COMPARISON OF AVERAGE AND VERY HIGH 1997-8 RIT SCORE GAINS BY SPRING 1997 ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL
| READING | GRADE | Average students | Very high students |
| four | 7.7 | 1.2 | |
| five | 5.2 | 4.5 | |
| six | 4.1 | 0.1 | |
| seven | 4.4 | 0.5 | |
| eight | 4.1 | -1.1 | |
| MATH | |||
| four | 11.5 | 6.1 | |
| five | 7.3 | 9.2 | |
| six | 5.9 | 3.9 | |
| seven | 6.5 | 7.0 | |
| eight | 7.6 | 4.1 |
(Compilation by Margaret DeLacy from data supplied by Portland Public Schools)
| READING | GRADE | Average students | Very high students |
| four | 2.9 | n/a | |
| five | 6.6 | 2.4 | |
| six | 3.4 | -5.2(?) | |
| seven | 5.4 | 1.4 | |
| eight | 3.5 | -1.8 | |
| MATH | |||
| four | 9.3 | 5.6 | |
| five | 6.0 | 3.8 | |
| six | 4.5 | 4.6 | |
| seven | 8.9 | 4.8 | |
| eight | 1.5 | -0.9 |
Compilation by Margaret DeLacy from data supplied by Portland Public Schools)
COMPARISON OF "NEARLY MEETS,""MEETS" AND "EXCEEDS" 2002-3 RIT SCORE GAINS BY SPRING 2002 BENCHMARK STATUS
note: the categories for "meets" and "exceeds" are not the same as the categories for "average" and "very high" in the previous table. Whereas in previous years there were five categories: very low, low, average, high and very high, this year there are five categories: very low, low, nearly meets, meets and exceeds, but the categories are defined by pre-set cut off scores not by normed references.
| READING | GRADE | NEARLY MEETS | MEETS | EXCEEDS |
| four | 10.2 | 6.8 | -0.1 | |
| five | 10.1 | 6.8 | 3.3 | |
| six | 4.6 | 2.8 | 1.5 | |
| seven | 7.7 | 6.5 | 4.5 | |
| eight | 5.7 | 4.2 | 0.8 | |
| ten | 5.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | |
| MATH | ||||
| four | 13.3 | 10.0 | 7.9 | |
| five | 8.8 | 6.8 | 5.0 | |
| six | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |
| seven | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.7 | |
| eight | 4.7 | 2.7 | -1.7 | |
| ten | 3.3 | 1.7 | -2.2 |
(Compilation by Margaret DeLacy from data supplied by Portland Public Schools)