National Standardized Assessment Stanford 10 -- Helps to guide teaching and learning toward High Academic Standards. The standard of excellence in achievement testing for over 80 years, the Stanford Achievement Test Series offers a state-of-the-art tenth edition to measure student progress toward high academic standards. This technically excellent instrument provides the valid and reliable tool needed for objective measurement of achievement. Administrators will obtain reliable data to evaluate progress toward meeting the challenges set forth by the national and state standards and high expectations. Teachers will identify and help children who are at risk of being left behind. Parents will understand what their children know and can do and how they can help.

• SAT -- The nation’s most widely used admissions test among colleges and universities. It tests students’ knowledge of subjects that are necessary for college success: reading, writing, and mathematics. The SAT assesses the critical thinking skills students need for academic success in college—skills that students learned in high school.

• ACT – America’s most widely accepted college entrance exam. The ACT® test assesses high school students’ general educational development and their ability to complete college-level work.

PSAT -- The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a program cosponsored by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). It is a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT®. It also gives students a chance to enter NMSC scholarship programs and gain access to college and career planning tools.