This is the Web site for the 1998 - 2002 results from California's Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program. At this site you will find results for the Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition, Form T (Stanford 9), the STAR augmentation in English language arts and mathematics, and the Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, 2nd Edition (SABE/2).

The STAR program was authorized by Senate Bill (SB 376) in October 1997. As required by statute, the California State Board of Education designated a test, the Stanford 9, in November 1997. This test was first administered statewide in Spring 1998. The Stanford 9 is a multiple-choice test that allows comparisons to be made to a national sample of students. School districts in California are required to test all students in grades 2 through 11. The only exemptions allowed by SB 376 are for special education students whose Individual Education Plans (IEPs) explicitly exempted them from such testing and for students whose parent or guardian submitted a written request for exemption. In grades 2 through 8, testing is required in reading, mathematics, written expression, and spelling. In grades 9 through 11 testing is required in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and history/social science. In 1999, students were tested between March 15 and May 25.

In 1999 two additions were made to the STAR program. Test items were added in language arts and mathematics in order to create two additional tests, the STAR augmentation; and the SABE/2 was designated by the State Board of Education for use with Spanish speaking limited English proficient students.