Standardized Testing
In the spring, all Providence students in grades 1-8 take the California Achievement Test.
Standardized Testing Results, 2011
California Achievement Test, Version V
Providence did very well this year in our CAT V testing. Bellow is the Median National Percentile for each grade. The National Percentile is a number that ranks our class in relation to a national norm group. If the National Percentile is 94%, that means that the class did better than 94% of the students in the norm group.
PCCA Median National Percentile
1st Grade (16 students): 94%
2nd Grade (13 students): 78%
3rd Grade (11 students): 84%
4th Grade (8 students): 78%
5th Grade (5 students): 89%
6th Grade (11 students): 90%
7th Grade (15 students): 88%
8th Grade (16 students): 88%
College Admissions Examinations
Providence students taking the ACT exam over the last 5 years have scored an average of 27.9.