2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing and College Admissions 2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing & College Admission Date of Survey: January 30 to April 5, 2017 Number of Responding Schools: 90 Number of U.S. Member Schools: 240 Response Rate: 37.5% 27 of 41 ACCS-accredited schools Table of Contents Did Your School Give Standardized Tests Last Year? ...................................................................................................... 2 Standardized Testing: How Often? What Grades? ........................................................................................................... 2 Standardized Testing: Use of Test Results ........................................................................................................................ 3 Standardized Testing: Breakdown by School ................................................................................................................... 4 List of ACCS Member Schools Using the Stanford Achievement Test, 10th Edition ........................................................ 5 List of ACCS Member Schools Using the CTP-4 ........................................................................................................... 6-7 Charts for College Exams ........................................................................................................................................... 8–10 ACT Test Scores: Class of 2016 .................................................................................................................................. 11–12 List of ACCS Member Schools Using the ACT ................................................................................................................ 13 Composite Scores for the PSAT ................................................................................................................................. 14–15 List of ACCS Member Schools Using the PSAT .............................................................................................................. 16 Composite Scores for the SAT ................................................................................................................................... 17–18 List of ACCS Member Schools Using the SAT ................................................................................................................ 19 College Admission Data ........................................................................................................................................... 20–21 List of Participating Schools ..................................................................................................................................... 22–24 A Benefit of ACCS Membership Page 1 August 17, 2017 2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing and College Admissions Did your school give any standardized tests last year? (Yes: 89, No: 11) Did your school give any standardized tests last year? 11.1 % No 88.8 % Yes 2016 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized testing: How often? What grades? 50 Standardized tests: How often? What grades? 40 45 Some grades 30 every year 34 (i.e., grades 1–10) Every grade every year 20 (i.e., grades 1–10) No 10 standarized testing 1 0 A Benefit of ACCS Membership Page 2 August 17, 2017 2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing and College Admissions Standardized testing: Use of test results 80 Standardized tests: 70 Use of test results 60 66 We use test 62 50 results to We use test track results to 40 individual track student the progress 30 progress. of each class. 20 We don’t use test results 10 to track progress. 6 0 Standardized tests: Why not? Please explain why your school does not use standardized testing. Comments: • We use standardized tests to help us evaluate our standards & curriculum (this was not an option above). A Benefit of ACCS Membership Page 3 August 17, 2017 2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing and College Admissions Standardized Tests: Breakdown by School CTP-4 (40 schools) Published by the Educational Records Bureau Stanford Achievement Test, 10th Edition (18 schools) Published by Pearson Terra Nova 3 (11 schools) Published by CTB/McGraw-Hill Alpha Omega Academy Huntsville TX Cornerstone Academy Morristown TN Covenant Academy Cypress TX Covenant Classical Academy Louisville KY Eukarya Christian Academy Stephens City VA Evangelical Christian Academy Colorado Springs CO Grace Christian Academy Merrick NY Heritage Christian Academy Winter Haven FL Providence Christian School Dothan AL St. Stephen's Classical Christian Academy Eldersburg MD Westside Christian Academy Westlake OH Iowa Test of Basic Skills (6 schools) Published by Riverside Classical School of Wichita Wichita KS Faith Christian Academy Kansas City MO New Covenant Christian Academy Hardin KY Providence Christian Academy Schererville IN Riverwood Classical School Tuscaloosa AL Veritas Academy North Branch MN Other (2 schools) ACT: 1 IOWA Assessments Form E: 1 PSAT: 1 A Benefit of ACCS Membership Page 4 August 17, 2017 2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing and College Admissions ACCS Member Schools Using the Stanford Achievement Test, 10th Edition (18 sch00ls) School City State Cary Christian School* Cary NC Cornerstone Academy Snohomish WA Covenant Christian School Smyrna GA Covenant Classical Christian School Columbia SC Covenant Classical School Concord NC Grace Classical Academy Springfield MO Legacy Academy DeQueen AR Liberty Classical Academy White Bear Lake MN Mars Hill Academy* Mason OH New Covenant School Anderson SC Redeemer Classical Academy Murfreesboro TN Regents School of Oxford* Oxford MS Renaissance Classical Christian Academy Fayetteville NC Schaeffer Academy* Rochester MN Summit Classical Christian School Fall City WA Trinity Christian School Opelika AL Veritas Academy* Savannah GA Veritas School* Newberg OR *ACCS-accredited schools (6 of 41) A Benefit of ACCS Membership Page 5 August 17, 2017 2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing and College Admissions ACCS Member Schools Using the CTP-4 (39 schools) Published by the Educational Records Bureau Fall Norm: 7 schools Spring Norm: 32 schools Schools City State Norm Ad Fontes Academy* Centreville VA Spring Norm Annapolis Christian Academy* Corpus Christi TX Spring Norm Aquidneck Island Christian Academy Portsmouth RI Spring Norm Arma Dei Academy Highlands Ranch CO Spring Norm Cair Paravel Latin School* Topeka KS Fall Norm Calvary Classical School Hampton VA Spring Norm Cedar Tree Classical Christian School* Ridgefield WA Spring Norm Classical School of Wichita Wichita KS Spring Norm Covenant Christian Academy Harrisburg PA Spring Norm Evangel Classical School Marysville WA Spring Norm Geneva Academy Lincoln DE Spring Norm Geneva School of Boerne Boerne TX Spring Norm Grace Academy* Georgetown TX Spring Norm Heritage Oak School Tehachapi CA Spring Norm Heritage Preparatory School Atlanta GA Spring Norm Jonathan Edwards Classical Academy Whites Creek TN Spring Norm Midland Christian School Midland MI Spring Norm Petra Academy* Bozeman MT Spring Norm Providence Classical Christian School* Kirkland WA Fall Norm Providence Classical Christian School Oxford GA Spring Norm Providence Classical School Huntsville AL Spring Norm Providence Preparatory School* Temple TX Fall Norm Regent Preparatory School* Tulsa OK Spring Norm Riverbend Academy* Ormond Beach FL Fall Norm Riverwood Classical School Tuscaloosa AL Spring Norm Rockbridge Academy* Millersville MD Fall Norm The Ambrose School* Meridian ID Spring Norm The Bear Creek School Redmond WA Fall Norm The Cambridge School San Diego CA Spring Norm The Oaks Classical Christian Academy* Spokane Valley WA Fall Norm The Paideia School of Tampa Bay Tampa FL Spring Norm The Wilberforce School Princeton NJ Spring Norm Trinitas Christian School* Pensacola FL Spring Norm United Christian School Camp Verde AZ Spring Norm Uvalde Classical Academy Uvalde TX Spring Norm Veritas Academy Cody WY Spring Norm Veritas Christian Community School* Sierra Vista AZ Spring Norm Westminster Academy* Memphis TN Spring Norm Whitefield Academy* Kansas City MO Spring Norm *ACCS-accredited schools (17 of 41) A Benefit of ACCS Membership Page 6 August 17, 2017 2016–17 ACCS Member School Survey Standardized Testing and College Admissions Comments on the CTP-4 Test • We use CTP-4 annually for grades 3–9 only. It does not follow our Singapore Math Curriculum, though. • This test is not as helpful to administer to students who have not come through grammar stage classical education. Also, the lack of a GLE report makes it much more difficult to explain to the parents of those students. We sometimes find that the test is not an accurate account of the student's actual performance in the classroom giving the parents the idea that there are inconsistencies in reporting achievement. In addition, we are not finding the test matches our curriculum as nicely as we would like. • We test grades 2–10 every year. • We find that this test covers some, but not most, of the standards of our program. We are currently still evaluating its effectiveness. • We like the Fall Norm, but it is slightly more limited in reporting options, I believe. The Academy has used the Fall Norm in the past. For the 2016–17, we are moving to the Spring Norm. • We have been doing this test since November 2008. • We just started testing CTP-4 online last year. It was a bit of a learning curve and our test scores were not quite representative of where