During a presentation to the Board of Education on Friday, associate commissioner for instruction and curriculum Jackie Quitugua said the results indicated progress at almost all of the public schools despite their financial struggles.
For the third grade, which has a target rate of 40 percentile, the PSS students scored at the 42 percentile. The five schools with the highest ratings were Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary, 78 percentile; Kagman Elementary, 64 percentile; Tinian Elementary, 59 percentile; San Vicente Elementary, 53 percentile; and San Antonio, 42 percentile.
For the fifth grade, the students scored at the 41 percentile, surpassing by one point the target rate. The five schools with the highest ratings were GTC, 66 percentile; Oleai, 47 percentile; Dandan, 45 percentile; Garapan, 43 percentile; and Rota’s Sinapalo, 39 percentile.
However, PSS noted a significant decline in the performance of San Antonio Elementary students which scored at 29 percentile only, compared to the 32 percentile last year.
For the sixth grade, the students scored at the 44 percentile, four points higher than the target rate. The top five schools with the highest ratings were GTC, 61 percentile; San Vicente, 59 percentile; Tinian Elementary, 57 percentile; Garapan, 47 percentile; and Kagman, 41 percentile rank.
Junior high school students, however, scored at 37 percentile, three points less than the PSS target.
Hopwood Junior High was at 39 percentile; Chacha Oceanview, 35 percentile; and Rota Junior High, 34 percentile.
Only Tinian Junior High recorded a positive result — 42 percentile.
For the ninth grade, the students scored at the 40 percentile, only one point behind the target rate.
Marianas High School had the highest rank at the 44 percentile; Rota High, 43 percentile; Tinian High, 41 percentile; Saipan Southern High, 38 percentile; and Kagman High, 35 percentile rank.
“Overall, PSS has an outstanding record of SAT 10 for school year 07-08,” Quitugua said. “Many of our schools really did an excellent job and we need to recognize them.”
Quitugua said the PSS leadership will look into reasons behind the declining scores of some schools.
