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2000 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Results for Montgomery County Public Schools

HIGH SCHOOL DIFFERENCES IN SAT SCORES

Four high schools demonstrated significant upward trends in mean scores and two showed significant downward trends in scores. Six schools showed significant upward trends in SAT participation and none showed consistently downward trends.
Detailed listings by school of average SAT Total scores and SAT participation rates from 1997 through 2000 are provided in Table 5 (below). The high schools are arranged by community superintendents' quad clusters. Schools that have statistically significant patterns of change in participation rates or mean scores, either "up" or "down," are indicated in Table 5 under the "Trends" column. Trends noted in Table 5 were statistically significant at the .05 level of probability, and schools with no indicator were not statistically significant. However, two schools showed trends in mean scores that were statistically significant at the .06 level of probability: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School trended upward; and, Kennedy High School trended downward in mean scores.

Table 5
SAT Participation Rates and Average Total Scores by School - 1997 to 2000
(Organized by Quad Clusters)
School Participation:
Percentage of Students Tested
Proficiency:
Mean Total Score
97 98 99 00 Trend
97-00
97 98 99 00 Trend
97-00
Churchill 97 96 97 97
11 3 1162 1191 1198 up
Richard Montgomery 78 76 76 81
1212 1198 1207 1205
Rockville 74 68 70 75 down-up 1045 1081 1071 1093 up
Wootton 92 90 96 92
1190 1163 1173 1198 down-up
Northwest -- -- -- 76
-- -- -- 1036
Quince Orchard 80 80 76 80
1067 1102 1104 1075 up-down
Seneca Valley 66 64 69 70
1000 1010 998 1023
Poolesville 65 77 81 80
1082 1081 1099 1064
Damascus 68 69 71 80 up 1068 1063 1081 1062
Gaithersburg 64 70 63 69
1031 1031 1056 1044
Magruder 74 74 83 75 up-down 1079 1093 1095 1089
Watkins Mill 70 73 74 72
1093 1059 1050 1053 down
Paint Branch 78 82 81 82
1054 1031 1046 1029
Springbrook 73 76 80 82 up 1025 1050 1042 1054
Sherwood 84 82 78 79
1032 1078 1050 1065 up
Bethesda-Chevy Chase 84 78 90 89 up 1093 1092 1112 1128
Walter Johnson 84 89 94 91 up 1132 1134 1124 1147
Wheaton 49 54 59 68 up 997 968 943 930 down
Walt Whitman 95 99 100 100
1202 1178 1223 1220 up
Blair 70 70 75 72
1142 11 5 1134 1124
Einstein 65 64 62 65
982 987 974 973
Kennedy 67 62 75 75 up 992 993 977 958
MCPS 76 78 79 80
1092 1092 1096 1093


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