Fall 2014 District Testing Report [Read-Only]...HSPA High School Proficiency Assessment Graduation requirement; administered during the spring of 11 th Grade LAL Language Arts Literacy

Bernards Township Public Schools

Fall 2014 District Testing Report:

Standardized Test Results/Analysis

October 6, 2014 October 6, 2014

Brian HeinemanDirector of Curriculum and Instruction

Matt Hall

Supervisor of Science and Technology / District Test Coordinator

An end to NJASK and HSPA

• This is the final set of data points for both NJ ASK and HSPA testing in Mathematics and ELA

• The promise of PARCC Assessment• The promise of PARCC Assessment▫ Raise the low test ceiling imposed by NJASK and HSPA

▫ Faster reporting of results

▫ Tests skills that are critical to college and career readiness

Testing Part I of II

• Part I = District Testing Report▫ Review of results on NJASK, HSPA, and BCT

▫ State specific tests

▫ Used for state reporting

• Part II = Post-Secondary Report▫ Review of results on SAT, SAT subject, AP, and ACT

▫ November 10th

Alphabet Soup

AHSA Alternative High School Assessment

AYP Annual Yearly Progress

ELA English/Language Arts New terminology used for the PARCC

EOC End of Course As in, “End of Course Algebra Test”

GE General Education

HSPA High School Proficiency Assessment Graduation requirement; administered during the

spring of 11th Grade HSPA High School Proficiency Assessment

spring of 11th Grade

LAL Language Arts Literacy

LEP Limited English Proficiency Formerly “ESL” or “ELL”

NCLB No Child Left Behind

NJASK New Jersey Assessment of Skills and

Knowledge Administered in Grades 3 through 8

NJBCT New Jersey Biology Competency Test Formerly EOC Biology Test; administered in grade

9 in Bernards Twp.

PARCC Partnership for Assessment of Readiness

for College & Careers

SE Special Education

Guidelines for Student Assessment

• 95% of each student group must participate in the assessment process

• Students enrolled in the district for less than one

Goal: All students will be assessed.

• Students enrolled in the district for less than one year will not be included in the accountability process

• Students with severe disabilities must be assessed using the APA

• LEP students must be assessed

• Out-of-district students are included in their home school’s accountability process

State Testing Parameters

• Partial Common Core alignment in ‘12-’13• Banking of Scores (11th-12th grade)▫ Students have 4 opportunities to ‘pass’ the HSPA/AHSA

• Calculator use not permitted on Short Constructed Response questions (3-8)

• No more target or benchmark scores (AYP)

Subgroups

Student Population

Student progress is also assessed by student groups.

Ethnicity Income LEP SE

• American Indian• Asian• Black•Hispanic• Pacific Islander•White• Other

• EconomicallyDisadvantaged

• Non-EconomicallyDisadvantaged

n ≥ 30 for all groups

NJASK ELA

Grades 3 through 8Reading Writing

• Grades 3 through 8 • Grades 3 through 5

▫ Narrative

• Reading passages include literature as well as informational or “everyday” reading selections from a wide array of sources.

• Increasing focus on informational text.

▫ Informative / Explanatory or Opinion

• Grades 6 through 8

▫ Informative /Explanatory Prompt OR Narrative Task

▫ Persuasive or Argument Task

http://www.state.nj.us/education/assessment/updates/NJASKUpdate.pdf

NJASK ELA Reading

• Grade 3-5 include three reading passages

• Grade 6-8 Include four reading passages

• Reading passages include information reading selections

as well as literature from a wide variety of authentic

sources

• Fifty percent of more of the reading passages are

informational

http://www.state.nj.us/education/assessment/es/njask/NJASKPres.pdf

NJASK ELA Reading (cont.)

• All reading items keyed to CCSS

• Constructed-response items were scored using the same

Open-Ended Reading rubric, 0-4 points


NJASK ELA Writing (3-5)

• Writing tasks require students to respond for a variety of

purposes (opinion, narrative, explanatory)

• Essays were scored using NJ Holistic Scoring Rubric, 0-5

points


NJASK ELA Writing (3-8)

• Writing tasks require students to respond for a variety of

purposes (3-5: opinion, narrative, explanatory; 6-8:

informational/explanatory, argument or persuasion,

narrative)

• Grade 6-8 essays were scored using NJ Holistic Scoring

Rubric, 0-6 points


Sample Informative/Explanatory Writing Prompt

Grades 3-5

CCSS: W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2

Scientists report that gray squirrels find hundreds of nuts each

week that they bury in different places. Then the squirrels dig

up all those nuts and bury them again in new spots. They also


up all those nuts and bury them again in new spots. They also

dig some holes that they don’t ever use for storing nuts. What

problems could these actions cause for a gray squirrel?

Write a composition discussing the problems squirrels could

have because of the way they bury their nuts. Explain why you

think they bury and rebury their nuts. Analyze or explain why

squirrels might dig holes they do not want to use.

Sample Narrative Writing Prompt

Grades 3-5

CCSS: W.3.3, W.4.3, W.5.3

When Tony arrived home after school, the large package was

there waiting for him on the kitchen table. He had been


there waiting for him on the kitchen table. He had been

waiting for days for it to arrive, and now he had it in his hands.

Quickly, he tore open the package and examined the contents.

Write a story about the reason for Tony’s excitement.

Sample Argument Writing Prompt Grades 6-8

CCSS: W.6.1, W.7.1, W. 8.1; W.6.4, W.7.4, W. 8.4

WRITING SITUATION

Educational researchers claim that student learning will improve if

all printed textbooks are replaced with electronic textbooks, known

as e-textbooks. Based on the researchers’ findings, students in your

school will be issued an e-textbook reader, which is a device that


school will be issued an e-textbook reader, which is a device that

displays electronic books.

WRITING TASK

Write an essay either supporting or opposing the claim that student

learning will improve if all student textbooks are replaced with

electronic reading books. Use your knowledge of books, history,

science, movies, television, or your own experience or observation to

develop your essay. Be sure to include reasons, facts, examples and

other evidence to support your position.

Sample Informative/Explanatory Writing Prompt

Grades 6-8

CCSS: W.6.2, W.7.2, W. 8.2; W.6.4, W.7.4, W. 8.4

Anne Frank once said, “How wonderful it is that nobody need

wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

Think about what Anne Frank is saying regarding how people


Think about what Anne Frank is saying regarding how people

can improve the world around them.

Write an essay about how people can improve the world

around them. Use your knowledge of books, history, science,

movies, television, or your own experience or observation to

develop your essay. Be sure to include reasons, facts,

examples and other evidence to support your position.

NJ ASK Mathematics

Grades 3 through 5

Concepts

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Number and Operations in Base Ten

• Number and Operations-Fractions

• Measurement and Data

Calculator Use

• The SCR part of the NJ ASK grades 3 through 5 is non-calculator active for all students, including students with

Types of Responses

• Measurement and Data

• Geometry

• Multiple Choice (MC)

• Short Constructed Response (SCR)

• Extended Constructed Response (ECR)

including students with disabilities.

• In Grades 3 through 5, calculators are permitted on one of the five remaining parts. This part will include MC and one ECR item.


NJ ASK Mathematics Sample Item

Grade 4 Multiple Choice

Each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of pretzels. If

there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of

pretzels will be eaten?

A. 3/8

B. 5/8

C. 15/8*

D. 40/8

Standard Assessed: 4.NF.4



Grade 5 Multiple Choice


Standard Assessed: 5.NF.1


Grade 3 ECR


Standard Assessed: 3.MD.7


Grades 5 ECR


Standard Assessed: 5.MD.2

NJ ASK Mathematics

Grades 6 through 8

Concepts

• Ratios and Proportional Relationships

• The Number System

• Expressions and Equations

• Geometry

Calculator Use

• The SCR part of the NJ ASK grades 6 through 8 is non-calculator active for all students, including students with

Types of Responses

• Geometry

• Statistics and Probability


• Short Constructed Response (SCR)

• Extended Constructed Response (ECR)

including students with disabilities.

• In Grades 6 through 8, calculators are permitted on three of the five remaining parts. These parts will include MC and an ECR item.


NJ ASK Mathematics Sample Non-Calculator

Multiple-Choice Item – Grade 6


Standard Assessed: 6.NS.2

NJ ASK Mathematics Sample Short-

Constructed Response Item – Grade 7


Standard Assessed: 7.SP.7a

NJ ASK Mathematics Sample Extended-

Constructed Response Item – Grade 8


Standard Assessed: 8.F.2

NJ ASK Science

Grades 4 & 8

Concepts Types of Responses

• Life Science

▫ 40% of the test

▫ Matter & energy


• Open Ended▫ Matter & energy

• Physical Science

▫ 30% of the test

▫ Motion & forces

• Earth Science

▫ 30% of the test.

▫ Weather and solar system


Sample 4th Grade Science Problems• During which part of the water cycle does it snow?

A. Evaporation

B. Condensation

C. Precipitation

D. Runoff

• Two cups of water were placed into each of the open containers. Predict what the water levels will be tomorrow.

A. The same amount of water will be left in both.

B. There will be more water left in container B than in A.

C. There will be more water in container A than in B.

D. They will both still have two cups of water.


8th Grade Science Sample Item

2014 NJASK Results

Elementary SchoolsGrade

AdvancedProficient

ProficientPartially Proficient

LAL Math LAL Math LAL Math

3

BTSD 14.6 66.7 72.2 27 13.2 6.3

DFG J 14.5 69.5 74.6 24.3 10.9 6.23 DFG J 14.5 69.5 74.6 24.3 10.9 6.2

NJ 4.3 39.7 61.2 35.8 34.4 24.5

4

BTSD 15.4 77.2 76.6 18.7 8 4.1

DFG J 12.2 67.5 75.3 26.1 12.5 6.3

NJ 3.6 35.9 56.2 39 40.2 25.1

5

BTSD 32.6 81 59.7 16.2 7.6 2.8

DFG J 23.6 69.3 65 25.4 11.4 5.2

NJ 8.2 38.1 54.1 41.7 37.7 20.2

NJASK Grade 3 Overall

% at or Above State Standards

Mean Scale Score

Student Population Bernards DFG J Bernards DFG JStudent Population Bernards DFG J Bernards DFG J

ELA (All Students) 86.8 89.1 222.7 223.6

ELA (GE) 91.2 94.4 226.1 227.5

ELA (SE) 64 63.5 205.8 204.7

Math (All Students) 93.7 93.8 259.9 261.6

Math (GE) 97.1 97.2 264.6 267.7

Math (SE) 76.6 77.7 237.8 232.9

Mean Scores by School 2014NJASK Grade 3

CH LC MP OS

ELA (All

Students)216.6 221.5 230.3 220.5

Students)

ELA (GE) 221.1 222.8 235.4 223.9

ELA (SE) 195.7 209.8 209.7 207.9

Math (All

Students)258.3 257.5 270.3 251.6

Math (GE) 263.9 261.7 276.7 254.4

Math (SE) 230.8 220.1 246.6 241.1

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 3 LAL

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 3 Math


% At or Above State Standards

Mean Scale Score

Student

PopulationBernards DFG J Bernards DFG J

PopulationBernards DFG J Bernards DFG J

LAL (all) 92 87.5 224.6 220.7

LAL (GE only) 96.2 92.8 227 224.1

LAL (SE only) 68.1 59.5 210.7 202.9

Math (all) 95.9 93.6 268.6 260.6

Math (GE only) 98 96.9 272.4 265.9

Math (SE only) 84.1 76.5 246.9 233.1

Mean Scores by School 2014NJASK Grade 4

CH LC MP OS

LAL

All 218.8 224.3 233.2 221.8

GE 221.3 226.9 234.8 224.4

SE 197.8 212.4 218.2 211.8SE 197.8 212.4 218.2 211.8

Math

All 268.5 269.0 278.8 258.9

GE 271.1 272.1 281.6 264.1

SE 246.6 254.4 253.6 239.2

Science All 259.3 258.2 270.6 254.3

GE 261.6 260.5 272.2 256.0

SE 240.3 247.2 257.2 247.9

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 4 LAL

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 4 Math

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 4 Science



Mean Scale Score

Student Population

Bernards DFG J Bernards DFG JPopulation

Bernards DFG J Bernards DFG J

LAL (all) 92.3 88.6 233.3 226.9

LAL (GE only) 97.4 94.2 237.7 231.7

LAL (SE only) 61.4 59.3 205.3 201.8

Math (all) 97.2 94.7 269.8 261.3

Math (GE only) 99.7 98.3 274.6 267.3

Math (SE only) 80.7 76.2 238.2 229.4

Mean Scores by School 2014 NJASK Grade 5

CH LC MP OS

LAL

All 230.6 232.5 236.7 233.4

GE

LAL

GE 234.6 238.0 239.0 238.8

SE 205.3 204.9 213.7 200.5

Math

All 269.0 266.3 279.3 264.8

GE 274.5 271.5 281.9 270.2

SE 234.8 238.0 253.8 232.0

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 5 LAL

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 5 Math

2014 NJASK Results

Middle SchoolGrade

AdvancedProficient

ProficientPartially Proficient

LAL Math LAL Math LAL Math

6

WAMS 28.3 72.6 62.9 22.8 8.8 4.6

DFG J 24.1 66 66.5 29.3 9.3 4.76 DFG J 24.1 66 66.5 29.3 9.3 4.7

NJ 8.8 35.2 58.1 44.1 33 20.7

7

WAMS 43.1 54.2 48.5 35.8 8.4 10

DFG J 37.7 55.2 51.8 34.8 10.5 10

NJ 15.1 25.2 48.9 41.6 36 33.3

8

WAMS 33.1 69 64 26.3 2.9 4.7

DFG J 33.2 65.2 62.8 26.9 4.1 7.9

NJ 12.6 35.6 67.2 35.9 20.2 28.5



Mean Scale Score

Student Population



LAL (all) 91.2 90.6 234.6 231.5

LAL (GE only) 98 96.3 240.9 236.2

LAL (SE only) 58.5 58 203 204.1

Math (all) 95.4 95.3 259.6 257.4

Math (GE only) 100 98.8 268.3 263.7

Math (SE only) 71.2 74 212.9 218.9

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 6 LAL

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 6 Math



Mean Scale Score

Student Population



LAL (all) 91.6 89.5 239.8 236.9

LAL (GE only) 98.0 95.1 246.2 242.6

LAL (SE only) 53.2 56.5 199.9 203.3

Math (all) 90.0 90.0 248.0 248.4

Math (GE only) 96.0 95.8 255.2 255.4

Math (SE only) 50.8 55.3 200.6 206.1

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 7 LAL

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 7 Math



Mean Scale Score

Student Population



LAL (all) 97.1 95.9 240.6 239.0

LAL (GE only) 99.2 98.9 243.9 242.7

LAL (SE only) 84.6 77.4 218.3 214.8

Math (all) 95.3 92.1 260.6 257.9

Math (GE only) 99.5 97.0 265.8 264.7

Math (SE only) 63.5 59.8 222.1 212.6

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 8 LAL

Mean Scores by Year

NJASK Grade 8 Math

• Focus on students' skills in using language to construct meaning through text

• Expository Prompt

• Speculative Prompt

• Persuasive Prompt

HSPA Language Arts

Reading Writing

• Although fear is a common human emotion, our response to it varies. Using an example from literature, history, science, film, or your own experience or observation, write an essay analyzing a particular response to fear and the effect of that response.

• In The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard, French writer Anatole France writes, “To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.” Why might one argue that imagination is more valuable than facts? Using an example from literature, history, science, film, or your own experience or observation, write an essay analyzing the worth of imagination.

Sample Expository Writing Prompts

http://www.state.nj.us/education/assessment/hs/hspa/

HSPA MathClusters Types of Responses

• Number Sense, Concepts and Applications

• Spatial Sense and Geometry• Data Analysis, Probability, Statistics, and Discrete Mathematics


• Open Ended

• Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

Calculator Use

• Students will be allowed to use graphing or other hand-held calculators which have at least these functionalities:• Algebraic logic• The ability to do powers and roots of any degree

• At least one memory cell.

General Specifications


• Students will be provided with a “Reference Sheet” containing a standard set of formulas.

• The following are two irrational numbers greater than 1 and less than 2.

▫ Give two more irrational numbers greater than 1 and less than 2. Give reasons why your numbers are irrational numbers.

• Solution : √2 and √3 are both irrational numbers greater than 1 but less than 2

• They are irrational because they cannot be written as a simple fraction.

• For each bicycle that it repairs, a repair shop charges for parts and $35 per hour for labor.

Sample Open Ended Math Problems

labor.

▫ Write an equation for the total charge, C, of a repair with the cost of parts, p, and the number of hours of labor, n.

▫ The shop adds a 6% tax on the total charge for each repair. Write an equation for the total charge, T, after tax, of a repair with the cost of parts, p, and the number of hours of labor, n.

▫ The total charge after tax of a bicycle repair was $233.20. The cost of the parts was $80. How many hours of labor were charged in this bicycle repair? Show your work or provide an explanation for your answer.

▫ Solution: T= 1.06(35n + p)

▫ $233.20 = 1.06 (35n + 80) ; n = 4


HSPA Data

Percent at or Above State

Standards

Mean Scale Score

Student Population Bernards DFG J Bernards DFG JStudent Population Bernards DFG J Bernards DFG J

LAL (All Students) 99.1 99.0 251.6 251.1

LAL (GE) 100 99.8 254.3 253.4

LAL (SE) 93.4 93.6 234.6 236.0

Math (All Students) 96.3 95.7 249.0 249.5

Math (GE) 98.7 98.0 253.8 253.1

Math (SE) 80.3 79.0 218.1 224.0

HSPA Mean Scores LAL

HSPA Mean Scores Math

NJBCT

Percent At or Above

State Standards &

Mean Scale Score By

Gender, & Subgroup*

Student Population

Number of

Students with a Percent at or Above State

StandardsMean Scaled ScoreStudent Population Students with a

Valid ScoreStandards

Mean Scaled Score

All Students 493 84.0 238.9

DFG J (all students) 4,087 86.9 241.1

General Ed. 446 87.9 242.9

Special Ed. 47 46.8 201.2

Female 245 82.0 235.8

Male 242 85.5 242.0

White 362 81.5 232.8

Asian 104 94.2 262.2

Data Analysis

• Examine test scores…… in comparison to our NJ Peer Group districts

… from a multi-year perspective

… from a longitudinal perspective… from a longitudinal perspective

… from a building perspective

… in conjunction with other assessments

• Recognize strengths and areas of need• Evaluate the curriculum• Performance Tracker / NJSMART

Areas to Address

• Preparing for PARCC▫ Full alignment to the Common Core Standards � Revised district curricula, in light of information released during the past school year regarding the new PARCC assessment

� Use of PARCC evidence tables to review and sequence topics

� Integrating new PARCC Writing Rubrics

▫ Preparation for computer based test administration� Training on keyboarding skills

� Training on Chromebooks and PARCC technology tools

� Infrastructure

The Future of Testing

• PARCC assessments replace both NJASK and HSPA this spring▫ Online testing twice per year

▫ March = PBA▫ March = PBA

▫ Late April -May = EOY

• Details on PARCC were presented at the March 10th 2014 BOE presentation

• More details and updates to follow…

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Fall 2014 District Testing Report [Read-Only]...HSPA High School Proficiency Assessment Graduation requirement; administered during the spring of 11 th Grade LAL Language Arts Literacy