ACHIEVEMENT TESTING
NVCA conducts ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills) testing each Fall for grades 2nd and higher. The ITBS is a norm referenced test, comparing individual student’s performance to other students nationally in the same grade who took the same test.
Below is our most recent ITBS national percentages. Please click here to view historical percentages of NVCA’s ITBS achievement testing.
Iowa Test of Basic Skills (School Percentile) – 2009 Results (Fall) – School Year 2009-10
| Grade Level | Reading Total Percentile | Language Total Percentile | Mathematics Total Percentile | Social Studies Total Percentile | Science Total Percentile | Sources of Information Total Percentile |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 99 | 84 | 78 | 93 | 94 |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 99 | 90 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 94 | 99 |
School Percentile Definition
95 Percentile = national school norms indicating our school grade is in the top 5 percent of school grades nationwide who took the Iowa Test.