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Primary Purposes:To assess students’ mastery of state content standards in reading and mathematicsTo report individual and group performanceTo report relative strengths and weaknesses of individuals and groupsTo provide data to study changes in performance over timeContent:Grades 3-8—Academic content standards in readingGrades 3-8—Academic content standards in mathematicsAdditional Information:The ARMT is a criterion-referenced test. It consists of selected items from the Stanford Achievement Test (Stanford 10) which matches the Alabama state content standards in reading and mathematics. Additional test items were developed to be included so that all content standards were fully covered. It is this combination of Stanford 10 items and newly developed items that is known as the ARMT.The ARMT has a 100% alignment to the Alabama state content standards in reading and mathematics.A student must take Stanford 10 Word Study Skills (Grade 3 only), Stanford 10 Reading Vocabulary (Grades 3-8), Stanford 10 Reading Comprehension (Grades 3-8), and the ARMT Part 2 Reading subtest to get an ARMT reading score.A student must take Stanford 10 Mathematics Procedures (Grades 3-8), Mathematics Problem Solving (Grades 3-8), and the ARMT Part 2 Mathematics subtest to get an ARMT mathematics score.Performance is reported in the following achievement levels:Level I—Does not meet academic content standardsLevel II—Partially meets academic content standardsLevel III—Meets academic content standards (proficient or grade-level performance)Level IV—Exceeds academic content standardsResults are used for accountability for Grades 3-8 in meeting one of the requirements of the No Child Left Behind legislation.Source: Overview of Alabama Student Assessment Program, Alabama Dept of Education
African American: 211 (33.8%) American Indian: 0 (0%) Asian: 8 (1.3%) Hispanic: 26 (4.2%) Pacific Islander: 1 (0.2%) Two or more races: 0 (0%) White: 379 (60.6%) Not Specified:0 (0%)
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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics
