Los Altos School District CAT/6 Results by Gender
These statistics are presented because they show some evidence of the reported trend. For example, fourth-grade girls significantly outperformed boys in every G8 country that participated in the 2001 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). The district statistics presented here show a similar issue in reading at the fourth grade level. The good news is that this reading gap is reduced if not eliminated by the 6th grade level in our schools.
This is simply one data point. The key message is that we should use all tools available to monitor performance by gender, so that we ensure that both girls and boys are excelling equally in school.
Comparison of Los Altos School District CAT/6 75th NPR By Gender
Above is a link to a PDF
document that provides a comparison of Los Altos School District CAT/6
Results by gender at the elementary school level. These statistics were optained
from the California Department of Education
Star Results Web Page.
The CAT/6 results were highlighted, because
they provide a comparison of our students' performance at the national level. Since the Los Altos School
District is a wealthy, well-educated district with predominantly English
speaking students, the comparison focuses on the percentage of students scoring
above the 75th National
Percentile Ranking. This reflects what percentage of students scored in the
top 25 percent at the national level.
The first page provides an overall
comparison of the Los Altos School District to the Cupertino and Palo Alto
School Districts. The subsequent pages provide details on each of the elementary
schools within the Los Altos School District.
The 2004 results are
presented first, because the state released scores for each grade level (by
gender) in 2004. The state only released 3rd and 7th grade results for 2005.