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SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL
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Effectiveness
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Mean
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Original Audit Status |
Current |
Category |
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Norm-Referenced Tests: |
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Reading |
79th Percentile |
64th Percentile |
NA* |
NA* |
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Mathematics |
79th percentile |
64th percentile |
NA* |
NA* |
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Criterion-Referenced Tests: |
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Communications Mastery |
96% |
92% |
81.8%** |
90% |
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Mathematics Mastery |
96% |
92% |
81.2%** |
86% |
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Advanced Placement |
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% of juniors and seniors enrolled in AP courses |
15% |
13% |
15.1% |
17% |
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% of juniors and seniors taking AP exams |
4.30% |
5.20% |
12.3% |
14.63% |
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% earning a 3, 4 or 5 on one or more AP exam |
75% |
65% |
71.0% |
65.81% |
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American College Test (ACT) |
23.4 |
21.4 |
22.1 |
22.7 |
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Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) |
1036 |
1000 |
1034 |
1041 |
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Drop-Out Rate, Grades 9-12 Cumulative |
6.40% |
7.60% |
18.4%*** |
14.73%*** |
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Senior Class Grade Point Average (non-weighted) |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.77 |
2.79 |
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Student Attendance Rate |
96% |
93% |
90.2% |
93% |
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Teacher Absence Index (TAI)
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4.5 Days |
6.5 Days |
6.6 Days |
4.92 Days |
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* 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. |
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Subject |
School % Passing |
District % Passing |
State % Passing | |||
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Oct. 97 |
Oct. 98 |
Oct. 97 |
Oct. 98 |
Oct. 97 |
Oct. 98 | |
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Communications |
88 |
90 |
90 |
88 |
78 |
81 |
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Mathematics |
85 |
86 |
87 |
86 |
75 |
77 |
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Subject |
School Score |
District Score |
State Score | |||
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1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 | |
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Persuasive |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
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Expository |
3.9 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
3.6 |