include composite
means broken into the categories of gender, race/ethnicity, students with disabilities, limited
English proficiency, migrant, and economically disadvantaged students. Furthermore, mean
scores are given in each of the content standards evaluated on the test. Score reports were
examined by this researcher of two sets of students in grades 6-8 from different schools in the
2004, 2005, and 2006 school years, one which uses a traditional curriculum and the other entirely
standards-based.