Congratulations to all Hickory Day School students,
faculty and staff!

Student test scores for 2008-09 are terrific in all categories.

All HDS students in grades 2-8 participated in CTP4, a Comprehensive Testing Program and WrAP, the Writing Assessment Program, through the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). CTP 4 is a rigorous assessment of student achievement in reading, listening, vocabulary, writing, and mathematics as well as an assessment of student verbal and quantitative reasoning skills.

The percentile scores shown below reflect the percentile rank of HDS students, based on national norms that consider scores of students from large and small schools in all 50 states, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.

CTP 4  2008-09

Verbal Reasoning 91.9%
Vocabulary 95.6%
Reading Comprehension 91.7%
Writing Mechanics 90.4%
Writing Comprehension & Skills 91.8%
Quantitative Reasoning 95.8%
Mathematics 95.7%

WrAP is an analytically scored writing assessment based on the following six elements:
how well the writer communicates with the reader;
the writer's ability to develop a logical plan of organization, maintain coherence throughout, and create paragraphs;
how well the student gives appropriate reasons, details, and examples to support the generalizations and conclusions of the piece;
the writer's use of specific vocabulary and the freshness and vividness of language; and
the correct and effective use of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.

Hickory Day School's percentile score on the WrAP test was 82%.
This score differs from the National Norms given for CTP 4 . WrAP scoring is based on performance of students in select suburban public schools and independent schools.