Assessment Results

Flexible schedules allow for exciting and beneficial cross-curricular projects.

—Michelle, parent

Standardized test scores are one of many ways to measure student achievement and progress. Many parents and prospective parents appreciate the opportunity to see how students in our school are achieving. Results are used by schools to assist with improvement planning and to provide information to the community. 

The benefits of our rigorous curriculum, small group instruction, and personalized learning program, however, go well beyond our students' high test scores. We work to develop problem solvers and creative thinkers. A St. Patrick education is an investment in your child's future.

The New ISASP Test

Across the state, the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) replaced the former Iowa Assessments, with students taking the new tests for the first time in spring 2019. Iowa Testing Programs at the University of Iowa oversaw the test’s development and administration. ISASP better reflects what’s being taught in Iowa classrooms and how students are progressing toward grade-level expectations outlined in Iowa’s academic standards.

• The new state test is better aligned to Iowa’s academic standards and is thus more challenging.
• Results from the new ISASP test should not be compared with results on the Iowa Assessments. Schools received scores in November 2019 but many have not yet posted their results. For that reason we are continuing to show the 2018 charts on this page. We are proud to offer you the links to both years below.

View the 2018 Iowa Assesstment report here. The charts for reading, math and science at the bottom of this page show the performance of St. Patrick students (green "District") compared to students attending schools in our area (blue "AEA") and Iowa (red "State"). St. Patrick scores (green) exceed AEA and state scores in every category on the Average NSS by Grade charts.  

View the 2019 ISASP report here. We are proud of our students' scores and are happy to share them with you. In all grades and subjects reported, the percentage of St. Patrick students that are either proficient or advanced proficient (represented by the two blue bars) exceeds the state average— by very significant amounts! A comparision to our area ("AEA") was not provided to us. National Percentile Ranks (NPRA) are not available as ISASP is a customized assessment for the state of Iowa. Note that the ISASP measures English Language Arts standards in reading, writing and language as opposed to only reading on the Iowa Assessments. Essays and constructed-response questions are now used in addition to multiple-choice questions.