BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL
Grades 9-12

Effectiveness
Level
(Top 20% of similar schools cohort)

Mean
(Average of similar schools cohort)

Original Audit Status

Current
Status

Category

Norm-Referenced Tests:

  Reading

73rd Percentile

57th Percentile

NA*

NA*

  Mathematics

73rd percentile

57th percentile

NA*

NA*

Criterion-Referenced Tests:

  Communications Mastery

96%

92%

79.7%**

78%

  Mathematics Mastery

96%

92%

77.7%**

80%

Advanced Placement

  % of juniors and seniors enrolled in AP courses

15%

13%

13.4%

14.94%

  % of juniors and seniors taking AP exams

5.20%

4.30%

12.4%

12.65%

  % earning a 3, 4 or 5 on one or more AP exam

75%

65%

82.5%

77.78%

American College Test (ACT)

22.2

20.2

20.3

21.7

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

1016

980

1004

1015

Drop-Out Rate, Grades 9-12 Cumulative

6.40%

7.60%

21.2%***

17.51%***

Senior Class Grade Point Average (non-weighted)

2.4

2.6

2.46

2.74

Student Attendance Rate

96%

93%

89.1%

93%

Teacher Absence Index (TAI)
(Days absent per teacher per year)

4.5 Days

6.5 Days

8.0 Days

5.11 Days

* Norm referenced tests are not given in grades 9 through 12.

** 1996 percent passing HSCT (High School Competence Test)--Grade 11. See charts on following pages for 1997-98.

*** 97-98, calculated; 98-99: actual. See page 8 of this report for discussion.

Subject

School % Passing

District % Passing

State % Passing

Oct. 97

Oct. 98

Oct. 97

Oct. 98

Oct. 97

Oct. 98

Communications

86

78

90

88

78

81

Mathematics

80

80

87

86

75

77