May 23, 2008

Dear Parents,

            Recently we sent home the TerraNova test scores with our students in grades 3 through 7.  The Terra Nova is the standardized test that the schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago use.  The Terra Nova uses a theme based format with the majority of the questions having multiple choice answers.  However, at the end of each section of the test, including Math and Science, there are questions that require a written answer from the students.  These answers were scored on content, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

            As a school we did well on the tests and scored well above the national midpoint (which is at the 50 percentile) in every area.  These scores are helpful to us because they enable us to help individual children and to evaluate the effectiveness of our programs.  Listed below you will see the scores for each grade that took the test.

            Please let us know if you have any questions.  We are happy to help in whatever way we can.

Sincerely,

2007-2008 TerraNova Achievement Test
Grades 3 through 7

                              Grade 3            Grade 4          Grade 5            Grade 6           Grade 7