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We have had impressive achievements with the Jane Schaffer Writing Program on a variety of assessment instruments. Summaries of statistics are included below. Please contact us if you would like more information about any of these results.
Grossmont Union High School District
La Mesa, California
Program Assessment Results
The Grossmont District's Program Assessment is an annual writing test given to all students in Grossmont District located 20 miles east of downtown San Diego. Essays are scored holistically on a 6-point scale. All students are graded by the same common scoring guide. West Hills High School, where the Jane Schaffer Writing Program originated, has consistently ranked at the top of the district on the writing test. In addition to being #1 in the district, West Hills High School earned the greatest number of 6s (the top score) in June 2000 -- 19 of the 68 6s given district wide were West Hills students. Scores for Summer 2000 are as follows:
| School/District | % of Students scoring a 4 or higher |
| West Hills High School | 51.8 |
| School #2 (of 10) | 46.2 |
| School #10 (of 10) | 27.2 |
| District Average | 36.3 |
W. B Ray High School,
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Independent School District
TAAS writing scores
Texas has a required writing test for graduation graded on a 4-point scale. In February 2000, Ray High School--with 79% free and reduced lunch students--administered the TAAS writing test (Texas Assessment of Academic Skills) to 422 sophomores. Here are the results of that administration:
| Total number of 10th graders | 422 |
| % earning a 3 or 4 on a 4-point scale | 75% |
| # of 4s | 120 |
| # of special education students earning a 3 | 6 |
| # of special education students earning a 4 | 1 |
| Overall passing rate of the total (including special education) | 90% |
| Overall passing rate of the total with special education scores disaggregated | 94% |