For over 30 years, Cornerstone students have consistently performed very well on annual standardized tests as well as on the college entrance tests (SAT and ACT). Our rigorous biblical, classical curriculum prepares our students well to read and reason across all of the subjects. We teach. We test. We do not teach to the test.
Standardized testing, however, is only one measure of a student’s success. Test scores may show a level of subject matter mastery, but they cannot show subject matter passion. Here at Cornerstone, we strive to reach the whole child with a quality education that prepares our students for serving the Lord Jesus Christ in whatever path they pursue. The most critical outcome of any education, the most critical test of its success, cannot be standardized or scored on a scantron. It is the “testing of our faith, which being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested with fire, [that]may be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. . . receiving at the end of our faith, the salvation of our souls” (1 Pet. 1:7, 9).
IOWA Assessments – 1st-12th Grade
In our IOWA Assessments, we were pleased to see that our students again performed above the national average (and in some cases well above the national average) in every subject.
SAT and ACT Testing – 11th-12th Grade
We offer on-campus SAT and ACT testing for our high school students in the fall and spring each year. They consistently perform above average on SAT and ACT tests, scoring on average around the 80th percentile nationally in both tests.
