Show r High School Students Above National Average Tests Show Results of recent development tests taken by ninth through the twelfth grades at Grand county high chool show the school to tobe tobe tobe be in the upper half of all the schools in the nation participating ing In the test it was reported today by C. C Robert principal Ninth tenth and twelfth grades received high per Iper centile ratings I with only the eleventh grade failIng fallIng fall fail Ing lag into the lower 50 per cent Mr said with composite composite compo compo- site scores reaching as ns high as the 89 percentile The tests given the students in November show students and class development in nine cate cate- gories gorses These include social studies studies studies stu stu- dies background natural science background written expression quantitative thinking social studies studies stu dies Interpretation natural Interpretation In of sciences literature literature litera litera- ture Lure Interpretation general vocabulary vocabulary vo vo- vo and use of sources of Information The material Is devised devised de de- de to test the development of the student not only as It per per- I 1 tarns to school experiences but the extent of his development as asIt asit asit it might have been influenced In Inthe Inthe inthe the home In the communities in which he has lived and the school The test varies from the regular standard achievement tests in that it shows the students' students ability ability abil abil abil- ity to utilize his knowledge and experiences rather than just attempt attempt at tempt to determine the extent he has achieved in 10 particular academic subjects Students at Grand county high school as determined by the tests are high in all categories except that of written expression sign sion and use of sources of In in- formation A number of of uses will be made of or the results of these tests which are aimed specifically at improving improvIng ing the status of individual students students students stu stu- dents and the school as a whole Mr said A more complete complete complete com com- report of present plans InthIs in inthis inthis this res respect will be made at the high school Teachers Parent-Teachers association as as- meeting to be held next Wednesday night at the high school auditorium With a discussion of the tests to be the main program of the theP P PTA TA TA meeting ting a complete ex ex- explanation of their purposes an interpretation of results and the ways by which parents and teachers teachers teachers tea tea- chers might better help the students students stu stu- dents as a result of the know ledge gained from the tests willbe will willbe I be given This will precede giving ing the results to the students themselves which Is expected to take place next week Also to 10 be discussed sed at the Wednesday meeting ng will be the results of the Science Research Association Achievement tests given to seventh and eighth gra gra- ders All parents of high school students students stu stu- dents are urged to attend aMend the TA P-TA meeting which Is scheduled to begin at pm p.m. m. m In addition to the discussion on the testing program the high school band under the baton of Wallace Somerville Somerville Som- Som erville will present musical num num- bers |