Each Colorado high-school test (Grade 9 SAT Suite Reading and Writing, Grade 10 SAT Suite Reading and Writing, Grade 11 SAT Suite Reading and Writing, Grade 9 SAT Suite Math, Grade 10 SAT Suite Math, Grade 11 SAT Suite Math and Grade 11 Science) is scored on its own scale and sorted into performance levels. Pick a test to see the score range for every level, year by year, plus how students scored statewide.
Look up a high-school percentile →Each test's newest score scale and proficiency line, and every year we have.
| Test | Score scale | The proficiency line | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 SAT Suite Reading and Writing | 120–720 | Met from 410 | 2021 to 2026 |
| Grade 10 SAT Suite Reading and Writing | 160–760 | Met from 430 | 2021 to 2026 |
| Grade 11 SAT Suite Reading and Writing | 200–800 | Met from 480 | 2021 to 2026 |
| Grade 9 SAT Suite Math | 120–720 | Met from 450 | 2021 to 2026 |
| Grade 10 SAT Suite Math | 160–760 | Met from 480 | 2021 to 2026 |
| Grade 11 SAT Suite Math | 200–800 | Met from 530 | 2021 to 2026 |
| Grade 11 Science | 650–850 | Met from 750 | 2018, 2019 and 2023 to 2026 (ranges changed in 2023) |
Grade 9 is the PSAT 8/9, grade 10 the PSAT 10 and grade 11 the SAT: the tests Colorado gives public school students in those grades at school each spring. Each school's numbers count its students in that grade who got a valid score, about 83 to 87 of every 100 students in the grade since 2022 and 73 to 80 in 2021. From 2024 the tests are digital and the reading section is called Reading and Writing (before 2024, Evidence-Based Reading and Writing). Science is the CMAS Science test in grade 11, which about half of grade 11 students took from 2023 (about 6 in 10 in 2018 and 2019).
More on who is counted, and how: see how we count.