% Proficient	22 %	30 %	2 %	20 %
% Basic	8 %	28 %	3 %	9 %
% Below Basic	2 %	12 %	1 %	3 %
% Far Below Basic	2 %	19 %	1 %	3 %

CST Chemistry

Result Type	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	6	621	50	677
% of Enrollment	0.6 %	66.2 %	5.1 %
Students with Scores	6	621	50	677
Mean Scale Score	*	404.7	412.5	405.1
% Advanced	*	53 %	56 %	53 %
% Proficient	*	30 %	12 %	29 %
% Basic	*	14 %	22 %	14 %
% Below Basic	*	2 %	10 %	2 %
% Far Below Basic	*	1 %	0 %	1 %

CST Earth Science

Result Type	9	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	1	25	12	38
% of Enrollment	0.1 %	2.7 %	1.2 %
Students with Scores	1	25	12	38
Mean Scale Score	*	313.7	310.3	312.0
% Advanced	*	4 %	8 %	5 %
% Proficient	*	20 %	17 %	18 %
% Basic	*	28 %	25 %	26 %
% Below Basic	*	24 %	17 %	24 %
% Far Below Basic	*	24 %	33 %	26 %

CST Physics

Result Type	10	11	EOC
Students Tested	69	573	642
% of Enrollment	7.4 %	59.0 %
Students with Scores	69	573	642
Mean Scale Score	371.4	388.6	386.8
% Advanced	20 %	47 %	44 %
% Proficient	52 %	31 %	33 %
% Basic	26 %	16 %	17 %
% Below Basic	1 %	3 %	3 %
% Far Below Basic	0 %	3 %	3 %

CST Integrated/Coordinated Science 1

Result Type	9	EOC
Students Tested	27	27
% of Enrollment	2.8 %
Students with Scores	27	27
Mean Scale Score	316.3	316.3
% Advanced	0 %	0 %
% Proficient	19 %	19 %
% Basic	56 %	56 %
% Below Basic	22 %	22 %
% Far Below Basic	4 %	4 %


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