Test Scores

COGATS (Cognitive Abilities Tests) is administered annually to students in third, fifth, and seventh grade.
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ITBS (Iowa Tests of Basic Skills) is administered annually to students in first through eighth grade.  The table below shows grade level performance through grade equivalent; Example 2.6 represents Second Grade/Sixth Month.  The Composite score represents the total average of all subject areas tested. The results below are scores from the test administered in 2021.
Grade​
ELA
Math
Core Composite
Social Studies
Science
Complete Composite
1
1.9
2.1
1.8
2.2
2.0
1.9
2
3.4
4.2
3.6
3.4
4.2
3.6
3
4.8
4.4
4.2
4.2
4.5
4.4
4
6.4
5.4
5.4
6.2
7.2
6.1
5
7.9
7.5
6.8
7.2
7.3
7.3
6
8.3
7.6
7.9
7.7
7.9
7.9
7
10.4
8.8
9.0
9.3
9.7
9.6
8
12.6
12.9
11.8
12.6
11.8
12.2
The results demonstrate that Ave Maria Catholic School students, at a minimum, perform at the grade equivalent of one grade level higher than other students nationally and at the grade equivalent of up to four grade levels higher than other students nationally.