Thursday, January 10, 2008

BULLETIN: Practice Exam Results

The Practice Examination consisted of 40 items was broken up into five sections:

Part I (SAT Vocabulary Lists 1-4): 8 items
Part II (Rhetorical Terms and Devices): 7 items
Part III (Proofreading): 8 items
Part IV (Night): 5 items
Part V (Literary Analysis): 11 items

Here are the results by class:

Period 4A

Class Average: 67%
Areas of Weakness: SAT Vocabulary, Proofreading, and Night *
Item Analysis by Section:

Part I (SAT Vocabulary Lists 1-4): 50% (4/8)
Part II (Rhetorical Terms and Devices): 100% (7/7)
Part III (Proofreading): 50% (4/8)
Part IV (Night): 60% (3/5)
Part V (Literary Analysis): 72% (8/11)

Period 4B

Class Average: 61%
Areas of Weakness: SAT Vocabulary, Proofreading, and Night
Item Analysis by Section:

Part I (SAT Vocabulary Lists 1-4): 14% (1/8)
Part II (Rhetorical Terms and Devices): 85% (6/7)
Part III (Proofreading): 50% (4/8)
Part IV (Night): 60% (3/5)
Part V (Literary Analysis): 72% (8/11)

Students, though this test was only a practice/warm-up before tomorrow's 'real' exam, it does tell you which areas you should be placing emphasis on.

~Mr. K

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