Audubon example shows how state scaling changes raw STAR figures into component scores

Aug 29, 2025

Presenters used Audubon campus to demonstrate how raw STAR percentages can be transformed by state scaling and cut scores — a computed raw value of 59 was described as converted to an 89 component score under the state's formula.

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Dr. Garza used Audubon as a concrete example of state scaling and cut scores, saying the campus' raw combined value "didn't take that score and divide by 3, which gives you a 59" and noting that "when they put into the formula, actually became 89" — illustrating how scaling alters raw percentages into component scores used for letter grades.

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