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.
Grade​
ELA
Math
Core Composite
Social Studies
Science
Complete Composite
1
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.2
2
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.7
4.0
3.6
3
4.7
4.4
4.4
4.6
4.8
4.5
4
6.5
5.4
5.9
6.1
6.6
6.1
5
8.1
7.2
7.5
7.3
7.4
7.4
6
8.5
7.4
7.8
7.9
8.4
7.9
7
11.5
10.1
10.6
10.0
10.5
10.6
8
13+
13+
13+
13+
13+
13+
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 five grade levels higher than other students nationally.