If your child is in 6th Grade and higher, he or she participated in the annual AATG Test (American Association of Teachers of German) back on January 9th. This test was administered on three levels (level 2 correspond to having two years of High School German language classes; level 3 to three years; and level 4 to four years). The test consists of 100 questions which correlate to a raw score of 100. The average raw score for our school this year is almost 90 (89.4), compared with the national average of about 70. Especially impressive are the results of our students who took the level 4 tests (11th, 10th, 9th graders as well as a few 8th graders): their average raw score was 92.5. Congratulations! Students who scored in the 90th percentile (meaning they scored better than 90% of all other students nationwide) will receive an invitation to the AATG Massachusetts Chapter award ceremony to be held in May. Individual results for each student are being mailed out and should be received in the next 10 days.

This test is one of the measures we use to compare our students’ progress with that of other students enrolled in German language programs. Approximately 25,000 students nationwide participated in the program this year. The test is also important to our school because the amount of financial assistance from Germany is partly determined by how many of our students successfully participate in each level of the test. Thanks to our students for their hard work!