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Arizona Grade 4 ELA: what your child's Arizona's Academic Standards Assessment (AASA) and AzSCI score means

On Arizona's Arizona's Academic Standards Assessment (AASA) and AzSCI, Grade 4 English Language Arts (ELA) is reported on a scale from 2400 to 2610, and each score falls into one of 4 performance levels. Reaching Proficient (at 2523 or above) is the state's grade-level, on-track benchmark.

Score ranges by performance level

LevelScore rangeWhat it means
Minimally Proficient2400–2509The lowest level, well below grade-level expectations
Partially Proficient2510–2522Approaching grade-level expectations
Proficient2523–2558Meeting grade-level expectations (the state proficiency line)
Highly Proficient2559–2610The highest level, above grade-level expectations

How Arizona students scored (2024)

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Statewide in 2024, about 45% of Grade 4 students reached Proficient or Highly Proficient in ELA. The bar above shows the share at each level (left = lowest).

Is a particular score good?

A score's meaning depends on where it lands in the ranges above, and on how it compares to other students. Our free tool turns a score into an estimated percentile versus the child's school, district and the whole state, so you can see exactly where a score stands, not just its level.

Look up your child's exact percentile →

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State Test Scores is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by any state education department or agency. Percentiles are statistical estimates from public performance-level data (Arizona Department of Education), not official rankings.
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