STANDARDIZED TESTING
Students in grades 3-8 take the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) in the fall semester. The results of the ITBS are used by teachers to help identify strengths and limitations in individual student performance. Results of these tests also serve as a benchmark for concepts that need to be reinforced or explained more fully.
This standardized test assesses student performance in the following areas:
Reading
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Language
Spelling
Capitalization
Punctuation
Usage and Expression
Mathematics
Concepts and Estimation
Computation
Problem Solving & Data Interpretation
Social Studies
Science
