Transcript 2007 Standardized Test Presentation

Spring 2011
NJASK Testing Report
Bedminster Township School
Presented by:
David Bilenker, Supervisor of Instruction
New Jersey Proficiency Levels
for Grades 3-8 NJASK
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Student scores for NJASK are reported as
scaled scores
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Scaled scores range from 100-300 with 300
being a “perfect” score
 Partially Proficient
100-199
 Proficient
200-249
 Advanced Proficient
250-300
Language Arts Literacy (LAL)
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The Language Arts Literacy section of each test
measures students’ achievement in reading,
writing, and viewing appropriate to their
respective grade level
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Students read passages selected from
published books, newspapers and magazines,
as well as everyday text
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Students then respond to related multiplechoice, open-ended, and essay questions
Mathematics
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The mathematics section of each test measures
students’ ability to solve problems by applying
mathematical concepts appropriate to their
respective grade level
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Students do this in response to multiple choice,
grid response, and open-ended questions
Science
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The Science assessment measures knowledge and
skills in three content clusters for grades 4 and 8
appropriate to their respective grade level
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Life Science
Physical Science
Earth Science
Scores are reported in scaled scores ranging from 100300, with advanced proficient, proficient and partially
proficient scores, the same as the LAL and Math
assessments
NJASK
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The NJASK is a single indicator used to gauge a
school or district’s performance during a given school
year.
Measures students’ mastery of the New Jersey Core
Curriculum Content Standards for their respective grade
level(s).
Ultimately, the NJASK will be “phased out” as the
NJCCCS will be replaced by the Common Core State
Standards.
Utilized by school district’s for placement purposes and
to identify instructional strengths and deficiencies
New Performance Indicators
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According to the Education Transformation Task Force,
there will be a shift in measuring a school district’s
performance through the use of a multitude of
performance indicators:
Emphasis on Outcomes
Graduation Rates
College Readiness
Achievement Gains
Academic Progress (growth over time)
Reasons for Change Initiative
 Governor has charged the Task Force of
redefining what is considered success/failure for
school districts by developing new criteria.
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The NJASK does not measure a school district’s
growth over time and fails to account for the
impact of various sub-groups performance and
their impact on the district’s overall scores/rating.
Facts
 Bedminster
Township School’s student
population is comprised of the following
sub-groups:
18% Special Education
3.3% Limited English Proficient
 Historically,
the aforementioned subgroups
are outperformed by their counterparts on
state assessments such as the NJASK.
District Factor Groups
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The District Factor Groups (DFGs) were first
developed in 1975 for the purpose of comparing
students’ performance on statewide
assessments across demographically similar
school districts.
 The DFGs represent an approximate measure of
a community’s relative socioeconomic status
(SES). The classification system provides a
useful tool for examining student achievement
and comparing similarly-situated school districts
in other analyses.
DFG
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The DFGs are calculated using the following six
variables :
1) Percent of adults with no high school diploma
2) Percent of adults with some college education
3) Occupational status
4) Unemployment rate
5) Percent of individuals in poverty
6) Median family income.
DFG Comparison LAL – Grade 3
Grade 3 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
33
21.2%
60.6%
18.2%
218.9
Special Education
13
41.7%
58.3%
0%
204.7
4
100%
0%
0%
176.3
49
29.8%
57.4%
12.8%
213.1
Limited English
Total
Grade 3 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
15.5%
69.9%
14.6%
220.2
Special Education
46.6%
48.9%
4.5%
200.1
44%
51.3%
4.7%
199.9
21.1%
66.1%
12.8%
216.5
Limited English
Total
DFG Comparison Math – Grade 3
Grade 3 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
33
6.1%
57.6%
36.4%
240.8
Special Education
13
8.3%
50%
41.7%
237.8
4
4%
100%
0%
179.3
49
12.5%
52.1%
35.4%
236.1
Limited English
Total
Grade 3 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
5.7%
43.1%
51.1%
249.1
Special Education
24.9%
50.4%
24.6%
222.4
Limited English
25.5%
39.2%
35.3%
227.8
9.3%
44.3%
46.4%
244.3
Total
DFG Comparison LAL – Grade 4
Grade 4 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
53
34%
54.7%
11.3%
213.1
Special Education
12
80%
20%
0%
183.3
2
100%
0%
0%
183.5
65
41.3%
49.2%
9.5%
208.4
Limited English
Total
Grade 4 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
13.7%
70.6%
15.7%
223
Special Education
48.7%
47.2%
4%
196.2
Limited English
49.7%
46.6%
3.7%
197.2
20%
66.4%
13.6%
218.2
Total
DFG Comparison Math – Grade 4
Grade 4 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
53
7.5%
39.6%
52.8%
251
Special Education
12
50%
40%
10%
196.1
2
100%
0%
0%
185
65
14.3%
39.7%
46%
242.3
Limited English
Total
Grade 4 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
5.7%
43.1%
51.1%
249.1
Special Education
24.9%
50.4%
24.6%
222.4
Limited English
25.5%
39.2%
35.3%
227.8
9.3%
44.3%
46.4%
244.3
Total
DFG Comparison LAL – Grade 5
Grade 5 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
46
8.9%
80%
11.1%
222.5
Special Education
17
53.3%
46.7%
0%
195.7
1
0%
0%
0%
0
64
20%
71.7%
8.3%
215.8
Limited English
Total
Grade 5 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
12.6%
73.1%
14.3%
223.9
Special Education
55.3%
42.4%
2.3%
194.6
Limited English
46.7%
48.6%
4.7%
199.7
Total
19.8%
67.9%
12.3%
219
DFG Comparison Math – Grade 5
Grade 5 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
46
2.2%
44.4%
53.3%
254
Special Education
17
46.7%
26.7%
26.7%
214.9
1
0%
100%
0%
237
64
13.1%
41%
45.9%
244.1
Limited English
Total
Grade 5 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
3.7%
33.3%
63%
256.2
Special Education
29.7%
44.4%
25.9%
220.3
Limited English
22.1%
36.8%
41.1%
232.9
8.1%
35.1%
56.8%
250.1
Total
DFG Comparison LAL – Grade 6
Grade 6 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
56
7.1%
78.6%
14.3%
229.4
Special Education
12
58.3%
41.7%
0%
191
2
0%
100%
0%
218
69
16.2%
72.1%
11.8%
222.6
Limited English
Total
Grade 6 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
10.7%
73.8%
15.4%
225.3
Special Education
55.3%
43.1%
1.6%
195.8
Limited English
47.3%
51.6%
1.1%
200.3
Total
17.5%
69.2%
13.4%
220.8
DFG Comparison Math – Grade 6
Grade 6 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
56
0%
57.1%
42.9%
249.5
Special Education
12
75%
16.7%
8.3%
194.9
2
50%
0%
50%
246.5
69
14.5%
49.3%
36.2%
239.2
Limited English
Total
Grade 6 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
5%
47.8%
47.2%
246.2
Special Education
39.6%
48.5%
11.8%
207
Limited English
26.7%
45.4%
27.9%
224.2
Total
10.2%
47.9%
41.9%
240.3
DFG Comparison LAL – Grade 7
Grade 7 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
57
3.5%
57.9%
38.6%
236.4
Special Education
8
85.7%
14.3%
0%
177.4
Limited English
0
0%
0%
0%
0
65
12.5%
53.1%
34.4%
229.9
Total
Grade 7 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
10.7%
63.3%
26%
229.7
Special Education
58.3%
38.7%
3%
191.6
Limited English
54.9%
41.1%
4%
193.6
Total
17.7%
59.6%
22.7%
224.1
DFG Comparison Math- Grade 7
Grade 7 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
57
12.3%
40.4%
47.4%
242.8
Special Education
8
42.9%
57.1%
0%
192.9
Limited English
0
0%
0%
0%
0
65
15.6%
42.2%
42.2%
237.3
Total
Grade 7 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
10.8%
45.3%
43.9%
241.5
Special Education
56.2%
34.6%
9.2%
195
Limited English
39.4%
33%
27.5%
215.4
Total
17.4%
43.7%
38.9%
234.8
DFG Comparison LAL- Grade 8
Grade 8 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
71
0%
48.6%
51.4%
246.3
Special Education
11
44.4%
55.6%
0%
209.2
0
0%
0%
0%
0
82
5.1%
49.4%
45.6%
242.1
Limited English
Total
Grade 8 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
6.2%
59.7%
34.1%
237
Special Education
30.6%
64.1%
5.3%
210
Limited English
35.1%
62.3%
2.6%
206.1
6.2%
59.7%
34.1%
237
Total
DFG Comparison Math- Grade 8
Grade 8 BTS
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
71
1.4%
38%
60.6%
256.2
Special Education
11
55.6%
33.3%
11.1%
197.4
0
0%
0%
0%
0
82
7.5%
37.5%
55%
249.6
Limited English
Total
Grade 8 DFG
(2011)
n
Partially
Proficient
Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Mean
General Education
7.4%
40%
52.7%
248.8
Special Education
50.9%
36.2%
12.9%
198.4
Limited English
35.9%
39.1%
25%
216
Total
13.7%
39.5%
46.9%
241.5
Highlights
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One hundred percent of our sixth grade general
education students were proficient or advanced
proficient on the Math section of the NJASK.
 One hundred percent of our eighth grade general
education students were proficient or advanced
proficient on the LAL section of the NJASK.
 One hundred percent of our fourth grade special
education students were proficient or advanced
proficient on the Science section of the NJASK
 One hundred percent of our 7th and 8th graders passed
the end of course Algebra I test.:
7th grade: 100% advanced proficient
8th grade: 42% advanced proficient
Highlights

Bedminster students are well prepared by the time they graduate
from 8th grade. When compared against districts with like students,
socio-economic level, per capita income, housing measures and
aspirations, the facts reveal that Bedminster outperformed the state
averages within our DFG:
Language Arts Literacy
Grade 8 BTS Mean Score All Students LAL*
Grade 8 DFG State Mean Score All Students LAL*
242.1
237.0
Mathematics
Grade 8 BTS Mean Score All Students MT*
249.6**
Grade 8 DFG State Mean Score All Students MT*
241.5
Highlights
 Bedminster
students consistently perform
well on all sections of the state test each
year.
 In many areas and grade levels,
Bedminster students out-perform students
in the same District Factor Group.
 In almost all areas and grade levels,
Bedminster students out-perform the state
mean.
Questions
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