2008 TerraNova Results
Department of Defense Education (DoDEA) students' average scores are higher than the national average for the 2008 TerraNova Multiple Assessments, 2nd Edition.
Overall, DoDEA's 3rd – 11th grade students scored 10-26 percentile points above the national average (50th percentile) in all subtest areas of reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies. The percentile represents the percentage of students in a norm group whose scores fall below an individual or group average score. For example, if a student scored at the 68th percentile in math, that student scored higher than 68% of the students in the norm group.
The TerraNova is a standardized norm-referenced achievement test developed by CTB/McGraw Hill that compares students' scores to scores from a "norm group." The norm group for TerraNova is a national sample of students representing all gender, racial, economic and geographic groups. DoDEA administers TerraNova to all students in grades 3-11 except those who have been approved for an alternate assessment. The assessments are administered in the spring of each school year, from the 29th to31st week of instruction.
