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Contents

Prologue ............................................................................................................................. ix

CHAPTER 1 – Introduction ................................................................................................ 1

CHAPTER 2 – Procedures for Developing the Norms ................................................... 3

Sample Development……………………………………………………….………..… ...... 3

General Criteria for Inclusion of Candidate Test Event Records and Test Histories .... 3

Test Event Samples for Norms…………………………………………………….….. ...... 5

Development of Growth Norms…………………………………………………….…. ....... 8

Reading, language usage, and mathematics .……………………………………..… ..... 8

General science, science concepts and processes, and MAP-PG………………. ........ 12

CHAPTER 3 - Norming Samples Characteristics ………………………………….……… 15

Geographic characteristics …………………………………………………………… ........ 22

Ethnic characteristics …………………………………………………………………… ...... 25

CHAPTER 4 – Grade Level Growth and Status Norms ………………………………. ...... 29

Grades 2 through 11 – Standard MAP ……………………………………………… ......... 30

Grades Kindergarten and 1 – MAP for Primary Grades ................................................ 38

CHAPTER 5 – Growth by RIT Level ………………………………………………………… .. 39

CHAPTER 6 – Achievement Growth: Observed and Modeled ………………………… .. 115

What do we gain (or lose) by modeling achievement growth rather than using observed difference scores? ………………………………………..…… ....... 117

Conclusions ………………………………………………………………………..…… ........ 123

References …………………………………………………………………………….… ............ 125

APPENDIX A

RIT Score to Percentile Rank Conversion Tables for Reading,Language Usage, Mathematics, Upper Level Mathematics, GeneralScience Topics, and Science Concepts and Processes – Beginning,Middle and End of Instructional Year ………………………………………………… ...... 127

Reading …………………………………………………………………………..……… ....... 128-133Language ………………………………………………………………………………… ...... 134-139

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Mathematics …………………………………………………………………………...… ...... 140-145General Science ………………………………………………………………………… ...... 146-151Science Concepts and Processes ………………………………………………….… ....... 152-157Upper Level Mathematics……………………………………………………………… ....... 158

APPENDIX BTransition from 2005 to 2008 Norms ………………………………………………… ........ 159

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TablesCHAPTER 2 – Procedures for Developing the Norms ................................................... 3

Table 2.1: Target Cell Proportions for Reading, Language Usage, andMathematics Status Norms Samples……………………………………….…… ....... 7

Table 2.2: Median, Mean, and Standard Deviation (SD) of InstructionalWeeks by Total Number of Test Events in Student Test Histories - Grade 4MATHEMATICS - Initial RIT 202……………………………………………..….. ....... 12

CHAPTER 3 - Norming Samples Characteristics ………………………………….……… 15

Table 3.1a: Candidate Test Record Pool Available for Beginning of Year Status Norms ……………………………………………………………………… ........ 16

Table 3.1b: Candidate Test Record Pool Available for End of Year Status Norms ...... 16

Table 3.2a: Sample Sizes for Beginning of Year Status Norms by Subjectand Grade Level …………………………………………………………………… ...... 17

Table 3.2b: Sample Sizes for End of Year Status Norms by Subject andGrade Level ………………………………………………………………………… ...... 17

Table 3.3: Local School District Information from NCES Common Core of Data and from Status Norms Candidate Pool (Across Reading,Language Usage, and Mathematics) by District Locale Classification ……… ....... 19

Table 3.4: Local Regular and Alternative School Information from NCESCommon Core of Data and from Status Norms Samples (Across Reading,Language Usage, and Mathematics) by School Locale Classification ……… ....... 20

Table 3.5: Title 1 Eligible Local Regular and Alternative Schools in theNCES Common Core of Data and in the Status Norms Candidate Pools(Across Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics) by School LocaleClassification ……………………………………… .................................................... 21

Table 3.6: Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program Participation by LocalRegular and Alternative Schools in the NCES Common Core of Data andin the Status Norms Candidate Pools (Across Reading, Language Usage,and Mathematics) by School Locale Classification …………………………… ........ 22

Table 3.7: Number of Students in the Norming Sample by State by Gradeand Across Subjects for Tests Taken in the Beginning of Year TimeFrame of the 2006-2007 School Year ……………………………………….… ........ 23

Table 3.8: Number of Students in the Norming Sample by State byGrade and Across Subjects for Tests Taken in the End of Year TimeFrame of the 2006-2007 School Year ……………………………………..…… ........ 24

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Table 3.9a: Sample Size (N), Sample Percentage of Ethnic GroupRepresentation for READING and National School Age Percentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level ........................................................ 26

Table 3.9b: Sample Size (N), Sample Percentage of Ethnic GroupRepresentation for LANGUAGE USAGE and National School AgePercentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level ……………… ........ 26

Table 3.9c: Sample Size (N), Sample Percentage of Ethnic GroupRepresentation for MATHEMATICS and National School Age Percentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level ........................................................ 27

Table 3.9d: Sample Size (N), Sample Percentage of Ethnic GroupRepresentation for GENERAL SCIENCE and National School AgePercentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level ……………… ........ 27

Table 3.9e: Sample Size (N), Sample Percentage of Ethnic Group

Representation for SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES and NationalSchool Age Percentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level ……… 28

CHAPTER 4 – Grade Level Growth and Status Norms ………………………………. ...... 29

Table 4.1a: READING - Modeled Growth Means, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories (SD), Numbers of Students (N), and Mean Observed Initial RIT for Four Instructional TimePeriods ……………………………………………………………………………… ...... 32

Table 4.1b: READING - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) andNumbers of Students (N) by Grade Level of Test Events Randomly Selectedfrom Ethnicity and School Level Poverty Stratification Cells and Meetingthe Beginning, Middle and End of Year Time Frame Criteria ………………… ....... 32

Table 4.1c: READING - Differences In Medians, Means and Numbers of Students Between Stratified Samples and the Student Candidate Pool asIt Would Have Been Included Using the 2005 Norm Study Inclusion Criteria(Stratified Sample Minus Candidate Pool Values) …………………………… ......... 32

Table 4.2a: LANGUAGE USAGE - Modeled Growth Means, StandardDeviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories (SD),Numbers of Students (N), and Mean Observed Initial RIT for Four

Instructional Time Periods …………………………………………………..…… ...... 33Table 4.2b: LANGUAGE USAGE - Medians, Means, Standard

Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Level of TestEvents Randomly Selected from Ethnicity and School Level PovertyStratification Cells and Meeting the Beginning, Middle and End of Year Time Frame Criteria …………………………………………………………..…… ...... 33

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Table 4.2c: LANGUAGE USAGE - Differences In Medians, Means andNumbers of Students Between Stratified Samples and the StudentCandidate Pool as It Would Have Been Included Using the 2005 NormStudy Inclusion Criteria (Stratified Sample Minus Candidate Pool Values)…. ...... 33

Table 4.3a: MATHEMATICS - Modeled Growth Means, StandardDeviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories (SD),Numbers of Students (N), and Mean Observed Initial RIT for Four Instructional Time Periods…………………………………………………...…… ...... 34

Table 4.3b: MATHEMATICS - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Level of Test EventsRandomly Selected from Ethnicity and School Level Poverty StratificationCells and Meeting the Beginning, Middle and End of Year Time FrameCriteria ……………………………………………………………………….……… ...... 34

Table 4.3c: MATHEMATICS - Differences In Medians, Means and

Numbers of Students Between Stratified Samples and the StudentCandidate Pool as It Would Have Been Included Using the 2005 NormStudy Inclusion Criteria (Stratified Sample Minus Candidate Pool Values)…. ...... 34

Table 4.4a: UPPER LEVEL MATHEMATICS - Medians, Means, StandardDeviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) for NWEA End-of-CourseMATHEMATICS Tests from Within the End-of-Year Time Frame Criterion... ........ 35

Table 4.4b: UPPER LEVEL MATHEMATICS - Medians, Means, StandardDeviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) for NWEA End-of-CourseMATHEMATICS Tests Included Under Same Criteria Used for the 2005Norming Study ………………………………………………………………..…… ....... 35

Table 4.5a: GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Observed Growth Means,Standard Deviations (SD), Numbers of Students (N) in the Intact Group,Mean Initial RIT …………………………………………………………………… ....... 36

Table 4.5b: GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Medians, Means, StandardDeviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Level andPart of the Year …………………………………………………………………… ....... 36

Table 4.6a: SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES - ObservedGrowth Means, Standard Deviations (SD), Numbers of Students (N) in the

Intact Group, Mean Initial RIT …………………………………………………… ....... 37

Table 4.6b: SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES - Medians, Means,Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Leveland Part of the Year ……………………………………………………………… ....... 37

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Table 4.7: Observed Fall to Spring Growth Means, Standard Deviations(SD), Numbers of Students (N) and Mean Initial RITs For Primary GradeStudents …………………………………………………………………………… ....... 38

Table 4.8: Primary Grade - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD)and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Level and Part of the Year ……..… ....... 38

CHAPTER 5 – Growth by RIT Level .................................................................................. 39

Tables 5.1 – 5.9: READING Grades 2-10 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviationof Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbersof Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals ……………………………..… ........ 42-59

Tables 5.10 – 5.18: LANGUAGE USAGE Grades 2-10 Growth Estimates, StandardDeviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories (SD),and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals ……………… ......... 60-77

Tables 5.19 – 5.27: MATHEMATICS Grades 2-10 Growth Estimates, StandardDeviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories (SD), andNumbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals ………………….… ....... 78-95

Tables 5.28 – 5.36: GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grades 2-10 Term-to-TermMean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N)by Starting RIT …………………………………………………………………… ........ 96-104

Tables 5.37 – 5.45: SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grades 2Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT …………………………………………………… ........ 105-113

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Prologue

We were asked recently why the RIT Scale Norms are updated so often. Implied in the question

was that five norming studies from 1996 through 2008 seems like a lot. Every three years is

certainly a shorter norming study cycle than we observe for other major achievement tests.

However, in view of how these norms are used, we believe that at least two factors argue for a

three-year cycle.

First, the population of schools and school districts using NWEA assessment changes rapidly, both

in number and composition. For example, in the 2002 study there were 322 districts from 24 states

represented. This was roughly a third of the districts using NWEA assessments at that time. Three

years later, 794 districts from 32 states were included in the study. While the number of districts

was still about a third of all NWEA affiliated districts, the districts were more diverse in size and

geography than the collection of districts from 2002. Conducting norming studies every three years

allows such changes to be represented sooner, thus making the norms more representative of the

population of NWEA affiliated districts. Second, over a three-year period a large amount of data

accumulates and can be merged with similar existing data. This affords opportunities to use

supplemental sampling procedures to better reflect the makeup of the U.S. school-age population.

The abundance of individual student test histories also allows growth norms to be created that are

more informative, more stable, and able to confidently project student growth beyond a single

academic year. Each three-year period seems to uncover at least one new procedure to improve

the quality of norms-based references for NWEA assessments.Like the previous three norming studies, this study expands the sample base and range of content

of its predecessor and introduces a few new procedures. It differs from the 2005 study in that:

• It includes data from 6,905 schools located in 1,123 districts in 42 states. This represents

increases of 23%, 41% and 31% of the number of schools, districts and states,

respectively.

• Its candidate pool of test records came from over 2.9 million students, compared to 2.3

million students in 2005.

It is based entirely on results from Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), compared to77% in 2005.

• It provides status and growth norms in reading and mathematics for early primary grades

students (kindergarten through beginning of grade 2). The assessments administered for

these norms, MAP for Primary Grades (MAP-PG), did not exist in 2005.

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• It provides grade level growth norms as well as limited RIT point growth norms for general

science topics and science concepts and processes. These were not part of the 2005

norms.

• It uses stratified sampling for grades 2-11 reading, language usage and mathematics

status norms to mirror the U.S. school age population on the variables of ethnicity andschool percentage of student eligibility for free and reduced price lunch.

• It incorporates information from school and district calendars to inform the estimates of

achievement status and growth for reading, language usage, and mathematics in grades 2-

11. Achievement growth in these areas for these grades is modeled as a function of

instructional weeks.

• It provides the ability to set achievement growth projections (targets) and to evaluate

growth in grades 2-11 reading, language usage, and mathematics based on the number of

instructional weeks over time periods that can extend well beyond a single school year.

One thing that should be emphasized is that this norming study does not change the NWEA

measurement scales in any way. The skills possessed by a student with a RIT score of 210 three,

six, or even nine years ago are exactly the same as the skills possessed by a student achieving

that score today. It is that constancy of the scales that allows us to measure growth, and to

compare student performance across time. As you move to the new norms, how your students’

achievement is measured or how their growth is determined is not changing. What is changing is

simply the norms used for student comparisons. In order to make this transition as smooth as

possible, we have prepared a description of the major differences between the 2005 and this study

that merit attention. This description appears in Appendix B.

Finally, this study required data - a great deal of data. These data were retrieved from the NWEA

Growth Research Database (GRD). However, we clearly recognize that it is the trust and

commitment of NWEA educational partners that allows the GRD to grow and flourish, and to return

the benefits of research findings to the larger educational community. We are very thankful for this

trust and commitment and pledge to do our best to be worthy of them in the future.

Carl Hauser, PhD

G. Gage Kingsbury, PhD

September, 2008

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Most NWEA assessments that provide estimates of student achievement share a common

characteristic: each provides an estimate of a student’s position on an underlying, unidimensional

scale of achievement called a RIT scale. The exceptions are the skills tests associated with the

NWEA primary grades assessments. While it is common to refer to “the RIT scale” it is important

to understand that there are five separate RIT scales in use, one each for the content domains of

reading, language usage, mathematics, general science topics, and science concepts and

processes. Each scale was developed using modern measurement theory in the forms of item

response theory and the Rasch model, in particular. The scales were developed independent of grade level structure and therefore do not rely on student grade level for their meaning. Each scale

uses RITs as a common metric to convey the domain’s continuum of content difficulty (from the

most basic and simple to very advanced and complex) as well as the student’s position with

respect to that content (i.e., achievement level). This allows scores to be interpreted in terms of

instructional content: what the student grasps well, what the student is in the process of learning,

and what the student has not yet reached. The grade level independence of RIT scales allows

these determinations to be domain-centric; a particular score on one of the scales carries

essentially the same meaning in terms of the student’s status within the domain regardless of the

student’s grade level. Ingebo (1997) demonstrated how these scales each serve as a constantagainst which achievement status and growth can be judged. When taken in concert, these

features establish a rich environment for the sensitive measurement of achievement status and

growth along a continuum of instruction within a domain.

A fundamental question asked of any test result is, “What does it mean?” Of course the answer is

not always as straightforward as the question itself. The “meaning” of a test score is defined by the

real-world references to which the score is linked. Assessments based on RIT scales allow direct

references to curricular content and content standards. They also allow the comparison of a

student’s position to predefined performance standards. While such references are often sufficient

for launching instruction, schools and school districts may need to reference local student

performance against a larger population of students. The NWEA RIT Scale Norms grew out of this

need. By describing how students from many schools performed when measured on NWEA

assessments, schools and districts will have reasonable ways to compare a single student, a

school or the entire district to that of a much larger, meaningful group – a norm sample. This

document provides this type of information.

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Norming studies carried out by many test publishers often follow a common pattern. A single test

or perhaps several parallel forms of a single test are administered to and scaled using samples of

students from a selected population. A key outcome of these studies is often a set of auxiliary

scores such as percentile ranks or normal curve equivalent (NCE) scores. When parallel forms are

involved, these auxiliary scores apply to the reference test as well as its parallel versions. Norms

developed in this manner might be referred to as test or form-centric. That is, the test or test form

and the scale on which performance is reported are inextricably linked; scale score references

apply only to the reference test form and its associated parallel forms. NWEA uses a somewhat

different approach.

All of the tests used in this study were Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments. All

tests were built by NWEA staff and are similar in length and content within a domain. However,

unlike traditional tests, each student is administered a test with items chosen for the student as the

test progresses. Individual tests are constructed by selecting items from banks of Rasch-

calibrated items. As a student proceeds through a test, the difficulty of items presented is adapted

to the student’s level of performance on all previous items. This has the effect of maximizing the

information in the test score. Since each test item has been calibrated to the same scale using

item response theory, scores from different tests in the same domain can be interpreted in the

same manner; all test scores refer to the same underlying scale.

Therefore, this document describes norms related to scales of measurement rather than norms

related to an individual test or set of test forms. The resulting set of norms is independent of the

specific content of any particular test. Updates to test content can be made with the confidence

that percentile ranks, and status and growth norms, will still be useful after the update.

A discussion of measurement aspects of MAP assessments is included in the Technical Manual for

the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (NWEA, 2008).

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CHAPTER 2

Procedures for Developing the Norms

Sample Development

General Criteria for Inclusion of Candidate Test Event Records and Test Histories

Grades 2 through 11 – Standard MAP. Test event records from all NWEA MAP test events that

had been administered as part of a school – or school district – sponsored testing program in fall

2002 through fall 2007 were considered as candidates for inclusion in the study. The content

domains for these tests included reading, language usage, mathematics, science concepts and

processes, and general science topics. All tests were built around a multi-goal structure that was

based on a set of content standards. In most instances, the content standards from the state in

which the test was to be administered were used to structure the test’s content. Mathematics test

content was partitioned into blocks that were bounded by the content specifications of multiple

grades. The objectives and skills that defined these boundaries were those provided in the state’s

content specifications for grades 2 through 5 and for grades 6 and above. When a student’s

instruction fell outside this basic structure, other MAP tests were used (such as MAP for primary

grades tests and upper level mathematics tests.

In order to be included in the candidate pool for the study, each test record from a standard MAP

test was required to meet all of several conditions. These conditions were imposed to ensure that

test scores were valid and could be associated with segments of the U.S. school age population in

terms of ethnic background and school level poverty. The conditions also ensured that the test

events could be tied to the amount of instructional time that had elapsed from the beginning of the

school year or from the last test event for the student prior to taking the test of interest. The

specific criteria required that each standard MAP test record included data to verify that the test

event:

• Represented a complete, normally terminated test administration

• Was one for which at least 40% of the items were answered correctly – a fairly liberal

lower limit for computerized adaptive tests

• Came from a school for which the 2006-2007 instructional calendar was known

• Came from a school which administered the MAP tests to at least 80% of its students

who were in the same grade in the same testing time frame (term)

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• Came from a school that was included in the National Center for Education Statistics

2005 Common Core of Data and had non-missing school level information concerning

the number of students who were eligible to receive free and reduced priced lunches

• Came from a school where the specific MAP test was not part of the school’s first term

of administering the test

• Was the more precise (lower standard error of measurement) of two test events in the

same domain area that were administered within a three-week period of one another

• Included the student’s ethnic code on the test event record.

Early primary grades. MAP test events from the early primary grades test, MAP-PG, were

included in the study using different criteria than those used for standard MAP tests. Different

criteria were used for several reasons. Initially, there were many fewer test events available for

inclusion; MAP-PG only had adequate numbers of test events from fall 2006 through spring 2007.Given this limited time frame, the necessity of district calendar information became moot. MAP-PG

tests also involve different test administration procedures than standard MAP tests. Tests in each

domain (reading and mathematics) are administered in two 30-item parts to accommodate younger

students’ attention levels. Due to the two-part nature of the tests, procedures used for calculating

the overall score for the domain in MAP-PG tests are somewhat different than those used for

standard MAP tests. For a standard MAP test, domain scores can be made available immediately

after the student has responded to the last item. For the MAP-PG tests, only the partial-domain

score can be made available since only half the goal areas in the domain are sampled in a single

test. To compute the RIT score for the entire domain (referred to as the “combined score”), both

partial-domain tests must be completed within 28 days of one another. A separate scoring process

is then used to combine the response vectors from each partial test to score them as a single test.

The resulting total score is different than a simple average of the two partial domain scores except

in the special case of when a student correctly answers exactly 50% of the items on each of the

two partial-domain tests. Only entire domain RIT scores are used in this study.

The conditions set for standard MAP test events were relaxed for MAP-PG tests. Criteria for

including MAP-PG test events were simply that the event:

• Represent a complete (both parts with a single score), normally terminated testadministration

• Be one for which at least 35% of the items were answered correctly

• Come from a school which administered the same test to at least 80% of its students

who were in the same grade in the same testing time frame (term)

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• Was the more precise (lower standard error of measurement) of two test events in the

same domain area that were administered within a three-week period of one another

All MAP-PG test records that met these criteria from fall 2006, winter 2007, and spring 2007 were

included in the study.

Test Event Samples for Norms

Reading, language usage, and mathematics from standard MAP – Grades 2-11. Test event

samples were created using a two-stage process. The first stage involved using school district

calendar information to make estimates of instructional time that had elapsed between the start of a

school year and a test event or between two test events. In the second stage, student ethnic

background information and their school’s reported level of free and reduced price lunch eligibility

were used to stratify the samples in proportion to the U.S. school age population. This stratification

was only applied to the creation of status norms. Growth norms used all test events that met thegeneral criteria cited above and were one of at least three test events for the same student in the

same content domain.

Estimates of instructional days. Instructional time was an essential element in the creation of

both status norms and growth norms for students who were administered standard MAP in grades

2 through 11. The initial unit of time was an instructional day. Each district’s unique calendar for

the 2006-2007 academic year served as an anchor. Individual district (or school) calendar

information was extracted from data provided from Mountain Measurement, Inc. and the Rentrak

Corporation. This information was most frequently collected using personal interviews of district

level personnel. For each district, the first day of the school year, the last day of the school year,

and each week day between these two days for which no instruction was provided were identified.

Days that represented unanticipated instructional or non-instructional days (e.g. school closure for

an emergency) were not captured. All schools in the district were assigned the resulting schedule

unless they were identified as operating on a known alternative schedule. In those cases the

alternative schedule was assigned to the school. The process for identifying alternative schedules

was inconsistent and is a known source of variability in the instructional time data. While we

suspect that the magnitude of this variability is comparatively small, a formal estimate of its true

magnitude was not done and therefore represents a limitation in this study.

Each district’s (or school’s) base calendar data were used to extrapolate school calendars for

preceding school years, back to the fall of 2002. This was carried out under the assumption that

the pattern of instructional and non-instructional days within an academic year would be relatively

stable from year to year. Instructional days were numbered sequentially by date for each district

beginning with the first instructional day in fall of the 2002-2003 academic year and ending with the

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last instructional day in November 2007. The resulting vector of numbered instructional dates was

referenced by test administration date to index the number of instructional days between test

events at the individual student level. These intervals were converted to weeks to make

interpretation easier.

Using the instructional days data, time frames for beginning of year tests, middle of year tests, and

end of year tests were established. All test events that met the initial selection criteria and were

from 2006 and 2007 were used. The variable of interest here was the number of instructional days

that had elapsed from the first day of the school year for the student test taker until the day the

student took the test of interest. The mean and variance of this variable were calculated for each

grade level in each content area and in each of the commonly used nominal testing seasons: fall,

winter, and spring. Results of these calculations were used to establish assessment time frame

criteria. The centers of these time frames were roughly 20 days, 89 days, and 153 days from the

beginning of the academic year of the student’s school for the fall, winter, and spring terms

respectively. A 1.25 standard deviation band placed around these means resulted in

approximately 79% of the test events in each season being included in an interval which ranged

from 5.4 to 6.0 instructional weeks, depending on season, content area and grade level. These

time frames were considerably narrower than those used in previous NWEA norms studies, but

were considered sufficiently wide to represent schools’ most commonly used testing periods. Each

test event included in the status norms was included in one of the three time frames. Test events

falling outside their criterion time frame (based on season, content area, and grade level) were

excluded from consideration in the status norms.

Stratification. The second part to creating status norms samples used the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data Public School Universe (CCD-PSU) 2006

dataset. The CCD-PSU was queried across schools by grade level to determine: a) which third of

the grade level distribution of student free and reduced price lunch eligibility each school-grade

combination fell into; and b) the school’s 2005-2006 enrollment in each of five ethnic groups

(Native American, African American, Asian, Hispanic, and European American [Caucasian]). The

combination of these variables formed a 15 cell (3-FRL X 5-ethnic groups) matrix at each grade, 2

through 11. These matrices were used to determine the cell proportions of test events at each

grade level that would comprise the sample for the status norms. The resulting cell proportions are

given in Table 2.1. Each test event included in the status norms was included in one of these cells.

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Table 2.1Target Cell Proportions for Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics Status Norms Samples

Grade

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Low Free/Reduced Lunch Percent (0-33%)

Native American 0.0021 0.0021 0.0021 0.0022 0.0023 0.0026 0.0026 0.0031 0.0033 0.0032

Asian 0.0225 0.0229 0.0229 0.0223 0.0215 0.0209 0.0209 0.0210 0.0234 0.0256

African American 0.0225 0.0232 0.0235 0.0241 0.0259 0.0269 0.0267 0.0338 0.0333 0.0322

Hispanic 0.0316 0.0314 0.0310 0.0311 0.0326 0.0340 0.0332 0.0388 0.0387 0.0367EuropeanAmerican 0.2748 0.2785 0.2845 0.2857 0.2919 0.3026 0.3091 0.3144 0.3486 0.3694

Medium Free/Reduced Lunch Percent (34-66%)

Native American 0.0040 0.0041 0.0042 0.0043 0.0040 0.0043 0.0044 0.0038 0.0035 0.0035

Asian 0.0115 0.0118 0.0119 0.0117 0.0117 0.0124 0.0122 0.0115 0.0124 0.0133

African American 0.0447 0.0451 0.0450 0.0462 0.0503 0.0528 0.0519 0.0599 0.0554 0.0516

Hispanic 0.0517 0.0513 0.0501 0.0500 0.0506 0.0548 0.0529 0.0556 0.0525 0.0483EuropeanAmerican 0.1998 0.2002 0.2025 0.2048 0.2006 0.2014 0.2044 0.1845 0.1857 0.1916

High Free/Reduced Lunch Percent (67-100%)

Native American 0.0057 0.0055 0.0055 0.0054 0.0057 0.0053 0.0053 0.0054 0.0050 0.0048

Asian 0.0119 0.0121 0.0123 0.0122 0.0119 0.0108 0.0109 0.0099 0.0103 0.0104

African American 0.1053 0.1045 0.1021 0.1030 0.1020 0.1007 0.0980 0.0930 0.0795 0.0712

Hispanic 0.1338 0.1308 0.1266 0.1237 0.1156 0.1047 0.1005 0.0989 0.0856 0.0747EuropeanAmerican 0.0781 0.0766 0.0758 0.0734 0.0734 0.0659 0.0672 0.0665 0.0628 0.0635

Final sampling was carried out at each combination of the school year part (i.e., beginning, middle,

and end to replace fall, winter, and spring, respectively), content area, and grade level. For each

cell, j , in a grade, g , the ratio of the target proportion, p t.j , (from Table 1) to the corresponding

observed proportion, pobs , (from the candidate pool of test events) was calculated. The cell

resulting in the maximum ratio across all cells in the grade was taken as the reference cell for the

grade, j .ref . The observed number of test events, n j.ref , in j .ref , was divided by the reference cell

target proportion, . , to determine the grade level sample size, N g :

. / . .

For example, at the beginning of the year in grade 2 reading, the maximum ratio across cells was

found in the cell defined by Asian students in the high category of percentage of free and reduced

lunch eligibility. The maximum ratio was 4.37 and the number of test events in this cell was 456.

. for this cell was 1.18859. Therefore,

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.. . 38365.

The sample size for each cell in the grade, n j , was then determined simply by

. · 38365 .

General science and science concepts and processes. Samples for general science and

science concepts and processes were drawn from the fall and spring testing seasons of 2006 and

2007. Test events included were only required to meet the general criteria for inclusion listed

above and the time frame criterion. All of these test events were used for status norms.

Stratification based on ethnic background and school level percentage of free and reduced priced

lunch eligibility was not a part of the selection strategy for status norms. The candidate pool size

and structure could not support this procedure.

Development of Growth Norms

As was the case for the development of status norms, the structure of data available for samples

varied according to how the test was delivered (Standard MAP or MAP-PG) and the content area

involved. Reading, language usage, and mathematics tests taken in standard MAP were the only

test events that were part of individual student test histories extending back to fall 2002. General

science and science concepts and processes test events extended back as far as the fall 2004

testing season. MAP-PG used only test events from the 2006-2007 school year. It is important to

note that the unit of time used in estimating growth in early primary grades and in science was the

testing season while it was instructional weeks for reading, language usage, and mathematics in

grades 2 through 10.

Reading, language usage, and mathematics. Test events were included in samples for growth

norms when they met all of the general criteria for inclusion in the study and were one of at least

three test events in a student’s test history in the same content domain. Samples were formed

from these test histories at each grade level, where the “grade level” identifying the test history was

always the grade level of the first test event in the test history or a part of the test history.

Individual test histories were parceled out in two ways. First, a test event that took place in the first

half of the school year was allowed to be the first test event in a test history represented at a grade

level as long as at least two test events from the same student followed it. This same form of parceling was done for test events that took place in the second half of the school year. The result

of these two procedures resulted in a great deal of overlap of parts of test histories across the span

of the content area. An example of how a portion of this overlap may look is provided in Figure 2.1.

Shown in Figure 2.1 are four hypothetical test histories from students A through D. Test events are

represented as dots. Student A’s history could be used in beginning-of-year and end-of-year grade

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level growth norms for grades 4-7. Student B’s history could only be used for the end-of-year

grade level growth norms for grades 6 and 7. Similarly, the test histories for students C and D

could only be used in beginning-of-grade growth norms for grades 6 and 9, respectively. Stated

slightly differently, the inclusion of a test history or a portion of a test history in grade level growth

norms was based only on when in the school year (beginning or end) the first test event occurred

and how many test events followed it; the particular academic year of the test event was irrelevant.

Figure 2.1. Hypothetical test histories.

Growth estimates. Different methods were used to estimate growth. The method used was

dictated by the data available. For reading, language usage, and mathematics test events that

came from standard MAP tests, a growth modeling approach was used in order to take advantage

of the longitudinal nature of the data. For general science and science concepts and processes as

well as for MAP-PG, the method used in the 2005 norming study was used; the difference in

observed RIT scores was used as the best available estimate for achievement growth.

For reading, language usage, and mathematics, achievement was modeled as a function of

instructional time. Only simple, unconditional linear and quadratic multilevel growth models were

used (Raudenbush & Bryk, 2002; Singer & Willett, 2003). These models took their customaryforms, specifically:

Level 1:

Level 2: ,

AcademicYear

2006-07

2005-06

2004-05

2003-04

2002-03

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Grade Level

A

B

C

D

Instructionalweeks

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for the linear model, and

Level 1:

Level 2: ,

,

for the quadratic model.

In these models, Level 1 contains all test events, t, making up the test history for individual student,

i , as well as the measurement error, , the difference between the growth trajectory and the

observed score for test event t . Each test history is nested in a student at Level 2. represents

the number of instructional weeks that a test event, t , is from the beginning of the test history or test

history segment that is being used. The π 0i parameter represents the initial level of achievement

and the remaining π ’s represent the change in Y that is associated with each unit change in W .

The terms , , and are the means of the intercept, and the linear and quadratic change

parameters, respectively. The r ’s are the random effects associated with a particular student in the

estimation of their respective growth parameter, π .

Growth estimates were calculated for each grade level in a content area using both the linear and

the quadratic models cited above. For these estimates at each grade, the first test event for a

student that occurred in the target grade and all subsequent test events for the student were used.

The same procedure was repeated using the last test event for a student that occurred in the targetgrade as the initial reference.

Growth estimates were also calculated for successive starting RIT values across the achievement

range for each grade. This involved an iterative process within the grade level. Each iteration

included the following steps:

1. Select all test histories (or partial histories) where the initial RIT was in a specific five-point

range. The middle value in this range is taken as the reported value.

2. Calculate both the linear and the quadratic growth models (as defined above) on the

selected test histories, when the grade level was below 9; for grades 9 and 10, calculate

only the linear model.

3. For grade levels below 9, capture the parameter estimates for both models as well as the

significance tests, supporting each parameter’s inclusion in the model.

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4. For grade levels below 9, determine if there is an instructional week value, W , that will yield

Y ti(L) = Y ti(Q) . If so, capture that value and assign it to the variable cross-over-point (XOP ).

5. Increment by 1 RIT the last five-point range used and repeat steps 1 through 4 until all test

histories are exhausted or there are insufficient data for stable estimates.

A typical summary of steps 1 through 4 is depicted in Figure 2.2. The figure shows the linear and

the quadratic growth models for more than 18,000 grade 4 students. All students began their 4 th

grade year at RIT levels of 200 though 204 (202 reported). All students had at least three test

events in the portion of their test history that began at the beginning of their 4 th grade year. The

value for XOP was approximately 97 instructional weeks. Approximately 56% of the test records

used to model growth in Figure 2.2 had 3 to 5 test events. The number of test events that was

most commonly associated with XOP was 6-7. Test records that had test events occurring beyond

XOP represented about 20% of the total. The instructional-weeks distribution is shown by the

number of test occasions in Table 2.2.

Figure 2.2. Typical summary of a single iteration in the model estimation process.

The decision of which model to use for each initial RIT in the analyses for grades 2 through 8 was

made in a straightforward manner. When the coefficient, , for the quadratic term resulted in a

value where its test of significance was t > |2|, the quadratic model was used; otherwise the linear

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Growth

Instructional Weeks

Grade 4 Mathematics - Initial RIT = 202

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model was used. This decision led to modeled growth estimates that were more consistent (than

linear models’) with observed growth estimates for instructional-week time periods corresponding

to common term-to-term growth. When an XOP had been identified and W > XOP , the growth

estimate was determined by averaging the corresponding estimates from the linear and the

quadratic models. In Figure 1.2, this is represented as a dashed line. This was done to mitigate

the uncertainty of model selection with increasingly sparse numbers of test events that occurred

further away from the initial test event.

Table 2.2

Median, Mean, and Standard Deviation (SD) of Instructional Weeks by Total Number of Test Events in

Student Test Histories - Grade 4 MATHEMATICS - Initial RIT 202

Instructional Weeks

Test

Events

Percent

StudentsMedian

Mean SD

N

Students3 35 37.3 14.50 23,005 24.6

4 38 49.9 19.92 17,365 18.6

5 71 75.1 18.75 12,752 13.6

6 75 87.3 25.80 10,218 10.9

7 103 98.8 24.37 12,143 13.0

8 130 125.6 21.26 5,396 5.8

9 138 132.1 21.00 6,197 6.6

10 144 141.9 26.07 3,335 3.6

11 169 160.7 18.14 1,755 1.9

12 146 152.2 15.26 763 0.8

13 153 159.2 15.90 382 0.414 169 169.2 9.81 151 0.2

15 176 173.6 4.59 46 0.0

16 178 176.9 6.61 30 0.0

General science, science concepts and processes, and MAP-PG.

The inclusion of test events was carried out following essentially the same procedures as for

reading, language usage, and mathematics using MAP tests. There were, however, two

exceptions: 1) the testing season structure of test events was used rather than beginning of year

vs. end of year structure, and 2) a test event for a student was only required to be followed by a

second test event in the same domain with at least one test season separating the two events

rather than requiring the first test event in a test history or history segment to be followed by at

least two additional test events.

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Growth estimates. For the two science areas, only the term in which a student took a test and the

student’s grade in that term were used to organize growth calculations; the year in which the

student was in the grade was dropped from consideration. Therefore, if two students had spring

grade 4 tests, but one test was taken in spring 2005 and the other was spring 2007, and both

students had test scores in the same content area from the previous fall, both would have been

included in the fall-to-spring growth estimates. Fall to spring, fall to fall, spring to spring, and spring

to fall growth estimates were calculated in both areas. For each comparison, the growth estimate

was determined by subtracting the first observed score from the second observed score. All

growth estimates are based on intact sub-samples of students (students who had both test scores).

As a result, it is reasonable to expect the grade level growth estimates to differ somewhat from

differences in grade level mean scores from the total sample. The nature of these differences

varies. As a step toward detailing these differences, tables reporting growth include the mean

initial RIT score for students in each intact group involved in the comparison. These procedures

were also used for the MAP-PG test events, except that all test events came from the 2006-2007academic year.

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CHAPTER 3

Norming Samples Characteristics

The study utilized several samples of student test records. The largest samples for status norms

were drawn from a pool of candidate records of reading, language usage, and mathematics tests

administered in standard MAP to students in grades 2 through 11. This candidate pool consisted

of 2,914,096 individual students from 6,905 schools in 1,123 districts located in 42 states. All test

events in this pool met all the general criteria for inclusion in the study. The vast majority (93%) of

these students tested in two or more content areas. Methods for assembling these samples were

presented in the previous chapter.

Samples to estimate growth in reading, language usage, and mathematics from standard MAP

tests were comprised of test events that met all the general criteria for inclusion. Further sampling

was not carried out. These samples included test records from 2,242,544 students who had taken

a minimum of three tests in a content area. These students attended 6,752 of the 6,905 schools

contributing to the status samples. Across all three content areas, these students completed

28,183,770 test events. The average numbers of test events in student test histories in each

content area were about six in grades 2 through 5, five in grade 6, and four in grades 7 through 9.

Nearly twice as many students had test histories in reading and mathematics as in language

usage.

Alternative methods were used for creating samples for science and primary grades reading and

mathematics. Test records from students in grades 2 through 10 who took general science and

science concepts and processes in the falls and springs of 2006 and 2007 were used if their test

events met the general criteria for inclusion. Further sampling was not carried out. Growth in

science was estimated from the test events of 299,085 individual students from 1,348 schools in

346 districts located in 34 states. In both content areas (general science and science concepts and

processes) these students completed 1,677,988 test events.

For MAP-PG, samples for status norms were formed from the candidate pool as described in the

previous chapter. Further sampling was not carried out. In primary grade reading and

mathematics, fall-to-spring growth was estimated for 17,551 students in kindergarten and grade 1.

These students came from 151 school districts located in 28 states.

The sizes of the candidate pool at each grade level for all content areas are presented in Tables

3.1a and 3.1b for beginning of the year tests and end of the year tests, respectively.

Corresponding sample sizes created at each grade level and for all content areas appear in Tables

3.2a and 3.2b.

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Table 3.1aCandidate Test Record Pool Available for Beginning of Year Status Norms*

Grade ReadingLanguage

Usage MathematicsGeneralScience

ScienceConcepts &

Processes

K 3,999 4,440

1 15,505 14,275

2 167,757 91,096 205,801 3,966 4,289

3 305,540 155,290 320,734 16,653 17,503

4 311,805 161,613 317,539 19,805 17,887

5 323,366 168,010 319,133 22,420 20,497

6 327,884 170,414 312,538 24,285 20,692

7 342,969 172,145 323,785 35,703 29,976

8 346,966 179,435 329,286 36,952 31,852

9 190,845 102,593 181,75411,346 10,656

10 106,300 54,378 96,114 5,343 4,65511 22,257 14,333 21,880

Totals 2,445,689 1,269,307 2,428,564 176,473 158,007* Candidate records were those that met all selection criteria, including being in

the beginning of year time frame defined for the grade level and subject.

Table 3.1b

Candidate Test Record Pool Available for End of Year Status Norms*

Grade Reading

Language

Usage Mathematics

General

Science

ScienceConcepts &

ProcessesK 15,851 15,849

1 25,402 23,672

2 232,326 132,141 242,033 6,161 5,470

3 319,372 176,522 310,666 17,319 22,441

4 324,759 182,185 310,033 17,677 26,727

5 332,430 184,436 314,765 20,434 20,111

6 333,000 178,284 314,040 20,271 19,207

7 330,006 175,038 312,013 18,053 17,357

8 297,053 158,754 306,288 33,477 28,9729 152,796 85,637 159,623 4,538 6,276

10 77,070 40,663 76,915 2,243 2,05011 15,858 11,138 15,264

Totals 2,414,670 1,324,798 2,361,640 140,173 148,611

* Candidate records were those that met all selection criteria, including being inthe end of year time frame defined for the grade level and subject.

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Table 3.2a

Sample Sizes for Beginning of Year Status Norms by Subject and Grade Level

Grade ReadingLanguage

Usage MathematicsGeneralScience

ScienceConcepts &

Processes

K 3,999 4,4401 15,505 14,275

2 38,365 14,385 47,704 3,966 4,289

3 93,953 20,623 106,078 16,653 17,503

4 104,121 26,988 109,825 19,805 17,887

5 114,500 28,806 118,919 22,420 20,497

6 125,034 35,916 135,774 24,285 20,692

7 114,154 38,950 118,711 35,703 29,976

8 120,863 37,528 120,589 36,952 31,852

9 42,237 11,922 33,649 11,346 10,656

10 19,622 6,413 17,872 5,343 4,65511 5,986 2,925 4,239

Totals 778,835 224,456 813,360 176,473 158,007

Table 3.2b

Sample Sizes for End of Year Status Norms by Subject and Grade Level

Grade Reading

Language

Usage Mathematics

General

Science

ScienceConcepts &

Processes

K 15,851 15,849

1 25,402 23,672

2 56,704 17,078 58,135 6,161 5,470

3 102,037 22,520 101,543 17,319 22,441

4 108,033 27,639 100,778 17,677 26,727

5 119,246 25,044 111,962 20,434 20,111

6 118,376 37,175 112,027 20,271 19,207

7 105,117 35,788 104,580 18,053 17,357

8 95,185 34,493 113,872 33,477 28,972

9 37,892 8,791 48,425 4,538 6,276

10 19,154 1,942 19,784 2,243 2,050

11 1,503 1,461 1,982

Totals 763,247 211,931 773,088 140,173 148,611

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Tables 3.3 through 3.6 provide additional demographic information about the samples used for

determining status norms for reading, language usage, and mathematics in grades 2 through 11.

These tables are broken out by the organizational entity’s (i.e. district or school) locale

classification. They compare information about district or school level variables between the statusnorms samples and the National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core of Data (NCES-

CCD). The data presented for status norms samples were compiled after the stratified sampling

process.

Table 3.3 compares the NCES-CCD and the status norms sample in terms of the numbers and

percentages of districts present in each locale category. The average enrollment in each locale

category is presented. The table shows that the districts represented in the norming sample were

generally close in percentage terms to the NCES-CCD set. Notable differences were in the over-

representation in the norms sample of districts in large and midsize cities, in fringe of large cites,

and in small towns. The norms sample under-represented school districts in rural areas. In terms

of enrollment, those districts in the norms sample located in large cities had more than twice the

average enrollment than corresponding districts from the NCES-CCD set. In all other locale

classifications, except midsize cities, the average enrollment of districts represented in the norming

sample was slightly larger than districts in the NCES-CCD set. Corresponding information at the

school level is presented in Table 3.4.

Table 3.4 shows that the percentage of schools represented in the norming sample in each locale

classification is generally consistent with the corresponding percentages in the NCES-CCD set.

The notable exception is in the large city locale classification where the percentage of schools inthe norming sample was less than half the percentage of schools in the NCES-CCD set.

The proportional representations of Title 1 eligible schools in the norming sample and in the NCES-

CCD set are provided in Table 3.5. Differences in percentages between locale classifications

showed no consistent differences in size or direction. Average enrollment in Title 1 eligible schools

in the norming sample in larger and midsize cities in metropolitan areas was generally lower than

Title 1 eligible schools in the NCES-CCD set. In other locale classifications, average enrollments

were comparable.

Table 3.6 compares the percentages of Federal Free and Reduced Priced Lunch Program (FRPL)participation of schools represented in the norming study and those in the NCES-CCD set, again

by locale classification. With the exception of the “urban fringe of midsize city” classification, FRPL

participation of schools represented in the norming sample was generally slightly lower than in the

NCES-CCD set.

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Table 3.3

Local School District Information from NCES Common Core of Data and from Status Norms CandidatePool (Across Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics) by District Locale Classification

Districts Represented in StatusNorms Sample

Districts Represented in NCESCommon Core of Data*

Localeclassification

Number of

districts

Percentageof districts

Averageenrollment

Number of

districts

Percentageof districts

Averageenrollment

Unknown 81 6.7 5,258 927 6.4 1,811

Large City >= 250,000 40 3.3 132,554 250 1.7 62,631

Midsize < 250,000principal city of ametropolitan core

74 6.1 12,344 566 3.9 12,858

Urban fringe of alarge city 231 19.0 10,709 2,247 15.5 7,103

Urban fringe of amidsize city 109 9.0 8,053 1,348 9.3 5,058

Large town 10 0.8 5,555 105 0.7 4,907

Small town 167 13.8 2,590 1,535 10.6 2,268

Rural, outside of ametropolitan andmicropolitan cores

313 25.8 1,087 5,056 34.8 801

Rural, inside ametropolitan core 189 15.6 2,719 2,502 17.2 1,815

* Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data - Local Education Agency UniverseDataset for 2005-2006.

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Table 3.4

Local Regular and Alternative School Information from NCES Common Core of Data and from StatusNorms Samples (Across Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics) by School Locale Classification

Schools Represented in StatusNorms Sample

Schools Represented in NCESCommon Core of Data*

Localeclassification

Number of

schools

Percentageof schools

Averageenrollment

Number of

schools

Percentageof schools

Averageenrollment

Unknown 0 0.0 1,743 1.8 392.3

Large City >= 250,000 352 5.2 556 11,598 12.3 639.8

Midsize < 250,000principal city of ametropolitan core

1,003 14.9 545 12,322 13.0 599.8

Urban fringe of alarge city 1,630 24.2 601 20,403 21.6 688.3

Urban fringe of amidsize city 716 10.6 591 10,046 10.6 582.3

Large town 87 1.3 481 997 1.1 494.1

Small town 786 11.7 454 8,168 8.6 435.8

Rural, outside of ametropolitan andmicropolitan cores

1,084 16.1 307 16,579 17.5 268.5

Rural, inside ametropolitan core 1,066 15.9 489 12,640 13.4 488.9

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Table 3.5

Title 1 Eligible Local Regular and Alternative Schools in the NCES Common Core of Data and in the

Status Norms Candidate Pools (Across Reading, Language Usage, and Mathematics) by School

Locale Classification

Schools Represented in StatusNorms Sample

Schools Represented in NCES CommonCore of Data*

Localeclassification

Schoolsreporting

PercentageTitle 1

AverageEnrollment

Title 1

Schoolsreporting

PercentageTitle 1

AverageEnrollment

Title 1

Unknown 0 0.0 . 1,743 84.7 374.4

Large City >=250,000 357 67.0 502.6 11,580 71.4 614.5

Midsize < 250,000principal city of ametropolitan core

1,010 57.7 468.2 12,261 56.9 534.2

Urban fringe of alarge city 1,635 45.4 539.7 19,575 50.0 601.0

Urban fringe of amidsize city 720 52.8 513.6 9,981 50.5 509.1

Large town 87 64.4 377.9 996 60.2 427.2

Small town 799 64.8 409.4 8,144 63.0 410.0

Rural, outside of ametropolitan andmicropolitan cores

1,097 65.9 296.9 16,550 66.8 259.0

Rural, inside ametropolitan core 1,056 54.6 411.1 12,524 54.0 408.3

All locales 6,761 93,354

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Table 3.6

Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program Participation by Local Regular and Alternative Schools in the

NCES Common Core of Data and in the Status Norms Candidate Pools (Across Reading, Language

Usage, and Mathematics) by School Locale Classification

Schools Represented in Status NormsSample

Schools Represented in NCES CommonCore of Data*

Localeclassification Schools reporting Average percentage of

studentsSchools

reportingAverage percentage

of students

Unknown 0 0.0 92 81.5

Large City >=250,000 341 64.2 10,601 66.9

Midsize < 250,000principal city of ametropolitan core

965 47.1 11,081 53.5

Urban fringe of alarge city 1,478 30.5 18,351 36.0

Urban fringe of amidsize city 688 38.4 9,166 37.7

Large town 86 49.1 916 52.1

Small town 772 44.4 7,353 50.1

Rural, outside of ametropolitan andmicropolitan cores

1,028 41.4 14,871 48.6

Rural, inside ametropolitan core 1,029 32.4 11,592 36.7

All locales 6,387 84,023

* Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data - Public School Universe Dataset for 2005-2006.

Geographic characteristics

Breakdowns of the states represented in the status norms are presented in Tables 3.7 and 3.8, for

tests taken at the beginning and at the end of the 2006-2007 school year, respectively. A total of

1,123 school districts are represented in these two tables. Western states (west of and including

Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico) are the home for 22% of these districts. Roughly

34% are in eastern states (east of and including Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and

Mississippi). The remaining 44% are in the 13 states that are in the mid-section of the country.

Figure 3.1 illustrates the geographical distribution of these districts.

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Table 3.7

Number of Students in the Norming Sample by State by Grade and Across Subjects for Tests Taken in the

Beginning of Year Time Frame of the 2006-2007 School Year

Estimated% of state

2-10enrollm't*

GradeState 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total District Schools

AR 550 965 1,125 935 1,040 982 814 549 307 7,267 2.2 6 34AZ 941 2,064 1,906 2,478 2,435 2,307 2,317 0 17 14,465 1.9 8 52CA 2,152 2,875 3,012 3,194 3,277 2,321 2,591 735 270 20,427 0.5 22 119CO 1,763 4,405 4,858 4,903 5,114 5,429 5,934 3,012 2,404 37,822 7.1 64 372DE 781 1,285 1,249 1,481 1,649 2,024 1,983 285 475 11,212 12.9 5 65FL 0 0 0 0 842 755 762 470 0 2,829 0.2 2 10GA 1,213 1,656 1,862 1,949 2,003 1,624 2,137 679 42 13,165 1.2 3 50IA 155 1,619 1,836 1,836 2,215 2,480 2,725 1,250 1,162 15,278 4.6 60 173ID 694 1,419 1,382 1,759 1,903 2,326 2,171 1,318 1,305 14,277 7.9 24 122IL 2,577 7,321 7,038 8,138 8,720 8,380 8,049 887 309 51,419 3.5 61 336

IN 3,195 4,967 5,092 5,609 6,623 5,310 7,763 2,605 695 41,859 5.8 88 399KS 1,344 6,810 7,446 7,681 8,712 7,899 8,000 3,681 3,170 54,743 17.5 65 473KY 1,038 1,614 1,423 1,819 1,384 984 1,197 1,060 487 11,006 2.4 15 75MA 731 993 1,287 1,281 1,367 1,371 1,459 393 614 9,496 1.4 5 55MD 0 1,808 2,165 2,680 2,911 2,668 2,533 0 0 14,765 2.5 1 159ME 232 1,285 1,397 1,723 1,647 1,783 2,074 884 526 11,551 8.5 35 128MI 1,110 1,666 1,988 2,163 2,131 1,935 2,239 1,144 624 15,000 1.3 30 125MN 5,166 9,689 10,256 10,690 12,489 11,453 10,820 3,892 1,865 76,320 13.5 145 591MO 61 129 105 130 98 88 92 71 60 834 0.1 3 10MT 97 120 126 159 138 218 140 88 126 1,212 1.2 8 14NC 131 112 141 182 426 285 274 0 0 1,551 0.2 4 8ND 351 1,145 1,160 1,293 1,264 945 1,062 533 273 8,026 11.8 29 99NE 117 293 294 215 231 212 322 114 70 1,868 1.0 5 17

NH 414 834 890 995 1,624 1,201 1,390 409 176 7,933 5.4 40 116NJ 313 981 957 1,118 1,356 1,127 1,292 70 31 7,245 0.8 13 48NM 664 2,856 2,960 3,052 3,559 3,455 3,967 1,205 623 22,341 9.8 20 131NV 165 288 302 327 481 464 471 233 193 2,924 1.0 2 16NY 374 512 478 472 836 567 469 101 0 3,809 0.2 6 21OH 440 706 844 713 783 452 465 480 383 5,266 0.4 7 29OK 27 12 44 35 26 21 51 44 29 289 0.1 2 4OR 76 105 30 115 91 157 98 19 10 701 0.2 4 12PA 195 444 508 437 354 456 373 349 179 3,295 0.3 5 27SC 13,161 18,723 19,166 18,990 21,149 21,693 21,895 9,269 2,652 146,698 30.1 49 636TN 517 330 327 371 145 0 0 0 0 1,690 0.3 1 21TX 0 1,789 1,807 2,230 1,942 2,168 1,856 0 0 11,792 0.4 1 54UT 33 44 54 61 247 259 19 0 27 744 0.2 1 5VT 25 53 49 30 51 137 151 0 0 496 0.8 1 5WA 1,144 4,476 5,403 5,443 6,022 5,451 6,283 2,751 1,475 38,448 5.4 51 278WI 1,892 3,670 4,336 4,694 4,495 4,473 4,596 2,231 645 31,032 5.3 67 316WY 76 205 229 259 271 268 282 151 154 1,895 3.2 5 27

Total 43,915 90,268 95,532 101,640 112,051 106,128 111,116 40,962 21,378 722,990 2.3 963 5,232

* Estimated from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Public SchoolUniverse Table, limited to the 2005-2006 school year.

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Figure 3.1. Geographic distribution of school districts in the status norms sample.

Ethnic characteristics

Samples for reading, language usage, and mathematics status norms for grades 2 through 11 all

conformed to the stratification table (ethnic category X school level category of free and reduced

price lunch eligibility) provided in Table 2.1. The largest percentage difference observed between

the norm study and the corresponding NCES information within a grade and subject area was less

than 1%.

Ethnic characteristics for norms samples in all content areas including science concepts and

processes as well as general science are provided in tables 3.9a through 3.9e. These tables

illustrate that the norm samples for reading, language usage, and mathematics closely match the

national ethnic percentages at each grade level, even though school level percentage of free and

reduced price lunch categories were used to construct these tables. For the two science areas

tables 3.9d and 3.9e reveal that Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic students were slightly under-

represented in the study while African American and European American students were slightly

over-represented. Native American students were well represented. The overall differences in

proportions were generally reflected at the individual grade levels. The exceptions were for Native

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Table 3.9c

Sample Size (N)*, Sample Percentage of Ethnic Group Representation for MATHEMATICS and National

School Age Percentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level

Grade

Ethnic Group 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

NativeAmerican/AlaskanNative

N 1,255 2,439 2,500 2,734 2,986 2,725 2,886 1,012 445 71Sample % 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

National % 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2

Asian/PacificIslander

N 4,857 9,723 9,903 10,668 11,180 9,823 10,299 3,483 1,736 303Sample % 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.9

National % 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.9

AfricanAmerican

N 18,258 35,863 35,915 40,008 44,151 40,264 41,379 15,328 6,332 1,040Sample % 17.3 17.3 17.1 17.3 17.8 18.0 17.6 18.7 16.8 16.7

National % 16.9 16.9 16.7 17.0 17.5 17.7 17.3 18.6 16.7 15.3

HispanicN 22,981 44,315 43,753 47,269 49,256 43,206 43,757 15,859 6,655 967

Sample % 21.7 21.3 20.8 20.5 19.9 19.3 18.7 19.3 17.7 15.5National % 22.8 22.4 21.8 21.5 20.7 20.3 19.5 20.0 18.5 16.9

EuropeanAmerican

N 58,488 115,281 118,532 130,202 140,228 127,273 136,140 46,392 22,488 3,840Sample % 55.3 55.5 56.3 56.4 56.6 57.0 58.1 56.5 59.7 61.7

National % 54.5 54.8 55.6 55.7 56.0 56.4 57.5 55.8 58.9 61.6* Based on beginning-of-year and end-of-year samples only.

Table 3.9d

Sample Size (N)*, Sample Percentage of Ethnic Group Representation for GENERAL SCIENCE and

National School Age Percentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level

Grade

Ethnic Group 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

NativeAmerican/AlaskanNative

N 92 402 450 512 542 615 930 212 93Sample % 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2

National % 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

Asian/PacificIslander

N 266 1,317 1,454 1,589 1,546 1,879 1,821 312 234Sample % 2.6 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 2.6 2.0 3.1

National % 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.6

African

American

N 1,859 5,921 6,448 7,501 8,026 10,157 12,917 2,453 1,206Sample % 18.4 17.4 17.2 17.5 18.0 18.9 18.3 15.4 15.9

National % 16.9 16.9 16.7 17.0 17.5 17.7 17.3 18.6 16.7

HispanicN 1,952 7,298 7,854 8,843 8,953 8,990 10,924 3,190 1,382

Sample % 19.3 21.5 21.0 20.6 20.1 16.7 15.5 20.1 18.2National % 22.8 22.4 21.8 21.5 20.7 20.3 19.5 20.0 18.5

EuropeanAmerican

N 5,958 19,034 21,276 24,409 25,489 32,115 43,837 9,717 4,671Sample % 58.8 56.0 56.8 57.0 57.2 59.7 62.2 61.2 61.6

National % 54.5 54.8 55.6 55.7 56.0 56.4 57.5 55.8 58.9

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Table 3.9e

Sample Size (N)*, Sample Percentage of Ethnic Group Representation for SCIENCE CONCEPTS and

PROCESSES and National School Age Percentages of Ethnic Group Representation by Grade Level

Grade

Ethnic Group 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

NativeAmerican/AlaskanNative

N 101 526 606 531 550 645 917 269 93Sample % 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.2

National % 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

Asian/PacificIslander

N 292 1,627 1,843 1,642 1,565 1,968 1,852 328 302Sample % 2.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 2.6 1.7 3.9

National % 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.6

African

American

N 1,964 7,726 8,707 7,771 8,113 10,578 12,786 2,708 1,289Sample % 18.1 17.9 17.8 17.5 18.0 18.8 18.2 13.7 16.5

National % 16.9 16.9 16.7 17.0 17.5 17.7 17.3 18.6 16.7

HispanicN 2,223 8,464 9,035 9,135 9,051 9,549 11,293 4,083 1,398

Sample % 20.5 19.6 18.5 20.6 20.1 17.0 16.1 20.7 17.9National % 22.8 22.4 21.8 21.5 20.7 20.3 19.5 20.0 18.5

EuropeanAmerican

N 6,287 24,835 28,737 25,289 25,768 33,436 43,247 12,364 4,733Sample % 57.9 57.5 58.7 57.0 57.2 59.5 61.7 62.6 60.6

National % 54.5 54.8 55.6 55.7 56.0 56.4 57.5 55.8 58.9* Based on fall and spring samples

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CHAPTER 4

Grade Level Growth and Status Norms

Over the past several years, student achievement has been increasingly viewed from two relevant

and complimentary perspectives: achievement status and achievement growth. When both are

considered in concert, important insight into understanding a student’s achievement can be gained.

Knowing a student’s achievement status at a particular point in time is, at best, interesting. Viewing

that same status estimate as one of several obtained over multiple time points (i.e. growth) adds, at

least, a sense of progress. Similarly, the trajectory of a student’s status estimates from over

multiple time points can be captivating, but without using one of the estimates as a reference for

the trajectory, little more than directional meaning is provided. In each case, additional references

are needed to make sense of the data. Details of the knowledge and skills associated with an

achievement estimate from MAP, such as those provided by DesCartes (NWEA, 2005), can

provide important points of references for instructional purposes. In addition, normative information

can provide references to which individual and group achievement estimates can be compared for

decision making or understanding. Normative references to student performance within grade

levels are the focus of this chapter.

Status norms. In the context of a grade level, status norms allow us to answer some basic and

commonly asked questions. These include:

• How does the reading performance of our 7 th grade students compare to the performanceof 7 th grade students from across the country who took the same test at approximately thesame time?

• Is the average performance of this group in the upper quartile of students in the samegrade across the country?

• Is this student’s performance relative to the norming sample consistent across domains?

Discussions of performance standards can involve status norms to determine their likely impact or

their observed impact when incorporated into an accountability system – the difference between

desired performance (a standard) and observed performance (a norm). Typical questions that

status norms can help to answer include:

• If a performance standard is set at a RIT = X and our students’ performance is consistentwith the norming sample, what percentage of our students is likely to not meet thestandard?

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• How does the difficulty of the grade 3 performance standards compare to the difficulty of the grade 5 performance standards? Are performance standards consistently difficultmoving from grade to grade?

• How far is this score from a particular performance standard?

Growth norms. When successive status estimates from the same student are treated as a unit

and aggregated across students sharing a common characteristic (e.g. the same grade level),

norms of the rate of movement (i.e., growth) can be calculated. Questions that can be addressed

by growth norms are numerous and include, among others:

• If this group of students progresses like similar students in the norming sample, what is itsmean achievement level likely to be in 32 instructional weeks? In 74 instructional weeks?

• Are all students in this class progressing at a rate similar to students in the norm samplewho began instruction at about the same instructional level?

• How much growth is reasonable to expect from students in a particular grade level over two years of instruction?

• Has the rate of growth for this cohort of students changed in a pattern that is consistentwith the rates from the norming samples?

Growth in relation to performance standards allows insight into the standards themselves as well

as the movement of students in relation to the standards. When the standards are defined on or

transformed onto a RIT scale, many growth and standards related questions can be addressed.

For example:

• Given the current performance levels of our grade 4 students, what percentage of them arelikely to meet the grade 6 performance standard?

• How do the two-year projected performance levels of our students relate to expectedperformance levels? Do the relationships differ by grade level? By content area?

• For students not expected to grow enough to meet a particular performance standard, howmany more weeks of instruction would be required to bring them to the level of theperformance standard?

• When performance standards between contiguous grades are not consistently difficult,how will the growth expectations for lower performing students need to change if performance expectations are to be met?

Grades 2 through 11 – Standard MAP

Reading, language usage, and mathematics. The procedures for determining grade level

growth and status norms were described in Chapter 2. Results from those procedures for students

in grades 2 through 11 who took reading, language usage, and mathematics appear in Tables 4.1

through 4.3, respectively. Each of these tables is presented as three sub-tables, a through c.

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The ‘a’ sub-tables contain the grade level growth means for four instructional periods: a) beginning

of the year to middle of the year, b) beginning of the year to end of the year, c) beginning of the

year to beginning of the following year, and d) end of the year to end of the next year. The lengths

of periods were based on a traditional U.S. school year of 180 days. It should be noted that the

values appearing in the standard deviation (SD) columns in these tables represent the variance of

the individual student growth trajectories . This represents a change from the 2005 norming study

where the standard deviations were representing the variance of the change scores. When

compared to the corresponding values from the 2005 norming study, those from the current study

are typically 30% to 60% higher.

Grade level status norms appear in the ‘b’ sub-tables. Norms were computed for the beginning of

the year ( ≈ 1-7 instructional weeks), the middle of the year ( ≈ 15-21 instructional weeks), and ( ≈ 28-

34 instructional weeks). The data in these tables represent the performance of students in the

random samples that were stratified as described in Chapter 2.

The ‘c’ sub-tables provide indices of the impact of the sample stratification procedures relative to

the sample creation procedures used in the 2005 study. Differences are presented for the grade

level means, medians, and numbers of students between the data in the ‘a’ sub-tables and their

corresponding values from samples of students if the sample creation procedures from the 2005

norming study had been followed. Negative values in these tables indicate that the value from the

2008 study was that amount lower than if the sample creation procedure from the 2005 study had

been used.

Upper level mathematics (Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2) results are included in Tables 4.4a

and 4.4b. The records selected for these tables were not subjected to the same stratification

procedures used for Tables 4.1 through 4.3. Tables 4.4a and 4.4b differ only with respect to when

in the school year tests were taken. Table 4.4a restricted the test events to those from tests taken

at the end of the school year and in the time frame used to define the end-of-year period ( ≈ 28-34

instructional weeks). Test events summarized in Table 4.4b were allowed to take place any time

during the school year. Table 4.4b likely includes test events that were administered as a “pretest”

prior to formal instruction in the test content. While this practice is discouraged, it does happen.

The 2005 norming study did not include a specific procedure to minimize the impact of “pretests”

on the norms. This is the most likely explanation for the slightly higher norms observed in this

study (Table 4.4a) compared to the 2005 upper level mathematics norms.

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Table 4.1a. READING - Modeled Growth Means, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories (SD),Numbers of Students (N), and Mean Observed Initial RIT for Four Instructional Time Periods

Beginning of Year to Middle of Year ( ≈ 17 weeks)

Beginning of Year to End of Year (≈ 32 weeks)

Beginning of Year to Beginningof Next Year ( ≈ 36 weeks)

End of Year to End of Next Year (≈ 36 weeks)

Mean Mean Mean MeanEnding

Initial Initial Initial InitialGrade Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N R

2 7.00 10.53 150,915 181.8 12.45 10.53 150,915 181.8

3 4.89 10.66 157,499 193.3 8.77 10.66 157,499 193.3 13.79 10.53 150,915 181.8 10.06 10.90 153,288 190.4

4 3.69 10.87 157,833 201.6 6.63 10.87 157,833 201.6 9.73 10.66 157,499 193.3 7.43 11.13 154,418 199.9

5 2.80 11.04 154,755 208.1 5.06 11.04 154,755 208.1 7.37 10.87 157,833 201.6 5.66 11.34 154,407 206.6

6 2.34 11.25 155,267 213.0 4.25 11.25 155,267 213.0 5.63 11.04 154,755 208.1 4.20 11.48 154,985 212.1

7 2.15 11.57 155,288 216.9 3.86 11.57 155,288 216.9 4.73 11.25 155,267 213.0 3.83 11.69 154,004 216.0

8 1.85 11.75 153,352 220.3 3.23 11.75 153,352 220.3 4.28 11.57 155,288 216.9 3.34 12.19 153,163 219.4

9 1.02 10.04 138,987 224.0 1.91 10.04 138,987 224.0 3.56 11.75 153,352 220.3 1.81 12.21 153,207 222.9

10 0.75 10.67 27,791 225.2 1.41 10.67 27,791 225.2 2.15 10.04 138,987 224.0 1.62 11.33 68,871 225.2

11 1.58 10.67 27,791 225.2 0.67 11.43 12,846 227.1

Table 4.1b. READING - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Level of TestEvents Randomly Selected from Ethnicity and School Level Poverty Stratification Cells and Meeting the Beginning,Middle and End of Year Time Frame Criteria

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N

2 179 179.7 12.85 38,365 186 186.0 13.11 34,571 190 189.6 12.99 56,704

3 192 191.6 13.13 93,953 197 196.3 13.37 85,946 200 199.0 13.36 102,037

4 201 200.1 13.44 104,121 205 203.7 13.45 89,519 207 205.8 13.56 108,033

5 208 206.7 13.52 114,500 211 209.6 13.55 95,334 212 211.1 13.59 119,246

6 213 211.6 13.87 125,034 215 213.8 13.99 74,117 216 214.8 14.04 118,376

7 217 215.4 14.11 114,154 219 217.3 14.28 65,644 219 217.9 14.36 105,117

8 220 219.0 14.19 120,863 222 220.6 14.24 77,283 223 221.2 14.28 95,185

9 222 220.9 14.59 42,237 223 221.9 14.57 24,557 224 222.6 14.85 37,892

10 226 223.9 14.54 19,622 227 224.9 14.49 6,841 228 225.4 14.94 19,154

11 227 225.2 14.97 5,986 228 225.6 14.87 1,051 227 225.6 14.52 1,503

* Values based on fewer than 2000 cases are shaded. Exercise caution when using these values.

Table 4.1c. READING - Differences In Medians, Means and Numbers of Students Between StratifiedSamples and the Student Candidate Pool as It Would Have Been Included Using the 2005 Norm StudyInclusion Criteria (Stratified Sample Minus Candidate Pool Values)

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean N Median Mean N Median Mean N

2 1 1.9 -293141 -1 -1.0 -62,020 -1 0.1 -285103

3 -1 0.4 -336600 -1 -0.8 -62,786 -1 -0.5 -320719

4 -1 -0.3 -321975 -1 -0.6 -61,682 -1 -0.9 -314274

5 -1 -0.8 -316335 0 -0.5 -55,063 -2 -1.1 -312307

6 -1 -0.7 -317850 0 -0.4 -46,621 -2 -1.1 -323436

7 -1 -0.7 -337396 0 -0.2 -43,277 -2 -1.1 -330928

8 -1 -0.8 -319799 0 0.0 -35,861 -1 -1.0 -320974

9 -2 -1.2 -201224 -1 -0.3 -18,225 -2 -1.7 -171614

10 -1 -0.4 -112626 1 0.4 -14,198 -1 -0.9 -85094

11 -1 0.0 -24401 -1 -1.5 -4,836 -2 -1.4 -21008

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Table 4.3a. MATHEMATICS - Modeled Growth Means, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth Trajectories(SD), Numbers of Students (N), and Mean Observed Initial RIT for Four Instructional Time Periods

Beginning of Year to Middle of Year( ≈ 17 weeks)

Beginning of Year to End of Year (≈ 32 weeks)

Beginning of Year to Beginningof Next Year( ≈ 36 weeks)

End of Year to End of Next Year (≈ 36 weeks)

Mean Mean Mean MeanEnding Initial Initial Initial InitialGrade Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N R

2 7.32 8.86 152,738 181.4 13.21 8.86 152,738 181.4

3 5.89 9.68 153,629 194.0 10.65 9.68 153,629 194.0 14.69 8.86 152,738 181.4 11.88 9.64 153,491 191.3

4 4.89 10.72 155,051 204.4 8.86 10.72 155,051 204.4 11.85 9.68 153,629 194.0 9.57 10.49 155,797 202.8

5 4.01 11.81 157,661 212.7 7.27 11.81 157,661 212.7 9.86 10.72 155,051 204.4 7.99 11.70 153,826 211.6

6 3.54 12.45 157,681 219.6 6.43 12.45 157,681 219.6 8.09 11.81 157,661 212.7 6.00 12.54 157,221 219.5

7 3.36 13.46 156,403 225.2 5.99 13.46 156,403 225.2 7.16 12.45 157,681 219.6 5.74 13.38 155,755 224.8

8 2.76 14.39 153,065 230.3 4.81 14.39 153,065 230.3 6.64 13.46 156,403 225.2 4.78 14.77 155,105 229.7

9 1.57 12.03 131,191 234.9 2.96 12.03 131,191 234.9 5.30 14.39 153,065 230.3 2.47 14.94 152,027 234.4

10 1.41 13.06 25,537 236.4 2.65 13.06 25,537 236.4 3.33 12.03 131,191 234.9 2.64 6.10 65,474 237.1

11 2.98 13.06 25,537 236.4 1.72 14.69 11,351 238.7

Table 4.3b. MATHEMATICS - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Level of Test Events Randomly Selected from Ethnicity and School Level Poverty Stratification Cells and Meeting the Beginning,Middle and End of Year Time Frame Criteria

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N

2 179 179.5 10.10 47,704 186 186.5 10.78 35,077 191 190.8 11.46 58,135

3 192 192.1 11.47 106,078 199 198.0 11.67 84,461 203 202.4 12.39 101,543

4 203 203.0 12.53 109,825 208 207.6 12.92 83,566 211 211.4 13.86 100,778

5 212 211.7 13.94 118,919 216 216.0 14.63 89,695 220 219.2 15.25 111,962

6 219 218.3 14.83 135,774 222 221.4 15.32 77,561 225 223.8 15.87 112,027

7 225 224.1 16.09 118,711 228 226.4 16.43 62,555 230 228.3 16.96 104,580

8 230 229.3 16.98 120,589 232 230.9 17.18 57,652 234 232.7 17.50 113,872

9 233 231.6 17.58 33,649 234 232.5 17.42 15,140 236 234.0 18.03 48,425

10 237 235.2 18.07 17,872 238 235.9 17.45 9,962 239 237.1 18.62 19,784

11 239 237.1 18.95 4,239 240 238.5 18.86 Interpolated 241 239.8 18.77 1,982

* Values based on fewer than 2000 cases are shaded. Exercise caution when using these values.

Table 4.3c. MATHEMATICS - Differences In Medians, Means and Numbers of Students Between StratifiedSamples and the Student Candidate Pool as It Would Have Been Included Using the 2005 Norm StudyInclusion Criteria (Stratified Sample Minus Candidate Pool Values)

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean N Median Mean N Median Mean N

2 0 0.9 -305803 -1 -0.7 -65,711 -1 -0.5 -293271

3 -2 -0.5 -320763 0 -0.3 -56,789 -1 -1.1 -313128

4 -2 -1.0 -307660 0 -0.3 -56,782 -2 -1.3 -310008

5 -1 -1.4 -297835 -1 -0.4 -50,887 -2 -1.6 -304790

6 -2 -1.4 -284779 0 -0.2 -33,968 -2 -1.7 -313544

7 -2 -1.3 -311076 1 0.5 -31,749 -2 -1.7 -314528

8 -2 -1.2 -295167 0 0.5 -35,348 -2 -1.5 -283869

9 -2 -2.0 -196934 0 -0.2 -20,570 -2 -2.5 -152999

10 -1 -0.8 -102479 1 0.9 -13,014 -2 -1.8 -73836

11 0 -0.4 -24298 -1 -0.5 -17411

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Table 4.4aUPPER LEVEL MATHEMATICS - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students(N) for NWEA End-of-Course MATHEMATICS Tests from Within the End-of-Year Time Frame Criterion*

Mathematics Course** Median Mean SD N

Algebra 1 248 246.8 12.23 14,583

Geometry 253 251.3 14.73 4,218

Algebra 2 256 254.3 12.40 1,678

* Sample was not stratified based on ethnicity or school levelpercentage of free & reduced price lunches.

**Based exclusively on spring test events - More likely that test eventswere End-of-Course tests.

Table 4.4b

UPPER LEVEL MATHEMATICS - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students(N) for NWEA End-of-Course MATHEMATICS Tests Included Under Same Criteria Used for the 2005Norming Study

Mathematics Course* Median Mean SD N

Algebra 1 246 243.8 14.66 23,423

Geometry 252 249.5 15.88 5,797

Algebra 2 253 250.5 15.16 2,726

**based exclusively on fall and spring test events - Greater likelihood of End-of-Course test being used as a "pre test".

General science, and science concepts and processes. Norms for growth and status in the

science areas were developed using different procedures than those used for reading, language

usage, and mathematics. The differences are spelled out in Chapter 2. Tables 4.5 and 4.6 contain

the norms for general science and science concepts and processes, respectively. In this case, the

‘a’ sub-tables refer to observed growth for fall-to-spring, fall-to-fall, and spring-to-spring

comparisons.

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Table 4.5a

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Observed Growth Means, Standard Deviations (SD), Numbers of Students (N) in the Intact Group, Mean Initial RIT

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-Fall Spring-to-Spring

Mean Mean MeanEnding Initial Initial InitialGrade Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT

2 6.5 6.84 4,705 186.1

3 5.9 7.10 25,002 192.0 7.7 7.07 4,304 186.0 5.0 7.37 1,799 194.9

4 4.8 7.38 28,011 197.4 6.1 7.29 25,124 193.0 4.1 7.27 2,174 200.4

5 4.3 7.47 33,463 202.0 5.0 7.51 28,449 198.4 2.7 7.39 2,264 204.3

6 3.4 7.69 32,016 204.7 3.6 7.86 24,106 202.5 2.7 7.54 2,459 207.8

7 3.1 7.93 35,118 207.8 3.6 8.03 23,820 204.7 2.3 7.46 2,254 209.7

8 2.9 7.89 34,990 210.6 3.3 8.14 26,313 207.6 1.3 8.04 1,105 213.3

9 1.9 7.82 13,433 214.9 2.4 8.02 10,035 212.1 1.9 7.64 1,019 218.4

10 1.4 7.82 10,862 218.2 2.0 8.15 10,426 214.4

11 0.3 7.56 3,507 219.4 1.0 7.93 2,884 218.1

Table 4.5b

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) byGrade Level and Part of the Year

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year (Interpolated) End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD Median Mean SD N

2 184 184.7 7.96 3,966 187 187.2 8.11 189 189.7 8.25 6,161

3 191 191.0 9.05 16,653 194 193.6 9.27 196 196.3 9.48 17,319

4 196 196.6 9.93 19,805 199 198.8 10.00 201 200.9 10.07 17,677

5 201 201.1 10.44 22,420 203 203.0 10.53 205 204.9 10.62 20,434

6 205 204.4 10.80 24,285 207 205.7 10.86 208 207.0 10.93 20,271

7 208 207.7 11.16 35,703 209 208.7 11.33 210 209.6 11.51 18,053

8 211 210.5 11.61 36,952 212 211.5 11.59 213 212.6 11.57 33,477

9 213 212.4 11.52 11,346 214 212.8 11.86 214 213.3 12.20 4,538

10 216 214.9 11.91 5,343 217 215.9 12.05 218 216.8 12.18 2,243

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Table 4.6aSCIENCE CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES - Observed Growth Means, Standard Deviations (SD),Numbers of Students (N) in the Intact Group, Mean Initial RIT

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-Fall Spring-to-Spring

Mean Mean MeanEnding Initial Initial InitialGrade Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT

2 7.2 7.19 5,027 182.5

3 5.7 7.32 24,716 190.0 8.5 7.52 4,641 182.4 5.1 7.95 1,403 192.5

4 4.5 7.48 27,275 195.8 6.2 7.51 24,334 191.4 3.3 7.70 1,354 198.0

5 4.1 7.44 31,687 200.6 5.0 7.53 27,315 197.3 2.3 8.05 1,552 201.7

6 2.9 7.74 28,669 203.6 4.0 7.95 23,332 201.3 3.1 8.18 1,380 205.17 2.7 7.89 31,315 206.8 3.4 8.06 22,148 203.9 2.5 7.99 1,214 207.1

8 2.3 7.97 31,780 209.6 3.4 8.14 25,402 206.8

9 1.3 8.10 12,275 212.9 2.5 8.31 9,372 210.2

10 1.4 8.16 9,343 215.6 1.8 8.39 9,756 212.4

11 0.7 7.89 2,905 216.2 1.1 8.26 2,116 215.3

Table 4.6b

SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Level and Part of the Year

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year (Interpolated) End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD Median Mean SD N

2 180 181.2 8.70 4,994 184 184.2 8.73 187 187.2 8.76 5,873

3 189 189.2 9.66 19,806 192 191.9 9.68 195 194.6 9.70 23,372

4 195 195.2 9.86 21,661 198 197.4 9.89 200 199.6 9.92 27,267

5 200 200.0 10.22 23,841 202 201.9 10.24 204 203.7 10.26 20,527

6 204 203.7 10.70 25,345 205 204.7 10.64 206 205.7 10.57 19,702

7 207 206.9 10.95 36,533 208 207.8 10.99 209 208.6 11.03 19,643

8 210 209.6 11.37 37,914 211 210.4 11.19 212 211.2 11.01 32,181

9 212 211.4 11.36 12,366 213 211.7 11.44 213 212.1 11.52 7,386

10 214 213.3 11.62 5,588 215 214.0 11.64 216 214.8 11.67 2,227

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Grades Kindergarten and 1 – MAP for Primary Grades.

Growth norms for primary grade students are provided in Table 4.7. This table is unique in that it

includes the first time we have observed growth from a lower grade, kindergarten here, in which

growth was lower than in the succeeding grade. While we are not sure of the factors contributing

to this shift, our primary hunch is that testing in kindergarten is much less uniform than it is in other

grades. Differences in school schedules, school structures, and student levels of independence

and maturity seem like plausible avenues for further exploration in this area.

Kindergarten and first grade status norms appear in Table 4.8. The pattern of grade level to grade

level means and medians is similar to other NWEA status norms. Within grade, however, the

pattern for kindergarten for both content areas shows a positive skew for all three parts of the year.

This is unusual for NWEA computerized adaptive tests and may suggest a lower operational

boundary for this version of the MAP for Primary Grades tests.

Table 4.7

Observed Fall to Spring Growth Means, Standard Deviations (SD), Numbers of Students (N) and MeanInitial RITs For Primary Grade Students

Reading

MeanGrade Mean sd N Initial RIT

K 10.8 7.22 4,000 147.71 14.1 7.51 13,551 159.2

Mathematics

K 12.6 8.06 3,600 149.7

1 15.3 8.22 12,492 163.7

Table 4.8

Primary Grade - Medians, Means, Standard Deviations (SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Grade Leveland Part of the Year

Reading

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N

K 146 147.6 6.86 4,306 151 152.4 8.52 2,480 155 156.3 10.30 14,2521 160 160.2 10.19 15,847 167 166.5 10.69 5,602 173 171.9 11.18 25,109

Mathematics

Beginning-of-Year Middle-of-Year End-of-Year

Grade Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N Median Mean SD N

K 148 149.5 8.75 4,440 152 153.1 9.98 2,708 158 158.1 12.08 15,8491 164 163.4 12.18 14,275 171 169.9 12.33 5,520 178 176.7 12.79 23,672

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expectation. Norms for subsequent years might be treated additively, differentially weighted, or

treated idiosyncratically based on past performance or substantive theory. Unfortunately, the 2005

RIT point growth norms provide little guidance for choosing from among these alternatives.

To address these limitations for reading, language usage, and mathematics in grades 2 through 10,

we implemented the two level growth models outlined in Chapter 2. As noted, this approach onlyincluded individual test histories with a minimum of three test events. The advantage to this

approach is that growth is modeled as a function of instructional weeks. The instructional-weeks

information present in each student’s test history was used to calculate the mean growth rate for

students starting out at the same RIT level (± 2 RITs). Using this approach, reasonable growth

expectations for students in grades 2 through 8 can be calculated for any number of instructional

weeks that is less than or equal to three full instructional years ( ≈ 108 instructional weeks). For

students in grades 9 and 10, 72 instructional weeks is a more likely maximum period. For the

Tables 5.1a through 5.27b, presented below, mean growth for each RIT value is presented for 17,

32, and 36 instructional weeks from the beginning of the instructional year as well as for 36

instructional weeks from the end of the instructional year to the end of the next instructional year.

RIT point growth norms for general science topics and for science concepts and processes are

presented in Tables 5.28 through 5.45. It is important to note that these norms are based on a

sparser data set than those for reading, language usage, and mathematics. This is due to

differences in testing practices for science between districts, schools, and grade levels. The

structure of the available data did not lend itself to modeling growth as a function of instructional

weeks. For this reason, RIT point growth was calculated as it was in the 2005 norming study – as

the mean difference between tests from two testing seasons when the test scores from the first

testing season were constrained to be equal. The limitation of the data set is obvious in the tables;

only fall-to-spring and fall-to-fall comparisons could be computed.

Finally, the relationship between initial status and growth for early primary grade students is

detailed using the RIT Block Norms procedure developed for the 2002 norms. These norms are

presented in Table 5.46 below.

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Table 5.1a

READING Grade 2 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N151 12.58 8.13 524 194 5.14 5.75 32,211 151 20.71 8.13 524 194 9.29 5.75 32,211

152 12.30 8.05 794 195 5.06 5.71 30,398 152 20.70 8.05 794 195 9.19 5.71 30,398

153 12.16 7.58 1,356 196 4.93 5.69 28,464 153 20.44 7.58 1,356 196 8.94 5.69 28,464

154 12.15 7.37 2,330 197 4.80 5.68 26,456 154 20.42 7.37 2,330 197 8.69 5.68 26,456

155 12.02 7.32 3,850 198 4.69 5.67 24,274 155 20.41 7.32 3,850 198 8.54 5.67 24,274

156 11.88 7.34 5,885 199 4.58 5.53 22,104 156 20.30 7.34 5,885 199 8.33 5.53 22,104

157 11.52 7.34 8,339 200 4.42 5.67 19,889 157 19.81 7.34 8,339 200 8.08 5.67 19,889

158 11.23 7.35 10,993 201 4.30 5.71 17,813 158 19.40 7.35 10,993 201 7.91 5.71 17,813

159 10.99 7.39 13,775 202 4.18 5.71 15,620 159 19.06 7.39 13,775 202 7.67 5.71 15,620

160 10.78 7.42 16,285 203 4.04 5.73 13,559 160 18.75 7.42 16,285 203 7.47 5.73 13,559

161 10.52 7.41 18,457 204 3.87 5.82 11,551 161 18.36 7.41 18,457 204 7.15 5.82 11,551

162 10.32 7.41 20,497 205 3.73 5.84 9,721 162 18.03 7.41 20,497 205 6.93 5.84 9,721

163 10.16 7.35 22,311 206 3.61 5.85 8,098 163 17.77 7.35 22,311 206 6.70 5.85 8,098

164 9.94 7.29 23,747 207 3.53 5.87 6,841 164 17.42 7.29 23,747 207 6.60 5.87 6,841

165 9.76 7.23 25,209 208 3.11 5.12 5,674 165 17.13 7.23 25,209 208 5.86 5.12 5,674

166 9.58 7.18 26,580 209 3.05 5.14 4,803 166 16.79 7.18 26,580 209 5.74 5.14 4,803

167 9.40 7.11 27,896 210 2.97 5.28 4,053 167 16.49 7.11 27,896 210 5.58 5.28 4,053

168 9.20 7.06 29,169 211 2.92 5.33 3,341 168 16.16 7.06 29,169 211 5.49 5.33 3,341

169 8.99 7.00 30,489 212 2.81 5.41 2,733 169 15.83 7.00 30,489 212 5.30 5.41 2,733

170 8.79 6.97 31,637 213 2.72 5.59 2,274 170 15.50 6.97 31,637 213 5.12 5.59 2,274

171 8.59 6.92 32,678 214 2.56 5.87 1,856 171 15.17 6.92 32,678 214 4.81 5.87 1,856

172 8.42 6.88 33,738 172 14.90 6.88 33,738

173 8.25 6.82 34,818 173 14.56 6.82 34,818

174 8.10 6.65 35,722 174 14.33 6.65 35,722

175 7.92 6.56 36,613 175 14.00 6.56 36,613

176 7.77 6.49 37,543 176 13.76 6.49 37,543

177 7.62 6.55 38,102 177 13.52 6.55 38,102

178 7.43 6.52 38,472 178 13.16 6.52 38,472

179 7.28 6.43 38,960 179 12.94 6.43 38,960

180 7.14 6.39 39,100 180 12.72 6.39 39,100

181 6.98 6.20 39,313 181 12.42 6.20 39,313

182 6.81 6.29 39,464 182 12.15 6.29 39,464

183 6.67 6.23 39,652 183 11.88 6.23 39,652

184 6.53 6.18 39,571 184 11.66 6.18 39,571

185 6.37 6.12 39,435 185 11.37 6.12 39,435

186 6.24 6.09 39,302 186 11.17 6.09 39,302

187 6.11 6.03 39,032 187 10.92 6.03 39,032

188 5.96 5.99 38,377 188 10.68 5.99 38,377

189 5.82 5.94 37,649 189 10.48 5.94 37,649

190 5.67 5.78 37,125 190 10.19 5.78 37,125191 5.55 5.73 36,037 191 10.02 5.73 36,037

192 5.37 5.81 34,850 192 9.68 5.81 34,850

193 5.27 5.65 33,682 193 9.54 5.65 33,682

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Table 5.2a

READING Grade 3 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N159 9.88 7.91 3,006 202 3.88 5.54 71,119 159 17.01 7.91 3,006 202 7.07 5.54 71,119

160 9.53 7.85 4,135 203 3.78 5.51 67,998 160 16.50 7.85 4,135 203 6.87 5.51 67,998

161 9.28 7.85 5,407 204 3.67 5.47 64,140 161 16.12 7.85 5,407 204 6.66 5.47 64,140

162 8.99 7.87 6,758 205 3.59 5.30 60,279 162 15.67 7.87 6,758 205 6.56 5.30 60,279

163 8.74 7.79 8,131 206 3.47 5.39 55,884 163 15.25 7.79 8,131 206 6.35 5.39 55,884

164 8.53 7.76 9,454 207 3.39 5.25 51,421 164 14.91 7.76 9,454 207 6.25 5.25 51,421

165 8.38 7.74 10,879 208 3.29 5.36 47,016 165 14.68 7.74 10,879 208 6.05 5.36 47,016

166 8.22 7.71 12,237 209 3.19 5.35 42,938 166 14.42 7.71 12,237 209 5.86 5.35 42,938

167 8.08 7.66 13,704 210 3.12 5.36 38,491 167 14.15 7.66 13,704 210 5.77 5.36 38,491

168 7.97 7.59 15,263 211 3.02 5.34 34,460 168 13.95 7.59 15,263 211 5.59 5.34 34,460

169 7.85 7.53 16,965 212 2.94 5.34 30,379 169 13.76 7.53 16,965 212 5.48 5.34 30,379

170 7.70 7.50 18,655 213 2.83 5.34 26,445 170 13.54 7.50 18,655 213 5.28 5.34 26,445

171 7.52 7.42 20,682 214 2.71 5.35 22,401 171 13.20 7.42 20,682 214 5.05 5.35 22,401

172 7.39 7.37 22,626 215 2.48 4.65 19,041 172 12.99 7.37 22,626 215 4.66 4.65 19,041

173 7.20 7.32 24,695 216 2.42 4.63 15,953 173 12.69 7.32 24,695 216 4.56 4.63 15,953

174 7.04 7.30 26,858 217 2.36 4.64 13,329 174 12.44 7.30 26,858 217 4.44 4.64 13,329

175 6.88 7.24 29,119 218 2.29 4.65 11,019 175 12.14 7.24 29,119 218 4.31 4.65 11,019

176 6.77 7.19 31,466 219 2.24 4.64 9,160 176 11.97 7.19 31,466 219 4.21 4.64 9,160

177 6.63 7.11 34,044 220 2.17 4.62 7,443 177 11.71 7.11 34,044 220 4.09 4.62 7,443

178 6.52 7.07 36,575 221 2.09 4.63 5,908 178 11.55 7.07 36,575 221 3.93 4.63 5,908

179 6.40 6.96 39,248 222 2.00 4.60 4,684 179 11.32 6.96 39,248 222 3.77 4.60 4,684

180 6.27 6.90 42,023 223 1.94 4.59 3,680 180 11.14 6.90 42,023 223 3.66 4.59 3,680

181 6.15 6.83 44,751 224 1.86 4.61 2,837 181 10.90 6.83 44,751 224 3.51 4.61 2,837

182 6.00 6.78 47,315 225 1.79 4.64 2,209 182 10.62 6.78 47,315 225 3.36 4.64 2,209

183 5.89 6.70 50,157 183 10.46 6.70 50,157

184 5.75 6.63 52,775 184 10.19 6.63 52,775

185 5.64 6.57 55,396 185 10.04 6.57 55,396

186 5.50 6.51 57,953 186 9.78 6.51 57,953

187 5.40 6.44 60,683 187 9.64 6.44 60,683

188 5.27 6.37 63,147 188 9.39 6.37 63,147

189 5.17 6.31 65,346 189 9.24 6.31 65,346

190 5.05 6.23 67,451 190 9.02 6.23 67,451

191 4.92 6.15 69,504 191 8.79 6.15 69,504

192 4.83 6.06 71,146 192 8.65 6.06 71,146

193 4.71 5.99 72,748 193 8.43 5.99 72,748

194 4.63 5.81 74,349 194 8.33 5.81 74,349

195 4.51 5.74 75,821 195 8.10 5.74 75,821

196 4.42 5.81 76,979 196 7.99 5.81 76,979

197 4.31 5.64 77,800 197 7.77 5.64 77,800

198 4.22 5.59 77,720 198 7.60 5.59 77,720199 4.14 5.67 77,370 199 7.51 5.67 77,370

200 4.04 5.64 75,943 200 7.31 5.64 75,943

201 3.95 5.60 73,834 201 7.14 5.60 73,834

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.2b

READING Grade 3 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N159 18.66 7.91 3,006 202 7.88 5.54 71,119 167 13.64 7.90 5,250 210 5.95 5.47 56,754

160 18.13 7.85 4,135 203 7.65 5.51 67,998 168 13.50 7.86 5,930 211 5.82 5.44 53,622

161 17.73 7.85 5,407 204 7.42 5.47 64,140 169 13.13 7.84 6,595 212 5.67 5.41 50,080

162 17.25 7.87 6,758 205 7.33 5.30 60,279 170 13.01 7.81 7,361 213 5.66 5.51 45,862

163 16.80 7.79 8,131 206 7.08 5.39 55,884 171 12.87 7.79 8,109 214 5.51 5.49 41,395

164 16.42 7.76 9,454 207 6.98 5.25 51,421 172 12.61 7.75 8,890 215 5.30 5.49 36,990

165 16.18 7.74 10,879 208 6.77 5.36 47,016 173 12.44 7.72 9,907 216 5.23 5.49 32,694

166 15.90 7.71 12,237 209 6.55 5.35 42,938 174 12.28 7.68 10,959 217 4.82 4.87 28,502

167 15.60 7.66 13,704 210 6.47 5.36 38,491 175 12.11 7.64 11,924 218 4.73 4.88 24,907

168 15.38 7.59 15,263 211 6.26 5.34 34,460 176 11.84 7.57 13,091 219 4.64 4.88 21,525

169 15.18 7.53 16,965 212 6.15 5.34 30,379 177 11.69 7.51 14,477 220 4.55 4.87 18,502

170 14.94 7.50 18,655 213 5.92 5.34 26,445 178 11.46 7.45 15,739 221 4.45 4.88 15,535

171 14.56 7.42 20,682 214 5.66 5.35 22,401 179 11.23 7.39 17,140 222 4.36 4.88 12,949172 14.34 7.37 22,626 215 5.25 4.65 19,041 180 10.92 7.33 18,811 223 4.24 4.89 10,767

173 14.02 7.32 24,695 216 5.13 4.63 15,953 181 10.84 7.27 20,583 224 4.13 4.93 8,836

174 13.75 7.30 26,858 217 5.00 4.64 13,329 182 10.54 7.20 22,144 225 3.96 4.96 7,253

175 13.41 7.24 29,119 218 4.85 4.65 11,019 183 10.27 7.13 23,826 226 3.87 4.95 5,902

176 13.24 7.19 31,466 219 4.73 4.64 9,160 184 10.02 7.08 25,670 227 3.74 4.98 4,769

177 12.94 7.11 34,044 220 4.60 4.62 7,443 185 9.88 7.05 27,630 228 3.51 5.01 3,735

178 12.78 7.07 36,575 221 4.42 4.63 5,908 186 9.58 7.00 29,381 229 3.37 5.00 2,952

179 12.52 6.96 39,248 222 4.24 4.60 4,684 187 9.39 6.94 31,669 230 3.31 4.97 2,304

180 12.33 6.90 42,023 223 4.12 4.59 3,680 188 9.24 6.88 33,940 231 3.07 4.94 1,766

181 12.06 6.83 44,751 224 3.95 4.61 2,837 189 8.97 6.81 36,198 232 3.04 4.95 1,341

182 11.75 6.78 47,315 225 3.78 4.64 2,209 190 8.92 6.73 38,467

183 11.58 6.70 50,157 191 8.68 6.64 40,752

184 11.28 6.63 52,775 192 8.45 6.58 42,918185 11.13 6.57 55,396 193 8.35 6.50 45,703

186 10.83 6.51 57,953 194 8.15 6.28 48,604

187 10.69 6.44 60,683 195 8.02 6.23 51,516

188 10.40 6.37 63,147 196 7.80 6.31 54,942

189 10.26 6.31 65,346 197 7.58 6.23 58,265

190 10.01 6.23 67,451 198 7.55 6.17 60,975

191 9.75 6.15 69,504 199 7.36 6.12 63,627

192 9.60 6.06 71,146 200 7.20 6.04 65,810

193 9.35 5.99 72,748 201 7.18 5.97 67,355

194 9.25 5.81 74,349 202 7.00 5.92 68,340

195 8.99 5.74 75,821 203 6.79 5.85 68,897

196 8.88 5.81 76,979 204 6.72 5.80 68,437

197 8.64 5.64 77,800 205 6.54 5.76 67,894

198 8.45 5.59 77,720 206 6.33 5.73 66,471

199 8.36 5.67 77,370 207 6.31 5.69 64,688

200 8.14 5.64 75,943 208 6.12 5.66 62,403

201 7.95 5.60 73,834 209 5.98 5.50 60,081

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.3a

READING Grade 4 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N161 8.67 8.45 1,806 204 3.28 5.72 86,089 161 14.98 8.45 1,806 204 5.94 5.72 86,089

162 8.29 8.41 2,338 205 3.19 5.54 86,227 162 14.32 8.41 2,338 205 5.77 5.54 86,227

163 8.14 8.40 2,854 206 3.13 5.51 85,788 163 14.12 8.40 2,854 206 5.71 5.51 85,788

164 7.91 8.41 3,431 207 3.05 5.58 84,591 164 13.73 8.41 3,431 207 5.55 5.58 84,591

165 7.85 8.40 4,011 208 2.97 5.40 82,835 165 13.62 8.40 4,011 208 5.40 5.40 82,835

166 7.58 8.32 4,578 209 2.92 5.35 80,988 166 13.17 8.32 4,578 209 5.35 5.35 80,988

167 7.45 8.32 5,173 210 2.84 5.44 78,440 167 12.97 8.32 5,173 210 5.20 5.44 78,440

168 7.29 8.20 5,904 211 2.75 5.40 75,084 168 12.71 8.20 5,904 211 5.04 5.40 75,084

169 7.13 8.20 6,588 212 2.71 5.38 71,420 169 12.46 8.20 6,588 212 5.00 5.38 71,420

170 7.00 8.16 7,401 213 2.63 5.24 67,073 170 12.26 8.16 7,401 213 4.85 5.24 67,073

171 6.81 8.13 8,337 214 2.56 5.22 61,937 171 11.90 8.13 8,337 214 4.72 5.22 61,937

172 6.66 8.06 9,274 215 2.50 5.34 56,480 172 11.68 8.06 9,274 215 4.66 5.34 56,480

173 6.52 8.05 10,271 216 2.42 5.32 50,779 173 11.46 8.05 10,271 216 4.52 5.32 50,779174 6.42 7.94 11,412 217 2.34 5.31 45,161 174 11.28 7.94 11,412 217 4.36 5.31 45,161

175 6.30 7.89 12,668 218 2.25 5.30 39,859 175 11.08 7.89 12,668 218 4.19 5.30 39,859

176 6.21 7.81 13,796 219 2.06 4.60 34,564 176 10.91 7.81 13,796 219 3.87 4.60 34,564

177 6.10 7.72 15,255 220 2.01 4.58 29,703 177 10.71 7.72 15,255 220 3.79 4.58 29,703

178 6.03 7.64 16,604 221 1.97 4.57 25,518 178 10.58 7.64 16,604 221 3.70 4.57 25,518

179 5.94 7.58 18,016 222 1.92 4.56 21,678 179 10.45 7.58 18,016 222 3.62 4.56 21,678

180 5.82 7.51 19,693 223 1.87 4.54 18,225 180 10.24 7.51 19,693 223 3.52 4.54 18,225

181 5.70 7.39 21,498 224 1.83 4.54 15,453 181 10.01 7.39 21,498 224 3.45 4.54 15,453

182 5.58 7.33 23,310 225 1.78 4.54 12941 182 9.84 7.33 23,310 225 3.35 4.54 12,941

183 5.45 7.26 25,551 226 1.70 4.55 10701 183 9.58 7.26 25,551 226 3.20 4.55 10,701

184 5.31 7.18 27,864 227 1.63 4.55 8693 184 9.37 7.18 27,864 227 3.08 4.55 8,693

185 5.14 7.10 30,065 228 1.55 4.54 7025 185 9.05 7.10 30,065 228 2.91 4.54 7,025

186 5.03 7.03 32,501 229 1.45 4.56 5,630 186 8.89 7.03 32,501 229 2.72 4.56 5,630

187 4.93 6.95 34,977 230 1.36 4.57 4,486 187 8.70 6.95 34,977 230 2.56 4.57 4,486

188 4.79 6.87 37,307 231 1.31 4.57 3,621 188 8.50 6.87 37,307 231 2.46 4.57 3,621

189 4.68 6.77 39,914 232 1.21 4.62 2,820 189 8.28 6.77 39,914 232 2.27 4.62 2,820

190 4.57 6.70 42,557 233 1.09 4.65 2,182 190 8.12 6.70 42,557 233 2.05 4.65 2,182

191 4.45 6.62 45,601 191 7.89 6.62 45,601

192 4.33 6.54 48,772 192 7.72 6.54 48,772

193 4.21 6.46 52,267 193 7.49 6.46 52,267

194 4.14 6.39 55,821 194 7.41 6.39 55,821

195 4.04 6.30 59,704 195 7.23 6.30 59,704

196 3.94 6.24 63,516 196 7.04 6.24 63,516

197 3.87 6.16 67,618 197 6.96 6.16 67,618

198 3.76 6.09 71,534 198 6.74 6.09 71,534

199 3.66 5.90 75,406 199 6.55 5.90 75,406

200 3.60 5.83 78,842 200 6.50 5.83 78,842

201 3.51 5.76 81,749 201 6.32 5.76 81,749

202 3.42 5.70 83,906 202 6.15 5.70 83,906

203 3.38 5.77 85,468 203 6.12 5.77 85,468

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.3b

READING Grade 4 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N161 16.45 8.45 1,806 204 6.61 5.72 86,089 169 12.20 8.42 6,588 212 5.00 5.72 71,420

162 15.72 8.41 2,338 205 6.42 5.54 86,227 170 11.99 8.36 7,401 213 4.88 5.55 67,073

163 15.52 8.40 2,854 206 6.36 5.51 85,788 171 11.80 8.31 8,337 214 4.77 5.51 61,937

164 15.11 8.41 3,431 207 6.18 5.58 84,591 172 11.59 8.26 9,274 215 4.65 5.48 56,480

165 14.98 8.40 4,011 208 6.01 5.40 82,835 173 11.32 8.25 10,271 216 4.64 5.57 50,779

166 14.49 8.32 4,578 209 5.98 5.35 80,988 174 11.11 8.32 11,412 217 4.52 5.53 45,161

167 14.28 8.32 5,173 210 5.80 5.44 78,440 175 10.91 8.24 12,668 218 4.41 5.51 39,859

168 14.00 8.20 5,904 211 5.62 5.40 75,084 176 10.50 8.18 13,796 219 4.26 5.50 34,564

169 13.73 8.20 6,588 212 5.59 5.38 71,420 177 10.26 8.12 15,255 220 4.04 4.85 29,703

170 13.51 8.16 7,401 213 5.43 5.24 67,073 178 10.13 8.05 16,604 221 3.98 4.84 25,518

171 13.11 8.13 8,337 214 5.28 5.22 61,937 179 9.95 7.99 18,016 222 3.90 4.82 21,678

172 12.88 8.06 9,274 215 5.23 5.34 56,480 180 9.81 7.94 19,693 223 3.81 4.81 18,225

173 12.65 8.05 10,271 216 5.07 5.32 50,779 181 9.60 7.85 21,498 224 3.70 4.81 15,453174 12.44 7.94 11,412 217 4.89 5.31 45,161 182 9.53 7.77 23,310 225 3.59 4.81 12,941

175 12.24 7.89 12,668 218 4.69 5.30 39,859 183 9.27 7.69 25,551 226 3.46 4.81 10,701

176 12.05 7.81 13,796 219 4.36 4.60 34,564 184 9.09 7.59 27,864 227 3.34 4.81 8,693

177 11.82 7.72 15,255 220 4.26 4.58 29,703 185 8.85 7.54 30,065 228 3.24 4.77 7,025

178 11.67 7.64 16,604 221 4.17 4.57 25,518 186 8.67 7.49 32,501 229 3.14 4.76 5,630

179 11.55 7.58 18,016 222 4.07 4.56 21,678 187 8.51 7.44 34,977 230 3.07 4.78 4,486

180 11.30 7.51 19,693 223 3.96 4.54 18,225 188 8.32 7.40 37,307 231 2.99 4.77 3,621

181 11.04 7.39 21,498 224 3.88 4.54 15,453 189 8.06 7.31 39,914 232 2.89 4.79 2,820

182 10.87 7.33 23,310 225 3.77 4.54 12941 190 7.79 7.22 42,557 233 2.75 4.78 2,182

183 10.58 7.26 25,551 226 3.60 4.55 10701 191 7.63 7.12 45,601 234 2.64 4.77 1,617

184 10.36 7.18 27,864 227 3.46 4.55 8693 192 7.42 7.04 48,772 235 2.53 4.73 1,199

185 10.00 7.10 30,065 228 3.28 4.54 7025 193 7.14 6.96 52,267 236 2.39 4.76 825

186 9.83 7.03 32,501 229 3.06 4.56 5,630 194 6.94 6.88 55,821 237 2.26 4.76 595187 9.61 6.95 34,977 230 2.88 4.57 4,486 195 6.89 6.80 59,704 238 2.10 4.74 405

188 9.40 6.87 37,307 231 2.76 4.57 3,621 196 6.71 6.73 63,516

189 9.16 6.77 39,914 232 2.56 4.62 2,820 197 6.54 6.66 67,618

190 8.99 6.70 42,557 233 2.30 4.65 2,182 198 6.54 6.43 71,534

191 8.73 6.62 45,601 199 6.40 6.36 75,406

192 8.55 6.54 48,772 200 6.18 6.43 78,842

193 8.30 6.46 52,267 201 6.15 6.35 81,749

194 8.22 6.39 55,821 202 5.97 6.28 83,906

195 8.02 6.30 59,704 203 5.82 6.20 85,468

196 7.80 6.24 63,516 204 5.76 6.13 86,089

197 7.73 6.16 67,618 205 5.62 6.06 86,227

198 7.48 6.09 71,534 206 5.47 6.01 85,788

199 7.26 5.90 75,406 207 5.37 5.94 84,591

200 7.22 5.83 78,842 208 5.38 5.89 82,835

201 7.02 5.76 81,749 209 5.25 5.84 80,988

202 6.83 5.70 83,906 210 5.12 5.80 78,440

203 6.81 5.77 85,468 211 5.00 5.75 75,084

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.4a

READING Grade 5 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N165 7.35 8.86 1,999 208 2.61 5.77 88,830 165 12.73 8.86 1,999 208 4.73 5.77 88,830

166 7.08 8.83 2,251 209 2.56 5.80 91,313 166 12.28 8.83 2,251 209 4.63 5.80 91,313

167 6.91 8.77 2,584 210 2.53 5.74 92,961 167 11.99 8.77 2,584 210 4.63 5.74 92,961

168 6.89 8.71 2,917 211 2.47 5.62 94,145 168 11.96 8.71 2,917 211 4.50 5.62 94,145

169 6.72 8.75 3,334 212 2.41 5.58 94,287 169 11.63 8.75 3,334 212 4.38 5.58 94,287

170 6.50 8.69 3,648 213 2.36 5.48 93,974 170 11.27 8.69 3,648 213 4.30 5.48 93,974

171 6.31 8.69 4,167 214 2.33 5.57 92,208 171 10.96 8.69 4,167 214 4.29 5.57 92,208

172 6.19 8.62 4,608 215 2.27 5.52 89,817 172 10.78 8.62 4,608 215 4.18 5.52 89,817

173 5.96 8.60 5,183 216 2.23 5.35 86,644 173 10.40 8.60 5,183 216 4.10 5.35 86,644

174 5.77 8.54 5,674 217 2.16 5.45 82,285 174 10.10 8.54 5,674 217 3.97 5.45 82,285

175 5.68 8.49 6,358 218 2.13 5.42 76,889 175 9.92 8.49 6,358 218 3.95 5.42 76,889

176 5.60 8.42 7,015 219 2.05 5.40 71,362 176 9.78 8.42 7,015 219 3.81 5.40 71,362

177 5.54 8.42 7,714 220 1.98 5.36 65,282 177 9.71 8.42 7,714 220 3.67 5.36 65,282

178 5.42 8.35 8,423 221 1.90 5.22 59,150 178 9.49 8.35 8,423 221 3.52 5.22 59,150

179 5.36 8.22 9,350 222 1.75 4.64 53,132 179 9.37 8.22 9,350 222 3.29 4.64 53,132

180 5.22 8.11 10,238 223 1.70 4.62 47,597 180 9.11 8.11 10,238 223 3.20 4.62 47,597

181 5.16 8.02 11,140 224 1.65 4.58 42,161 181 9.05 8.02 11,140 224 3.11 4.58 42,161

182 5.05 7.92 12,250 225 1.61 4.58 37,312 182 8.83 7.92 12,250 225 3.03 4.58 37,312

183 4.91 7.83 13,404 226 1.56 4.54 32,438 183 8.63 7.83 13,404 226 2.94 4.54 32,438

184 4.74 7.76 14,526 227 1.52 4.53 28,227 184 8.30 7.76 14,526 227 2.86 4.53 28,227

185 4.65 7.67 15,931 228 1.48 4.51 24,357 185 8.12 7.67 15,931 228 2.78 4.51 24,357

186 4.52 7.60 17,343 229 1.42 4.50 20717 186 7.92 7.60 17,343 229 2.67 4.50 20,717

187 4.37 7.51 19,000 230 1.36 4.46 17377 187 7.70 7.51 19,000 230 2.56 4.46 17,377

188 4.26 7.43 20,657 231 1.31 4.45 14572 188 7.50 7.43 20,657 231 2.47 4.45 14,572

189 4.18 7.36 22,580 232 1.25 4.41 11846 189 7.38 7.36 22,580 232 2.35 4.41 11,846

190 4.04 7.28 24,591 233 1.19 4.41 9634 190 7.12 7.28 24,591 233 2.23 4.41 9,634

191 3.97 7.18 27,075 234 1.12 4.40 7671 191 7.03 7.18 27,075 234 2.11 4.40 7,671

192 3.87 7.09 29,383 235 1.03 4.41 6,050 192 6.86 7.09 29,383 235 1.94 4.41 6,050

193 3.77 6.96 32,241 236 0.95 4.40 4,687 193 6.66 6.96 32,241 236 1.78 4.40 4,687

194 3.66 6.86 35,392 237 0.88 4.42 3,674 194 6.51 6.86 35,392 237 1.65 4.42 3,674

195 3.55 6.65 38,692 238 0.78 4.41 2,767 195 6.31 6.65 38,692 238 1.46 4.41 2,767

196 3.46 6.57 42,225 239 0.70 4.38 2,079 196 6.13 6.57 42,225 239 1.32 4.38 2,079

197 3.39 6.50 46,489 197 6.04 6.50 46,489

198 3.30 6.42 50,493 198 5.88 6.42 50,493

199 3.24 6.34 55,000 199 5.75 6.34 55,000

200 3.18 6.31 59,527 200 5.70 6.31 59,527

201 3.07 6.19 64,019 201 5.49 6.19 64,019

202 3.00 6.11 68,118 202 5.37 6.11 68,118203 2.94 6.05 72,898 203 5.30 6.05 72,898

204 2.86 6.03 76,647 204 5.15 6.03 76,647

205 2.79 5.91 80,301 205 5.02 5.91 80,301

206 2.76 5.84 83,434 206 5.00 5.84 83,434

207 2.68 5.84 86,789 207 4.86 5.84 86,789

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.4b

READING Grade 5 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N165 13.99 8.86 1,999 208 5.26 5.77 88,830 171 10.87 8.64 2,085 214 3.95 5.82 77,181

166 13.50 8.83 2,251 209 5.15 5.80 91,313 172 10.45 8.46 2,282 215 3.87 5.78 77,392

167 13.19 8.77 2,584 210 5.16 5.74 92,961 173 10.40 8.53 2,516 216 3.83 5.73 76,685

168 13.15 8.71 2,917 211 5.01 5.62 94,145 174 9.95 8.48 2,789 217 3.84 5.80 75,260

169 12.78 8.75 3,334 212 4.89 5.58 94,287 175 9.75 8.43 3,098 218 3.61 5.13 73,121

170 12.39 8.69 3,648 213 4.79 5.48 93,974 176 9.72 8.43 3,471 219 3.56 5.09 70,594

171 12.06 8.69 4,167 214 4.80 5.57 92,208 177 9.43 8.39 3,805 220 3.52 5.05 67,691

172 11.87 8.62 4,608 215 4.67 5.52 89,817 178 9.24 8.39 4,174 221 3.45 5.03 64,147

173 11.46 8.60 5,183 216 4.58 5.35 86,644 179 9.05 8.32 4,655 222 3.39 5.01 60,060

174 11.13 8.54 5,674 217 4.44 5.45 82,285 180 8.78 8.35 5,045 223 3.33 4.98 55,734

175 10.93 8.49 6,358 218 4.43 5.42 76,889 181 8.51 8.34 5,537 224 3.24 4.95 51,291

176 10.77 8.42 7,015 219 4.28 5.40 71,362 182 8.29 8.29 6,128 225 3.16 4.93 46,917

177 10.70 8.42 7,714 220 4.11 5.36 65,282 183 8.11 8.24 6,721 226 3.10 4.90 42,543

178 10.46 8.35 8,423 221 3.95 5.22 59,150 184 7.91 8.18 7,338 227 3.00 4.87 38,386

179 10.32 8.22 9,350 222 3.70 4.64 53,132 185 7.84 8.05 8,112 228 2.89 4.82 34,341

180 10.03 8.11 10,238 223 3.60 4.62 47,597 186 7.58 7.96 8,825 229 2.80 4.78 30,485

181 9.98 8.02 11,140 224 3.50 4.58 42,161 187 7.38 7.92 9,638 230 2.69 4.73 26,483

182 9.73 7.92 12,250 225 3.41 4.58 37,312 188 7.20 7.84 10,405 231 2.57 4.69 22,791

183 9.52 7.83 13,404 226 3.31 4.54 32,438 189 6.89 7.80 11,454 232 2.45 4.67 19,542

184 9.15 7.76 14,526 227 3.22 4.53 28,227 190 6.71 7.78 12,544 233 2.31 4.65 16,338

185 8.95 7.67 15,931 228 3.12 4.51 24,357 191 6.59 7.71 13,770 234 2.20 4.65 13,488

186 8.74 7.60 17,343 229 3.00 4.50 20717 192 6.43 7.62 15,065 235 2.11 4.65 11,033

187 8.50 7.51 19,000 230 2.88 4.46 17377 193 6.18 7.54 16,725 236 1.98 4.68 8,966

188 8.28 7.43 20,657 231 2.78 4.45 14572 194 6.07 7.46 18,469 237 1.87 4.68 7,065

189 8.16 7.36 22,580 232 2.64 4.41 11846 195 5.92 7.34 20,526 238 1.75 4.69 5,611

190 7.87 7.28 24,591 233 2.51 4.41 9634 196 5.81 7.27 22,776 239 1.63 4.73 4,316

191 7.78 7.18 27,075 234 2.38 4.40 7671 197 5.64 7.17 25,546 240 1.49 4.69 3,359

192 7.59 7.09 29,383 235 2.18 4.41 6,050 198 5.38 7.12 28,501 241 1.41 4.61 2,566

193 7.36 6.96 32,241 236 2.00 4.40 4,687 199 5.36 7.02 31,526 242 1.26 4.59 1,924

194 7.21 6.86 35,392 237 1.86 4.42 3,674 200 5.18 6.95 34,800

195 6.98 6.65 38,692 238 1.64 4.41 2,767 201 4.99 6.87 38,227

196 6.78 6.57 42,225 239 1.49 4.38 2,079 202 4.97 6.81 41,644

197 6.70 6.50 46,489 203 4.88 6.71 45,323

198 6.52 6.42 50,493 204 4.76 6.64 48,785

199 6.37 6.34 55,000 205 4.64 6.55 52,289

200 6.33 6.31 59,527 206 4.53 6.47 55,915

201 6.09 6.19 64,019 207 4.52 6.28 59,352

202 5.95 6.11 68,118 208 4.43 6.33 62,675

203 5.89 6.05 72,898 209 4.32 6.27 66,133

204 5.72 6.03 76,647 210 4.21 6.19 69,136205 5.57 5.91 80,301 211 4.22 6.01 71,956

206 5.57 5.84 83,434 212 4.11 5.94 74,385

207 5.41 5.84 86,789 213 4.02 5.88 76,231

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.5a

READING Grade 6 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N168 7.25 8.76 1,707 211 2.39 5.94 82,292 168 12.40 8.76 1,707 211 4.31 5.94 82,292

169 7.21 8.73 1,926 212 2.34 5.89 85,383 169 12.32 8.73 1,926 212 4.27 5.89 85,383

170 7.13 8.84 2,153 213 2.28 5.86 88,186 170 12.18 8.84 2,153 213 4.14 5.86 88,186

171 6.85 8.66 2,428 214 2.20 5.73 89,817 171 11.74 8.66 2,428 214 3.99 5.73 89,817

172 6.76 8.71 2,661 215 2.14 5.69 90,805 172 11.57 8.71 2,661 215 3.94 5.69 90,805

173 6.57 8.76 3,004 216 2.07 5.63 91,151 173 11.31 8.76 3,004 216 3.79 5.63 91,151

174 6.51 8.71 3,315 217 1.98 5.59 90,367 174 11.19 8.71 3,315 217 3.64 5.59 90,367

175 6.36 8.67 3,607 218 1.91 5.53 88,371 175 10.97 8.67 3,607 218 3.55 5.53 88,371

176 6.27 8.61 3,931 219 1.82 5.44 85,723 176 10.84 8.61 3,931 219 3.37 5.44 85,723

177 6.12 8.56 4,319 220 1.73 5.40 82,235 177 10.56 8.56 4,319 220 3.20 5.40 82,235

178 6.11 8.55 4,741 221 1.62 4.81 77,990 178 10.55 8.55 4,741 221 3.05 4.81 77,990

179 5.90 8.52 5,212 222 1.57 4.77 73,540 179 10.14 8.52 5,212 222 2.96 4.77 73,540

180 5.77 8.47 5,806 223 1.53 4.74 69,022 180 9.96 8.47 5,806 223 2.88 4.74 69,022181 5.66 8.39 6,433 224 1.48 4.68 64,437 181 9.75 8.39 6,433 224 2.78 4.68 64,437

182 5.56 8.34 7,080 225 1.42 4.64 59,741 182 9.61 8.34 7,080 225 2.68 4.64 59,741

183 5.33 8.25 7,797 226 1.37 4.60 55,262 183 9.22 8.25 7,797 226 2.58 4.60 55,262

184 5.20 8.15 8,520 227 1.31 4.56 50,681 184 9.01 8.15 8,520 227 2.47 4.56 50,681

185 5.05 8.04 9,335 228 1.25 4.52 46,207 185 8.74 8.04 9,335 228 2.36 4.52 46,207

186 4.92 7.93 10,213 229 1.20 4.50 41,787 186 8.55 7.93 10,213 229 2.25 4.50 41,787

187 4.76 7.85 11,166 230 1.14 4.47 37,733 187 8.25 7.85 11,166 230 2.14 4.47 37,733

188 4.62 7.81 12,268 231 1.08 4.44 33,683 188 8.02 7.81 12,268 231 2.04 4.44 33,683

189 4.48 7.74 13,544 232 1.02 4.42 29786 189 7.81 7.74 13,544 232 1.92 4.42 29,786

190 4.35 7.66 14,801 233 0.96 4.40 25959 190 7.61 7.66 14,801 233 1.80 4.40 25,959

191 4.26 7.59 16,267 234 0.91 4.37 22429 191 7.44 7.59 16,267 234 1.71 4.37 22,429

192 4.13 7.49 18,022 235 0.85 4.35 18901 192 7.24 7.49 18,022 235 1.60 4.35 18,901

193 4.04 7.36 19,696 236 0.79 4.34 15638 193 7.08 7.36 19,696 236 1.48 4.34 15,638194 3.94 7.26 21,467 237 0.73 4.33 12683 194 6.90 7.26 21,467 237 1.38 4.33 12,683

195 3.85 7.17 23,744 238 0.66 4.31 10254 195 6.77 7.17 23,744 238 1.24 4.31 10,254

196 3.69 7.08 26,411 239 0.58 4.30 7970 196 6.46 7.08 26,411 239 1.09 4.30 7,970

197 3.62 6.98 29,186 240 0.50 4.29 6,179 197 6.37 6.98 29,186 240 0.93 4.29 6,179

198 3.49 6.90 32,290 241 0.44 4.35 4,719 198 6.13 6.90 32,290 241 0.83 4.35 4,719

199 3.41 6.82 35,844 242 0.36 4.37 3,603 199 6.04 6.82 35,844 242 0.68 4.37 3,603

200 3.30 6.75 39,525 243 0.28 4.38 2,695 200 5.83 6.75 39,525 243 0.52 4.38 2,695

201 3.19 6.67 43,289 244 0.23 4.37 2,041 201 5.61 6.67 43,289 244 0.43 4.37 2,041

202 3.11 6.61 47,002 202 5.51 6.61 47,002

203 3.02 6.54 50,927 203 5.34 6.54 50,927

204 2.95 6.48 54,757 204 5.27 6.48 54,757

205 2.86 6.39 58,614 205 5.09 6.39 58,614

206 2.79 6.38 62,414 206 4.96 6.38 62,414

207 2.72 6.28 66,602 207 4.87 6.28 66,602

208 2.63 6.18 70,528 208 4.71 6.18 70,528

209 2.54 6.10 74,818 209 4.54 6.10 74,818

210 2.49 6.04 78,742 210 4.50 6.04 78,742

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.5b

READING Grade 6 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N168 13.57 8.76 1,707 211 4.79 5.94 82,292 173 12.34 8.98 1,919 216 3.86 5.92 69,704

169 13.49 8.73 1,926 212 4.76 5.89 85,383 174 12.06 8.95 2,135 217 3.70 5.87 70,689

170 13.33 8.84 2,153 213 4.62 5.86 88,186 175 11.78 8.89 2,355 218 3.67 5.83 70,881

171 12.86 8.66 2,428 214 4.45 5.73 89,817 176 11.35 8.75 2,580 219 3.50 5.79 70,442

172 12.67 8.71 2,661 215 4.40 5.69 90,805 177 11.17 8.75 2,732 220 3.28 5.12 69,524

173 12.40 8.76 3,004 216 4.24 5.63 91,151 178 10.73 8.71 3,032 221 3.23 5.09 68,225

174 12.28 8.71 3,315 217 4.06 5.59 90,367 179 10.56 8.58 3,280 222 3.15 5.05 66,160

175 12.04 8.67 3,607 218 3.98 5.53 88,371 180 10.34 8.61 3,585 223 3.06 5.08 64,070

176 11.91 8.61 3,931 219 3.78 5.44 85,723 181 10.04 8.52 3,954 224 2.98 5.02 61,402

177 11.59 8.56 4,319 220 3.59 5.40 82,235 182 9.83 8.47 4,338 225 2.90 4.98 58,868

178 11.58 8.55 4,741 221 3.43 4.81 77,990 183 9.58 8.40 4,736 226 2.79 4.94 56,174

179 11.12 8.52 5,212 222 3.33 4.77 73,540 184 9.33 8.34 5,175 227 2.69 4.91 53,603

180 10.93 8.47 5,806 223 3.24 4.74 69,022 185 9.14 8.23 5,573 228 2.60 4.80 50,336

181 10.70 8.39 6,433 224 3.13 4.68 64,437 186 8.94 8.20 6,010 229 2.49 4.76 47,401

182 10.55 8.34 7,080 225 3.02 4.64 59,741 187 8.66 8.06 6,536 230 2.37 4.73 43,909

183 10.13 8.25 7,797 226 2.91 4.60 55,262 188 8.62 8.00 7,127 231 2.28 4.69 40,288

184 9.91 8.15 8,520 227 2.78 4.56 50,681 189 8.34 7.93 7,774 232 2.18 4.64 36,625

185 9.60 8.04 9,335 228 2.66 4.52 46,207 190 7.99 7.86 8,661 233 2.09 4.61 32,878

186 9.40 7.93 10,213 229 2.53 4.50 41,787 191 7.85 7.80 9,389 234 1.98 4.60 28,863

187 9.06 7.85 11,166 230 2.41 4.47 37,733 192 7.52 7.76 10,397 235 1.88 4.57 25,092

188 8.82 7.81 12,268 231 2.29 4.44 33,683 193 7.24 7.64 11,453 236 1.75 4.55 21,387

189 8.60 7.74 13,544 232 2.16 4.42 29786 194 7.10 7.57 12,739 237 1.65 4.54 17,914

190 8.39 7.66 14,801 233 2.03 4.40 25959 195 6.96 7.53 13,997 238 1.50 4.51 14,857

191 8.20 7.59 16,267 234 1.92 4.37 22429 196 6.67 7.43 15,671 239 1.40 4.50 12,076

192 7.98 7.49 18,022 235 1.80 4.35 18901 197 6.52 7.34 17,269 240 1.26 4.49 9,658

193 7.80 7.36 19,696 236 1.66 4.34 15638 198 6.43 7.26 19,302 241 1.19 4.50 7,545

194 7.60 7.26 21,467 237 1.55 4.33 12683 199 6.20 7.18 21,334 242 1.05 4.49 5,727

195 7.47 7.17 23,744 238 1.40 4.31 10254 200 6.01 7.06 23,535 243 1.00 4.53 4,352

196 7.13 7.08 26,411 239 1.23 4.30 7970 201 5.96 7.02 25,865 244 0.87 4.62 3,268

197 7.04 6.98 29,186 240 1.05 4.29 6,179 202 5.77 6.93 28,491 245 0.81 4.69 2,419

198 6.77 6.90 32,290 241 0.93 4.35 4,719 203 5.64 6.87 31,215 246 0.60 4.72 1,742

199 6.67 6.82 35,844 242 0.77 4.37 3,603 204 5.44 6.76 33,975

200 6.45 6.75 39,525 243 0.59 4.38 2,695 205 5.29 6.69 36,853

201 6.20 6.67 43,289 244 0.49 4.37 2,041 206 5.22 6.58 39,862

202 6.10 6.61 47,002 207 5.03 6.50 42,893

203 5.91 6.54 50,927 208 4.98 6.43 45,776

204 5.84 6.48 54,757 209 4.78 6.35 49,118

205 5.64 6.39 58,614 210 4.71 6.29 52,673

206 5.49 6.38 62,414 211 4.49 6.23 56,111

207 5.41 6.28 66,602 212 4.42 6.18 59,538208 5.23 6.18 70,528 213 4.23 6.11 62,913

209 5.04 6.10 74,818 214 4.04 6.05 65,891

210 5.00 6.04 78,742 215 4.00 5.98 68,055

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.6a

READING Grade 7 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N169 8.11 9.17 1,314 212 2.54 6.02 69,752 169 13.49 9.17 1,314 212 4.44 6.02 69,752

170 7.93 9.07 1,473 213 2.46 5.96 73,757 170 13.25 9.07 1,473 213 4.35 5.96 73,757

171 7.87 8.99 1,634 214 2.35 5.89 77,615 171 13.08 8.99 1,634 214 4.13 5.89 77,615

172 7.69 8.87 1,865 215 2.28 5.83 80,842 172 12.93 8.87 1,865 215 4.06 5.83 80,842

173 7.60 8.93 2,017 216 2.17 5.79 83,562 173 12.77 8.93 2,017 216 3.84 5.79 83,562

174 7.53 8.88 2,211 217 2.09 5.73 85,412 174 12.65 8.88 2,211 217 3.74 5.73 85,412

175 7.53 8.84 2,434 218 1.99 5.68 86,253 175 12.64 8.84 2,434 218 3.55 5.68 86,253

176 7.38 8.89 2,645 219 1.92 5.63 86,579 176 12.40 8.89 2,645 219 3.47 5.63 86,579

177 7.33 8.83 2,875 220 1.83 5.59 85,539 177 12.21 8.83 2,875 220 3.34 5.59 85,539

178 7.12 8.75 3,151 221 1.72 5.53 84,038 178 11.92 8.75 3,151 221 3.14 5.53 84,038

179 6.95 8.71 3,466 222 1.65 5.48 81,929 179 11.64 8.71 3,466 222 3.05 5.48 81,929

180 6.67 8.73 3,788 223 1.53 5.44 79,566 180 11.20 8.73 3,788 223 2.83 5.44 79,566

181 6.52 8.59 4,185 224 1.38 4.67 76,280 181 10.97 8.59 4,185 224 2.60 4.67 76,280182 6.26 8.50 4,617 225 1.33 4.62 73,716 182 10.54 8.50 4,617 225 2.50 4.62 73,716

183 6.03 8.36 5,104 226 1.27 4.56 70,257 183 10.16 8.36 5,104 226 2.39 4.56 70,257

184 5.86 8.25 5,559 227 1.21 4.51 67,149 184 9.83 8.25 5,559 227 2.28 4.51 67,149

185 5.70 8.18 6,045 228 1.16 4.45 63,463 185 9.58 8.18 6,045 228 2.18 4.45 63,463

186 5.55 8.13 6,570 229 1.09 4.41 60,072 186 9.34 8.13 6,570 229 2.05 4.41 60,072

187 5.45 8.10 7,107 230 1.03 4.37 55,941 187 9.20 8.10 7,107 230 1.94 4.37 55,941

188 5.35 8.04 7,719 231 0.97 4.34 52,100 188 9.06 8.04 7,719 231 1.82 4.34 52,100

189 5.20 7.97 8,444 232 0.90 4.30 47,553 189 8.83 7.97 8,444 232 1.69 4.30 47,553

190 5.05 7.84 9,278 233 0.83 4.28 43192 190 8.59 7.84 9,278 233 1.57 4.28 43,192

191 4.92 7.77 10,245 234 0.78 4.26 38493 191 8.36 7.77 10,245 234 1.47 4.26 38,493

192 4.73 7.71 11,383 235 0.72 4.24 33845 192 8.04 7.71 11,383 235 1.35 4.24 33,845

193 4.56 7.61 12,544 236 0.65 4.23 29264 193 7.77 7.61 12,544 236 1.23 4.23 29,264

194 4.45 7.52 13,890 237 0.60 4.22 24932 194 7.61 7.52 13,890 237 1.13 4.22 24,932195 4.33 7.38 15,405 238 0.52 4.19 20836 195 7.39 7.38 15,405 238 0.99 4.19 20,836

196 4.13 7.31 17,092 239 0.44 4.17 17085 196 7.06 7.31 17,092 239 0.83 4.17 17,085

197 4.06 7.18 19,013 240 0.36 4.20 13881 197 6.97 7.18 19,013 240 0.67 4.20 13,881

198 3.94 7.07 21,216 241 0.28 4.21 10952 198 6.74 7.07 21,216 241 0.52 4.21 10,952

199 3.81 7.01 23,560 242 0.17 4.19 8588 199 6.55 7.01 23,560 242 0.33 4.19 8,588

200 3.70 6.95 26,187 243 0.08 4.20 6,630 200 6.34 6.95 26,187 243 0.16 4.20 6,630

201 3.64 6.82 29,059 244 0.01 4.27 5,109 201 6.28 6.82 29,059 244 0.02 4.27 5,109

202 3.51 6.75 32,024 245 -0.10 4.22 3,857 202 6.04 6.75 32,024 245 -0.18 4.22 3,857

203 3.43 6.68 35,291 246 -0.16 4.22 2,860 203 5.93 6.68 35,291 246 -0.29 4.22 2,860

204 3.33 6.60 38,465 247 -0.24 4.33 2,084 204 5.73 6.60 38,465 247 -0.46 4.33 2,084

205 3.22 6.52 41,884 205 5.59 6.52 41,884

206 3.10 6.46 45,377 206 5.36 6.46 45,377

207 3.02 6.38 49,182 207 5.26 6.38 49,182

208 2.91 6.29 53,050 208 5.04 6.29 53,050

209 2.83 6.21 57,159 209 4.94 6.21 57,159

210 2.72 6.15 61,373 210 4.73 6.15 61,373

211 2.66 6.08 65,662 211 4.67 6.08 65,662

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 7 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.6b

READING Grade 7 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N169 14.64 9.17 1,314 212 4.90 6.02 69,752 174 13.46 9.35 1,406 217 3.73 5.94 57,690

170 14.40 9.07 1,473 213 4.81 5.96 73,757 175 13.23 9.41 1,551 218 3.63 5.89 59,183

171 14.19 8.99 1,634 214 4.56 5.89 77,615 176 12.68 9.26 1,675 219 3.45 5.84 60,246

172 14.09 8.87 1,865 215 4.50 5.83 80,842 177 12.46 9.24 1,823 220 3.33 5.78 60,889

173 13.91 8.93 2,017 216 4.25 5.79 83,562 178 12.41 9.21 1,985 221 3.23 5.72 60,979

174 13.77 8.88 2,211 217 4.15 5.73 85,412 179 12.16 9.26 2,168 222 3.10 5.67 60,689

175 13.76 8.84 2,434 218 3.94 5.68 86,253 180 11.75 9.16 2,389 223 2.81 5.64 60,380

176 13.50 8.89 2,645 219 3.86 5.63 86,579 181 11.47 9.08 2,617 224 2.70 5.59 59,614

177 13.26 8.83 2,875 220 3.73 5.59 85,539 182 11.02 9.08 2,823 225 2.49 4.89 58,577

178 12.96 8.75 3,151 221 3.50 5.53 84,038 183 10.72 8.97 3,043 226 2.39 4.86 57,643

179 12.66 8.71 3,466 222 3.42 5.48 81,929 184 10.37 8.81 3,311 227 2.28 4.83 56,527

180 12.20 8.73 3,788 223 3.17 5.44 79,566 185 10.04 8.68 3,590 228 2.17 4.78 55,024

181 11.95 8.59 4,185 224 2.93 4.67 76,280 186 9.83 8.65 3,914 229 2.05 4.73 53,410182 11.49 8.50 4,617 225 2.81 4.62 73,716 187 9.67 8.52 4,269 230 1.96 4.69 51,435

183 11.07 8.36 5,104 226 2.69 4.56 70,257 188 9.39 8.33 4,671 231 1.85 4.64 48,858

184 10.70 8.25 5,559 227 2.56 4.51 67,149 189 9.06 8.33 5,133 232 1.74 4.59 45,979

185 10.43 8.18 6,045 228 2.45 4.45 63,463 190 8.86 8.24 5,508 233 1.65 4.54 42,713

186 10.18 8.13 6,570 229 2.31 4.41 60,072 191 8.73 8.12 5,960 234 1.57 4.50 39,054

187 10.03 8.10 7,107 230 2.18 4.37 55,941 192 8.45 8.01 6,499 235 1.47 4.48 34,977

188 9.89 8.04 7,719 231 2.05 4.34 52,100 193 8.21 7.92 7,182 236 1.38 4.47 31,085

189 9.64 7.97 8,444 232 1.90 4.30 47,553 194 7.90 7.78 7,905 237 1.26 4.46 27,143

190 9.39 7.84 9,278 233 1.77 4.28 43192 195 7.66 7.71 8,819 238 1.13 4.44 23,335

191 9.13 7.77 10,245 234 1.66 4.26 38493 196 7.33 7.61 9,794 239 0.98 4.44 19,789

192 8.78 7.71 11,383 235 1.52 4.24 33845 197 7.10 7.55 11,077 240 0.82 4.43 16,612

193 8.49 7.61 12,544 236 1.38 4.23 29264 198 6.84 7.41 12,237 241 0.68 4.39 13,700

194 8.33 7.52 13,890 237 1.27 4.22 24932 199 6.76 7.36 13,520 242 0.51 4.39 11,060195 8.08 7.38 15,405 238 1.11 4.19 20836 200 6.53 7.25 15,013 243 0.37 4.42 8,797

196 7.73 7.31 17,092 239 0.93 4.17 17085 201 6.35 7.15 16,631 244 0.16 4.46 6,879

197 7.64 7.18 19,013 240 0.76 4.20 13881 202 6.20 7.04 18,282 245 -0.01 4.58 5,289

198 7.38 7.07 21,216 241 0.58 4.21 10952 203 6.07 7.01 20,133 246 -0.21 4.67 4,007

199 7.18 7.01 23,560 242 0.37 4.19 8588 204 5.84 6.93 22,158 247 -0.41 4.77 3,060

200 6.94 6.95 26,187 243 0.18 4.20 6,630 205 5.59 6.86 24,391 248 -0.60 4.83 2,276

201 6.90 6.82 29,059 244 0.02 4.27 5,109 206 5.50 6.78 26,713 249 -0.82 4.80 1,649

202 6.62 6.75 32,024 245 -0.20 4.22 3,857 207 5.41 6.71 29,052

203 6.52 6.68 35,291 246 -0.33 4.22 2,860 208 5.18 6.61 31,762

204 6.29 6.60 38,465 247 -0.52 4.33 2,084 209 5.12 6.50 34,677

205 6.15 6.52 41,884 210 4.88 6.43 37,454

206 5.88 6.46 45,377 211 4.66 6.35 40,617

207 5.79 6.38 49,182 212 4.51 6.26 43,909

208 5.54 6.29 53,050 213 4.29 6.20 47,059

209 5.45 6.21 57,159 214 4.13 6.15 50,092

210 5.21 6.15 61,373 215 4.00 6.05 53,208

211 5.15 6.08 65,662 216 3.95 6.00 55,666

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 7 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.7a

READING Grade 8 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N171 8.53 9.75 702 214 2.23 6.10 39,941 171 13.84 9.75 702 214 3.77 6.10 39,941

172 8.47 9.78 779 215 2.14 6.04 42,479 172 13.64 9.78 779 215 3.65 6.04 42,479

173 8.14 9.70 851 216 2.06 5.96 44,832 173 13.22 9.70 851 216 3.55 5.96 44,832

174 8.06 9.72 925 217 1.96 5.90 46,852 174 13.20 9.72 925 217 3.35 5.90 46,852

175 7.79 9.65 1,052 218 1.88 5.83 48,565 175 12.60 9.65 1,052 218 3.20 5.83 48,565

176 7.43 9.55 1,131 219 1.81 5.76 49,715 176 12.12 9.55 1,131 219 3.13 5.76 49,715

177 7.21 9.40 1,218 220 1.73 5.70 50,240 177 11.85 9.40 1,218 220 3.01 5.70 50,240

178 7.05 9.16 1,299 221 1.60 5.66 50,457 178 11.64 9.16 1,299 221 2.77 5.66 50,457

179 7.04 9.11 1,460 222 1.50 5.61 50,248 179 11.62 9.11 1,460 222 2.63 5.61 50,248

180 6.76 9.02 1,576 223 1.40 5.58 50,210 180 11.19 9.02 1,576 223 2.49 5.58 50,210

181 6.65 8.89 1,727 224 1.30 5.52 49,669 181 10.99 8.89 1,727 224 2.34 5.52 49,669

182 6.53 8.80 1,876 225 1.17 5.46 49,344 182 10.67 8.80 1,876 225 2.16 5.46 49,344

183 6.26 8.82 2,077 226 1.05 5.41 48,698 183 10.25 8.82 2,077 226 1.92 5.41 48,698

184 6.09 8.71 2,220 227 0.94 4.60 47,979 184 9.97 8.71 2,220 227 1.78 4.60 47,979

185 5.89 8.60 2,446 228 0.88 4.55 46,527 185 9.61 8.60 2,446 228 1.65 4.55 46,527

186 5.71 8.56 2,681 229 0.83 4.51 45,325 186 9.26 8.56 2,681 229 1.56 4.51 45,325

187 5.54 8.53 2,982 230 0.78 4.45 43,500 187 9.08 8.53 2,982 230 1.47 4.45 43,500

188 5.36 8.41 3,236 231 0.73 4.38 41,574 188 8.75 8.41 3,236 231 1.38 4.38 41,574

189 5.25 8.28 3,574 232 0.68 4.34 39,495 189 8.58 8.28 3,574 232 1.27 4.34 39,495

190 5.14 8.21 3,901 233 0.63 4.30 37,091 190 8.43 8.21 3,901 233 1.18 4.30 37,091

191 5.07 8.17 4,216 234 0.57 4.25 34,043 191 8.29 8.17 4,216 234 1.07 4.25 34,043

192 4.89 8.10 4,577 235 0.52 4.22 31114 192 8.01 8.10 4,577 235 0.98 4.22 31,114

193 4.84 7.97 5,070 236 0.46 4.19 27784 193 7.91 7.97 5,070 236 0.87 4.19 27,784

194 4.58 7.91 5,603 237 0.41 4.16 24337 194 7.48 7.91 5,603 237 0.76 4.16 24,337

195 4.38 7.82 6,236 238 0.34 4.14 20953 195 7.15 7.82 6,236 238 0.64 4.14 20,953

196 4.14 7.70 6,913 239 0.29 4.11 17898 196 6.78 7.70 6,913 239 0.55 4.11 17,898

197 4.04 7.59 7,758 240 0.22 4.12 14939 197 6.64 7.59 7,758 240 0.42 4.12 14,939

198 3.88 7.47 8,682 241 0.14 4.10 12353 198 6.40 7.47 8,682 241 0.27 4.10 12,353

199 3.71 7.36 9,642 242 0.04 4.07 9987 199 6.07 7.36 9,642 242 0.08 4.07 9,987

200 3.61 7.30 10,811 243 -0.02 4.10 8061 200 5.99 7.30 10,811 243 -0.03 4.10 8,061

201 3.58 7.17 12,228 244 -0.13 4.14 6339 201 5.92 7.17 12,228 244 -0.24 4.14 6,339

202 3.44 7.07 13,578 245 -0.18 4.14 4924 202 5.65 7.07 13,578 245 -0.34 4.14 4,924

203 3.36 6.95 15,125 246 -0.24 4.36 3,808 203 5.56 6.95 15,125 246 -0.44 4.36 3,808

204 3.32 6.85 16,886 247 -0.32 4.50 2,960 204 5.48 6.85 16,886 247 -0.61 4.50 2,960

205 3.21 6.74 18,475 248 -0.45 4.61 2,232 205 5.28 6.74 18,475 248 -0.85 4.61 2,232

206 3.07 6.71 20,349 249 -0.52 4.75 1,673 206 5.10 6.71 20,349 249 -0.98 4.75 1,673

207 2.97 6.62 22,347 250 -0.72 4.98 1,243 207 4.92 6.62 22,347 250 -1.35 4.98 1,243

208 2.88 6.58 24,415 208 4.76 6.58 24,415

209 2.76 6.52 26,695 209 4.56 6.52 26,695

210 2.69 6.43 29,297 210 4.48 6.43 29,297211 2.60 6.33 31,823 211 4.31 6.33 31,823

212 2.47 6.26 34,509 212 4.12 6.26 34,509

213 2.33 6.17 37,201 213 3.91 6.17 37,201

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 8 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.7b

READING Grade 8 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N171 14.91 9.75 702 214 4.11 6.10 39,941 180 10.46 9.26 643 223 1.78 5.15 27,388

172 14.66 9.78 779 215 3.99 6.04 42,479 181 10.17 9.56 713 224 1.73 5.10 27,646

173 14.23 9.70 851 216 3.89 5.96 44,832 182 9.62 9.65 766 225 1.65 5.05 28,015

174 14.26 9.72 925 217 3.66 5.90 46,852 183 9.18 9.62 826 226 1.59 4.98 28,104

175 13.55 9.65 1,052 218 3.50 5.83 48,565 184 9.05 9.62 911 227 1.49 4.94 28,290

176 13.07 9.55 1,131 219 3.43 5.76 49,715 185 8.70 9.49 1,019 228 1.38 4.89 28,236

177 12.81 9.40 1,218 220 3.32 5.70 50,240 186 8.61 9.33 1,090 229 1.28 4.83 28,032

178 12.61 9.16 1,299 221 3.04 5.66 50,457 187 8.43 9.29 1,169 230 1.19 4.81 27,549

179 12.58 9.11 1,460 222 2.91 5.61 50,248 188 8.27 9.30 1,281 231 1.09 4.74 27,122

180 12.12 9.02 1,576 223 2.76 5.58 50,210 189 8.06 9.10 1,434 232 1.01 4.67 26,215

181 11.90 8.89 1,727 224 2.61 5.52 49,669 190 7.56 9.15 1,570 233 0.94 4.63 25,225

182 11.51 8.80 1,876 225 2.42 5.46 49,344 191 7.31 8.91 1,765 234 0.86 4.57 23,958

183 11.07 8.82 2,077 226 2.15 5.41 48,698 192 7.10 8.74 1,933 235 0.79 4.49 22,397

184 10.77 8.71 2,220 227 2.00 4.60 47,979 193 6.84 8.49 2,135 236 0.68 4.49 20,569

185 10.36 8.60 2,446 228 1.86 4.55 46,527 194 6.44 8.36 2,328 237 0.58 4.46 18,662

186 9.97 8.56 2,681 229 1.75 4.51 45,325 195 6.38 8.13 2,576 238 0.50 4.43 16,593

187 9.81 8.53 2,982 230 1.65 4.45 43,500 196 5.83 8.18 2,883 239 0.38 4.41 14,473

188 9.44 8.41 3,236 231 1.55 4.38 41,574 197 5.65 8.12 3,235 240 0.26 4.43 12,475

189 9.26 8.28 3,574 232 1.43 4.34 39,495 198 5.54 7.99 3,638 241 0.14 4.36 10,543

190 9.11 8.21 3,901 233 1.33 4.30 37,091 199 5.40 7.88 4,117 242 0.06 4.39 8,841

191 8.95 8.17 4,216 234 1.20 4.25 34,043 200 5.22 7.81 4,604 243 -0.06 4.40 7,303

192 8.65 8.10 4,577 235 1.10 4.22 31114 201 4.98 7.63 5,161 244 -0.19 4.44 5,991

193 8.54 7.97 5,070 236 0.98 4.19 27784 202 4.69 7.60 5,733 245 -0.35 4.42 4,761

194 8.07 7.91 5,603 237 0.86 4.16 24337 203 4.44 7.59 6,411 246 -0.53 4.52 3,786

195 7.71 7.82 6,236 238 0.72 4.14 20953 204 4.36 7.46 7,074 247 -0.87 4.54 2,903

196 7.33 7.70 6,913 239 0.62 4.11 17898 205 4.11 7.32 7,826 248 -1.07 4.60 2,211

197 7.18 7.59 7,758 240 0.48 4.12 14939 206 4.05 7.19 8,603 249 -1.35 4.69 1,632

198 6.92 7.47 8,682 241 0.31 4.10 12353 207 3.99 7.07 9,509

199 6.56 7.36 9,642 242 0.09 4.07 9987 208 3.85 6.95 10,489

200 6.49 7.30 10,811 243 -0.04 4.10 8061 209 3.69 6.86 11,577

201 6.42 7.17 12,228 244 -0.27 4.14 6339 210 3.56 6.76 12,824

202 6.11 7.07 13,578 245 -0.38 4.14 4924 211 3.41 6.72 14,160

203 6.02 6.95 15,125 246 -0.50 4.36 3808 212 3.22 6.61 15,556

204 5.94 6.85 16,886 247 -0.68 4.50 2960 213 3.09 6.50 16,922

205 5.71 6.74 18,475 248 -0.95 4.61 2232 214 3.05 6.48 18,185

206 5.54 6.71 20,349 249 -1.10 4.75 1673 215 2.82 6.41 19,544

207 5.34 6.62 22,347 250 -1.52 4.98 1243 216 2.82 6.30 21,006

208 5.15 6.58 24,415 217 2.60 6.24 22,337

209 4.95 6.52 26,695 218 2.49 6.18 23,591

210 4.87 6.43 29,297 219 2.36 6.11 24,911211 4.68 6.33 31,823 220 2.24 6.02 25,867

212 4.48 6.26 34,509 221 1.94 5.29 26,491

213 4.26 6.17 37,201 222 1.89 5.22 27,010

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 8 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.8a

READING Grade 9 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N179 4.62 7.77 421 222 1.10 4.94 20,968 179 8.70 7.77 421 222 2.07 4.94 20,968

180 4.59 7.79 468 223 1.03 4.84 21,394 180 8.63 7.79 468 223 1.94 4.84 21,394

181 4.56 7.77 523 224 0.94 4.75 21,809 181 8.59 7.77 523 224 1.78 4.75 21,809

182 4.39 7.49 562 225 0.87 4.68 22,247 182 8.26 7.49 562 225 1.64 4.68 22,247

183 4.39 7.34 596 226 0.82 4.66 22,514 183 8.26 7.34 596 226 1.55 4.66 22,514

184 4.35 7.22 630 227 0.76 4.60 22,731 184 8.18 7.22 630 227 1.43 4.60 22,731

185 4.13 7.20 685 228 0.71 4.53 22,911 185 7.77 7.20 685 228 1.33 4.53 22,911

186 3.83 7.09 756 229 0.64 4.48 23,107 186 7.21 7.09 756 229 1.21 4.48 23,107

187 3.66 7.32 820 230 0.58 4.39 23,040 187 6.89 7.32 820 230 1.10 4.39 23,040

188 3.42 7.33 898 231 0.51 4.36 22,884 188 6.44 7.33 898 231 0.97 4.36 22,884

189 3.29 7.26 1,005 232 0.46 4.29 22,421 189 6.20 7.26 1,005 232 0.86 4.29 22,421

190 3.27 7.23 1,102 233 0.40 4.25 21,811 190 6.16 7.23 1,102 233 0.75 4.25 21,811

191 3.18 7.36 1,203 234 0.36 4.20 20,801 191 5.99 7.36 1,203 234 0.68 4.20 20,801

192 3.13 7.22 1,331 235 0.31 4.16 19,558 192 5.88 7.22 1,331 235 0.58 4.16 19,558

193 3.12 7.11 1,508 236 0.26 4.08 18,006 193 5.87 7.11 1,508 236 0.49 4.08 18,006

194 3.03 6.94 1,697 237 0.21 4.04 16,428 194 5.71 6.94 1,697 237 0.40 4.04 16,428

195 2.82 6.89 1,872 238 0.15 3.99 14,672 195 5.30 6.89 1,872 238 0.29 3.99 14,672

196 2.64 6.78 2,099 239 0.10 3.95 12,885 196 4.98 6.78 2,099 239 0.18 3.95 12,885

197 2.52 6.67 2,371 240 0.04 3.93 11,134 197 4.75 6.67 2,371 240 0.07 3.93 11,134

198 2.39 6.46 2,636 241 -0.01 3.92 9,546 198 4.49 6.46 2,636 241 -0.03 3.92 9,546

199 2.35 6.50 2,905 242 -0.07 3.89 8,093 199 4.42 6.50 2,905 242 -0.14 3.89 8,093

200 2.34 6.39 3,224 243 -0.13 3.926 6710 200 4.40 6.39 3,224 243 -0.25 3.93 6,710

201 2.27 6.25 3,646 244 -0.23 3.966 5470 201 4.28 6.25 3,646 244 -0.43 3.97 5,470

202 2.19 6.20 4,061 245 -0.34 3.999 4444 202 4.13 6.20 4,061 245 -0.64 4.00 4,444

203 2.09 6.23 4,522 246 -0.47 3.929 3565 203 3.93 6.23 4,522 246 -0.88 3.93 3,565

204 2.03 6.11 5,004 247 -0.60 3.951 2773 204 3.82 6.11 5,004 247 -1.12 3.95 2,773

205 1.97 6.09 5,614 248 -0.75 4.00 2,147 205 3.72 6.09 5,614 248 -1.41 4.00 2,147

206 1.84 6.02 6,194 249 -0.92 4.05 1,652 206 3.47 6.02 6,194 249 -1.74 4.05 1,652

207 1.78 5.94 6,787 250 -1.06 4.15 1,247 207 3.35 5.94 6,787 250 -1.99 4.15 1,247

208 1.76 5.81 7,502 251 -1.20 4.31 943 208 3.32 5.81 7,502 251 -2.26 4.31 943

209 1.69 5.80 8,310 252 -1.42 4.36 723 209 3.18 5.80 8,310 252 -2.68 4.36 723

210 1.65 5.67 9,159 210 3.11 5.67 9,159

211 1.59 5.61 10,000 211 2.99 5.61 10,000

212 1.54 5.53 11,019 212 2.90 5.53 11,019

213 1.48 5.51 12,147 213 2.78 5.51 12,147

214 1.42 5.37 13,299 214 2.68 5.37 13,299

215 1.38 5.31 14,524 215 2.60 5.31 14,524

216 1.35 5.23 15,764 216 2.54 5.23 15,764

217 1.31 5.18 16,969 217 2.46 5.18 16,969

218 1.28 5.14 18,017 218 2.41 5.14 18,017219 1.26 5.09 18,971 219 2.38 5.09 18,971

220 1.22 5.06 19,722 220 2.29 5.06 19,722

221 1.16 5.00 20,424 221 2.18 5.00 20,424

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 9 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.8b

READING Grade 9 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N179 9.79 7.77 421 222 2.33 4.94 20,968 190 7.86 8.50 549 233 0.66 4.51 11,152

180 9.71 7.79 468 223 2.18 4.84 21,394 191 7.09 8.44 591 234 0.51 4.46 10,818

181 9.67 7.77 523 224 2.00 4.75 21,809 192 6.56 8.16 651 235 0.46 4.41 10,469

182 9.29 7.49 562 225 1.84 4.68 22,247 193 6.50 7.91 728 236 0.36 4.36 9,882

183 9.29 7.34 596 226 1.75 4.66 22,514 194 6.28 7.63 793 237 0.23 4.35 9,174

184 9.21 7.22 630 227 1.61 4.60 22,731 195 6.05 7.26 866 238 0.18 4.27 8,378

185 8.74 7.20 685 228 1.50 4.53 22,911 196 6.01 7.20 991 239 0.13 4.25 7,564

186 8.11 7.09 756 229 1.36 4.48 23,107 197 5.79 7.36 1,129 240 -0.01 4.28 6,698

187 7.75 7.32 820 230 1.24 4.39 23,040 198 5.63 7.23 1,227 241 -0.09 4.31 5,961

188 7.25 7.33 898 231 1.09 4.36 22,884 199 5.25 7.26 1,347 242 -0.24 4.35 5,212

189 6.98 7.26 1,005 232 0.97 4.29 22,421 200 5.24 7.25 1,467 243 -0.36 4.38 4,452

190 6.93 7.23 1,102 233 0.85 4.25 21,811 201 5.20 7.07 1,596 244 -0.48 4.35 3,727

191 6.74 7.36 1,203 234 0.77 4.20 20,801 202 5.15 6.73 1,751 245 -0.71 4.36 3,111

192 6.62 7.22 1,331 235 0.66 4.16 19,558 203 4.85 6.68 1,985 246 -1.03 4.41 2,525

193 6.60 7.11 1,508 236 0.55 4.08 18,006 204 4.76 6.51 2,232 247 -1.18 4.41 2,007

194 6.42 6.94 1,697 237 0.45 4.04 16,428 205 4.35 6.37 2,513 248 -1.44 4.55 1,587

195 5.96 6.89 1,872 238 0.33 3.99 14,672 206 3.98 6.43 2,771 249 -1.80 4.69 1,252

196 5.60 6.78 2,099 239 0.20 3.95 12,885 207 3.74 6.44 3,004 250 -1.88 4.67 958

197 5.35 6.67 2,371 240 0.08 3.93 11,134 208 3.45 6.33 3,328 251 -1.97 4.85 702

198 5.05 6.46 2,636 241 -0.03 3.92 9,546 209 3.24 6.17 3,655 252 -2.33 4.97 518

199 4.98 6.50 2,905 242 -0.16 3.89 8,093 210 3.10 6.14 3,993 253 -2.99 4.75 413

200 4.95 6.39 3,224 243 -0.28 3.926 6710 211 3.10 5.97 4,380 254 -3.42 4.83 315

201 4.82 6.25 3,646 244 -0.48 3.966 5470 212 2.98 5.94 4,883

202 4.64 6.20 4,061 245 -0.72 3.999 4444 213 2.90 5.87 5,347

203 4.42 6.23 4,522 246 -0.99 3.929 3565 214 2.89 5.76 5,855

204 4.30 6.11 5,004 247 -1.26 3.951 2773 215 2.89 5.64 6,433

205 4.18 6.09 5,614 248 -1.58 4.00 2,147 216 2.79 5.59 6,995

206 3.91 6.02 6,194 249 -1.95 4.05 1,652 217 2.71 5.50 7,454

207 3.77 5.94 6,787 250 -2.24 4.15 1,247 218 2.66 5.49 7,892

208 3.73 5.81 7,502 251 -2.55 4.31 943 219 2.49 5.47 8,325

209 3.57 5.80 8,310 252 -3.02 4.36 723 220 2.31 5.42 8,682

210 3.50 5.67 9,159 221 2.15 5.34 9,068

211 3.37 5.61 10,000 222 2.07 5.27 9,387

212 3.26 5.53 11,019 223 1.93 5.16 9,724

213 3.12 5.51 12,147 224 1.74 5.07 10,009

214 3.02 5.37 13,299 225 1.69 5.00 10,391

215 2.92 5.31 14,524 226 1.59 4.95 10,633

216 2.86 5.23 15,764 227 1.42 4.86 11,035

217 2.77 5.18 16,969 228 1.26 4.82 11,308

218 2.71 5.14 18,017 229 1.21 4.78 11,539219 2.67 5.09 18,971 230 1.03 4.72 11,497

220 2.58 5.06 19,722 231 0.87 4.64 11,513

221 2.45 5.00 20,424 232 0.78 4.57 11,358

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 9 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.9a

READING Grade 10 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N179 5.19 6.81 104 222 0.86 5.12 3,766 179 9.76 6.81 104 222 1.62 5.12 3,766

180 4.98 6.99 106 223 0.74 5.04 3,865 180 9.37 6.99 106 223 1.39 5.04 3,865

181 4.86 7.18 97 224 0.61 4.91 3,979 181 9.16 7.18 97 224 1.15 4.91 3,979

182 4.43 7.83 111 225 0.56 4.81 4,109 182 8.35 7.83 111 225 1.05 4.81 4,109

183 4.22 7.26 126 226 0.49 4.78 4,231 183 7.95 7.26 126 226 0.92 4.78 4,231

184 3.94 7.90 145 227 0.47 4.80 4,358 184 7.42 7.90 145 227 0.88 4.80 4,358

185 3.76 7.91 157 228 0.41 4.77 4,481 185 7.07 7.91 157 228 0.76 4.77 4,481

186 3.63 7.56 179 229 0.37 4.66 4,547 186 6.83 7.56 179 229 0.70 4.66 4,547

187 3.60 7.19 182 230 0.32 4.57 4,593 187 6.78 7.19 182 230 0.61 4.57 4,593

188 3.58 7.00 195 231 0.28 4.44 4,638 188 6.74 7.00 195 231 0.53 4.44 4,638

189 3.58 6.47 201 232 0.28 4.33 4,567 189 6.74 6.47 201 232 0.53 4.33 4,567

190 3.51 6.29 224 233 0.20 4.28 4,460 190 6.61 6.29 224 233 0.37 4.28 4,460

191 3.20 6.54 245 234 0.19 4.25 4,357 191 6.02 6.54 245 234 0.36 4.25 4,357

192 3.18 6.84 299 235 0.12 4.25 4,203 192 5.99 6.84 299 235 0.23 4.25 4,203

193 3.01 6.86 316 236 0.09 4.21 3,906 193 5.66 6.86 316 236 0.18 4.21 3,906

194 2.69 7.12 341 237 0.01 4.22 3,663 194 5.07 7.12 341 237 0.02 4.22 3,663

195 2.54 7.23 369 238 -0.09 4.18 3,407 195 4.78 7.23 369 238 -0.17 4.18 3,407

196 2.54 7.07 401 239 -0.19 4.13 3,077 196 4.77 7.07 401 239 -0.36 4.13 3,077

197 2.13 6.69 410 240 -0.27 4.05 2,696 197 4.01 6.69 410 240 -0.50 4.05 2,696

198 1.95 6.57 454 241 -0.32 4.09 2,422 198 3.67 6.57 454 241 -0.61 4.09 2,422

199 1.84 6.37 535 242 -0.40 4.01 2,099 199 3.47 6.37 535 242 -0.75 4.01 2,099

200 1.79 6.28 610 243 -0.40 3.87 1765 200 3.37 6.28 610 243 -0.75 3.87 1,765

201 1.79 6.30 652 244 -0.48 3.985 1495 201 3.36 6.30 652 244 -0.91 3.98 1,495

202 1.77 6.40 737 245 -0.54 4.092 1271 202 3.33 6.40 737 245 -1.02 4.09 1,271

203 1.76 6.57 831 246 -0.66 4.023 1039 203 3.32 6.57 831 246 -1.25 4.02 1,039

204 1.76 6.57 895 247 -0.73 4.039 838 204 3.32 6.57 895 247 -1.37 4.04 838

205 1.76 6.59 1,000 248 -0.90 4.2 676 205 3.32 6.59 1,000 248 -1.69 4.20 676

206 1.64 6.49 1,140 249 -0.98 4.06 526 206 3.09 6.49 1,140 249 -1.84 4.06 526

207 1.64 6.44 1,278 250 -1.00 3.88 414 207 3.08 6.44 1,278 250 -1.89 3.88 414

208 1.63 6.29 1,422 251 -1.24 3.95 336 208 3.08 6.29 1,422 251 -2.33 3.95 336

209 1.54 6.18 1,559 209 2.89 6.18 1,559

210 1.45 6.08 1,677 210 2.72 6.08 1,677

211 1.34 5.99 1,855 211 2.53 5.99 1,855

212 1.24 5.83 1,976 212 2.34 5.83 1,976

213 1.20 5.76 2,164 213 2.26 5.76 2,164

214 1.20 5.63 2,370 214 2.26 5.63 2,370

215 1.20 5.55 2,583 215 2.26 5.55 2,583

216 1.20 5.42 2,772 216 2.25 5.42 2,772

217 1.18 5.36 3,009 217 2.22 5.36 3,009

218 1.15 5.27 3,207 218 2.16 5.27 3,207219 1.13 5.33 3,377 219 2.12 5.33 3,377

220 1.10 5.26 3,524 220 2.08 5.26 3,524

221 0.97 5.22 3,644 221 1.83 5.22 3,644

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 10 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.9b

READING Grade 10 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around Growth

Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N

179 10.98 6.81 104 222 1.82 5.12 3,766 192 6.35 8.58 104 235 -0.49 4.59 2,088

180 10.54 6.99 106 223 1.56 5.04 3,865 193 7.81 8.83 114 236 -0.80 4.49 1,995

181 10.30 7.18 97 224 1.30 4.91 3,979 194 6.65 7.85 121 237 -0.98 4.31 1,944

182 9.39 7.83 111 225 1.18 4.81 4,109 195 7.22 7.22 125 238 -1.14 4.26 1,869

183 8.94 7.26 126 226 1.03 4.78 4,231 196 6.66 6.83 137 239 -1.15 4.15 1,789

184 8.35 7.90 145 227 0.99 4.80 4,358 197 6.52 6.67 172 240 -1.37 4.05 1,672

185 7.95 7.91 157 228 0.86 4.77 4,481 198 6.37 6.51 188 241 -1.38 4.00 1,474

186 7.69 7.56 179 229 0.78 4.66 4,547 199 6.11 6.77 208 242 -1.38 4.09 1,297

187 7.63 7.19 182 230 0.68 4.57 4,593 200 6.03 7.12 229 243 -1.42 3.99 1,115

188 7.59 7.00 195 231 0.60 4.44 4,638 201 6.13 7.05 262 244 -1.50 3.89 921

189 7.58 6.47 201 232 0.60 4.33 4,567 202 5.58 6.99 280 245 -1.71 3.90 758

190 7.43 6.29 224 233 0.42 4.28 4,460 203 5.51 6.97 329 246 -1.75 3.94 648 191 6.77 6.54 245 234 0.41 4.25 4,357 204 5.06 6.81 355 247 -1.94 4.01 524

192 6.74 6.84 299 235 0.26 4.25 4,203 205 4.70 6.40 396 248 -1.96 4.17 421

193 6.37 6.86 316 236 0.20 4.21 3,906 206 4.18 6.32 438 249 -1.97 4.30 332

194 5.70 7.12 341 237 0.02 4.22 3,663 207 4.02 6.42 487

195 5.37 7.23 369 238 -0.19 4.18 3,407 208 3.99 6.42 526

196 5.37 7.07 401 239 -0.40 4.13 3,077 209 3.51 6.31 576

197 4.51 6.69 410 240 -0.56 4.05 2,696 210 2.92 6.32 625

198 4.13 6.57 454 241 -0.68 4.09 2,422 211 2.84 6.12 680

199 3.91 6.37 535 242 -0.84 4.01 2,099 212 2.62 5.91 763

200 3.79 6.28 610 243 -0.85 3.87 1765 213 2.55 5.70 827

201 3.78 6.30 652 244 -1.02 3.985 1495 214 2.54 5.64 913

202 3.75 6.40 737 245 -1.15 4.092 1271 215 2.36 5.63 1,022

203 3.74 6.57 831 246 -1.41 4.023 1039 216 2.17 5.61 1,119204 3.74 6.57 895 247 -1.54 4.04 838 217 2.02 5.59 1,163

205 3.74 6.59 1,000 248 -1.90 4.2 676 218 1.95 5.42 1,268

206 3.48 6.49 1,140 249 -2.07 4.06 526 219 1.92 5.48 1,355

207 3.46 6.44 1,278 250 -2.12 3.88 414 220 1.90 5.31 1,415

208 3.46 6.29 1,422 251 -2.62 3.95 336 221 1.90 5.23 1,501

209 3.25 6.18 1,559 222 1.82 5.00 1,606

210 3.06 6.08 1,677 223 1.47 5.05 1,690

211 2.85 5.99 1,855 224 1.26 4.87 1,760

212 2.63 5.83 1,976 225 0.92 4.87 1,819

213 2.55 5.76 2,164 226 0.80 4.82 1,836

214 2.54 5.63 2,370 227 0.49 4.82 1,896

215 2.54 5.55 2,583 228 0.35 4.69 1,936

216 2.54 5.42 2,772 229 0.34 4.65 2,029

217 2.50 5.36 3,009 230 0.26 4.66 2,114

218 2.43 5.27 3,207 231 0.09 4.64 2,232

219 2.39 5.33 3,377 232 0.04 4.60 2,236

220 2.34 5.26 3,524 233 -0.14 4.65 2,237

221 2.06 5.22 3,644 234 -0.44 4.65 2,172

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Table 5.10a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 2 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N162 10.73 6.80 6,427 205 4.02 5.00 6,247 162 18.53 6.80 6,427 205 7.30 5.00 6,247

163 10.50 6.85 9,471 206 3.86 5.09 5,273 163 18.20 6.85 9,471 206 7.03 5.09 5,273

164 10.32 6.85 12,598 207 3.73 5.02 4,453 164 17.93 6.85 12,598 207 6.81 5.02 4,453

165 10.18 6.84 15,185 208 3.60 4.87 3,704 165 17.70 6.84 15,185 208 6.58 4.87 3,704

166 10.01 6.81 17,150 209 3.48 4.86 3,016 166 17.44 6.81 17,150 209 6.36 4.86 3,016

167 9.85 6.80 18,413 210 3.26 4.82 2,488 167 17.18 6.80 18,413 210 6.01 4.82 2,488

168 9.70 6.73 19,024 211 3.17 4.98 2,039 168 16.93 6.73 19,024 211 5.84 4.98 2,039

169 9.52 6.70 19,302 212 3.01 5.03 1,660 169 16.64 6.70 19,302 212 5.57 5.03 1,660

170 9.36 6.66 19,465 213 2.87 5.08 1,338 170 16.37 6.66 19,465 213 5.32 5.08 1,338

171 9.18 6.63 19,520 214 2.41 4.40 1,017 171 16.06 6.63 19,520 214 4.55 4.40 1,017

172 8.98 6.57 19,393 172 15.73 6.57 19,393

173 8.80 6.54 19,506 173 15.42 6.54 19,506

174 8.60 6.47 19,631 174 15.11 6.47 19,631

175 8.39 6.40 19,818 175 14.75 6.40 19,818

176 8.22 6.31 20,071 176 14.46 6.31 20,071

177 8.06 6.13 20,567 177 14.18 6.13 20,567

178 7.88 6.07 20,922 178 13.88 6.07 20,922

179 7.72 6.15 21,438 179 13.61 6.15 21,438

180 7.56 6.11 21,989 180 13.34 6.11 21,989

181 7.38 6.06 22,608 181 13.04 6.06 22,608

182 7.20 6.01 23,144 182 12.72 6.01 23,144

183 7.07 5.94 23,650 183 12.50 5.94 23,650

184 6.91 5.89 23,910 184 12.24 5.89 23,910

185 6.80 5.68 24,068 185 12.04 5.68 24,068

186 6.69 5.75 23,889 186 11.86 5.75 23,889

187 6.57 5.68 23,537 187 11.65 5.68 23,537

188 6.43 5.63 23,139 188 11.41 5.63 23,139

189 6.29 5.58 22,619 189 11.17 5.58 22,619

190 6.13 5.54 21,903 190 10.90 5.54 21,903

191 5.98 5.48 21,106 191 10.65 5.48 21,106

192 5.84 5.34 20,172 192 10.41 5.34 20,172

193 5.69 5.30 19,144 193 10.17 5.30 19,144

194 5.55 5.24 17,904 194 9.92 5.24 17,904

195 5.42 5.29 16,769 195 9.70 5.29 16,769

196 5.27 5.17 15,700 196 9.44 5.17 15,700

197 5.13 5.17 14,601 197 9.19 5.17 14,601

198 4.99 5.12 13,457 198 8.95 5.12 13,457

199 4.84 5.19 12,536 199 8.70 5.19 12,536

200 4.70 5.18 11,480 200 8.45 5.18 11,480

201 4.56 5.15 10,412 201 8.22 5.15 10,412202 4.42 5.10 9,337 202 7.98 5.10 9,337

203 4.30 5.11 8,316 203 7.77 5.11 8,316

204 4.14 5.12 7,275 204 7.51 5.12 7,275

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 2 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.10b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 2 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N162 20.35 6.80 6,427 205 8.13 5.00 6,247 164 16.38 7.20 2,293 207 6.83 5.31 17,450

163 20.00 6.85 9,471 206 7.84 5.09 5,273 165 16.15 7.22 3,327 208 6.63 5.27 15,625

164 19.72 6.85 12,598 207 7.60 5.02 4,453 166 15.98 7.11 4,381 209 6.38 5.13 13,974

165 19.48 6.84 15,185 208 7.34 4.87 3,704 167 15.80 7.05 5,355 210 6.24 5.12 12,367

166 19.20 6.81 17,150 209 7.10 4.86 3,016 168 15.67 6.98 6,279 211 5.98 5.19 10,849

167 18.92 6.80 18,413 210 6.72 4.82 2,488 169 15.41 6.95 6,995 212 5.75 5.02 9,473

168 18.65 6.73 19,024 211 6.53 4.98 2,039 170 15.20 6.89 7,661 213 5.50 5.15 8,243

169 18.33 6.70 19,302 212 6.24 5.03 1,660 171 14.88 6.84 8,281 214 5.36 5.01 7,054

170 18.04 6.66 19,465 213 5.97 5.08 1,338 172 14.59 6.82 8,878 215 5.12 4.98 5,936

171 17.70 6.63 19,520 214 5.11 4.40 1,017 173 14.27 6.81 9,399 216 4.65 4.56 4,994

172 17.35 6.57 19,393 174 14.00 6.74 10,120 217 4.48 4.58 4,109

173 17.01 6.54 19,506 175 13.62 6.69 10,715 218 4.39 4.57 3,340

174 16.67 6.47 19,631 176 13.37 6.51 11,417 219 4.24 4.55 2,678

175 16.29 6.40 19,818 177 13.13 6.52 12,320 220 4.14 4.55 2,161

176 15.96 6.31 20,071 178 12.78 6.44 13,241 221 4.08 4.55 1,688

177 15.66 6.13 20,567 179 12.43 6.42 14,202 222 4.04 4.41 1,275

178 15.34 6.07 20,922 180 12.23 6.53 15,385 223 3.85 4.47 971

179 15.04 6.15 21,438 181 11.99 6.49 16,821

180 14.74 6.11 21,989 182 11.64 6.46 18,150

181 14.41 6.06 22,608 183 11.48 6.34 19,518

182 14.07 6.01 23,144 184 11.35 6.37 20,857

183 13.82 5.94 23,650 185 11.13 6.19 22,125

184 13.53 5.89 23,910 186 10.92 6.27 23,219

185 13.31 5.68 24,068 187 10.78 6.21 24,423

186 13.12 5.75 23,889 188 10.58 6.17 25,396

187 12.90 5.68 23,537 189 10.32 6.13 26,330

188 12.63 5.63 23,139 190 10.11 6.08 27,030

189 12.37 5.58 22,619 191 9.90 6.03 27,580

190 12.08 5.54 21,903 192 9.69 5.96 27,842

191 11.80 5.48 21,106 193 9.47 5.90 28,145

192 11.54 5.34 20,172 194 9.31 5.86 28,234

193 11.27 5.30 19,144 195 9.11 5.84 28,407

194 11.00 5.24 17,904 196 8.92 5.78 28,387

195 10.75 5.29 16,769 197 8.70 5.75 28,381

196 10.47 5.17 15,700 198 8.50 5.58 28,074

197 10.20 5.17 14,601 199 8.28 5.53 27,612

198 9.94 5.12 13,457 200 8.09 5.60 27,027

199 9.66 5.19 12,536 201 7.90 5.46 26,163

200 9.39 5.18 11,480 202 7.71 5.52 25,042

201 9.13 5.15 10,412 203 7.55 5.46 23,897202 8.87 5.10 9,337 204 7.38 5.42 22,527

203 8.65 5.11 8,316 205 7.16 5.36 20,888

204 8.36 5.12 7,275 206 6.98 5.34 19,217

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 2 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.11a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 3 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N164 9.23 7.56 2,740 207 3.35 4.97 33,710 164 16.00 7.56 2,740 207 6.06 4.97 33,710

165 9.01 7.58 3,869 208 3.25 4.93 30,905 165 15.63 7.58 3,869 208 5.89 4.93 30,905

166 8.78 7.54 5,036 209 3.16 4.80 28,184 166 15.27 7.54 5,036 209 5.73 4.80 28,184

167 8.62 7.45 6,279 210 3.04 4.86 25,318 167 15.00 7.45 6,279 210 5.53 4.86 25,318

168 8.43 7.41 7,412 211 2.93 4.81 22,527 168 14.70 7.41 7,412 211 5.35 4.81 22,527

169 8.24 7.35 8,512 212 2.83 4.77 19,903 169 14.37 7.35 8,512 212 5.17 4.77 19,903

170 8.06 7.35 9,353 213 2.72 4.73 17,415 170 14.07 7.35 9,353 213 4.98 4.73 17,415

171 7.91 7.28 10,312 214 2.60 4.70 14,984 171 13.81 7.28 10,312 214 4.78 4.70 14,984

172 7.75 7.23 11,146 215 2.50 4.64 12,815 172 13.55 7.23 11,146 215 4.60 4.64 12,815

173 7.60 7.19 11,963 216 2.38 4.61 10,884 173 13.29 7.19 11,963 216 4.41 4.61 10,884

174 7.43 7.13 12,768 217 2.24 4.49 9,086 174 13.00 7.13 12,768 217 4.18 4.49 9,086

175 7.26 7.03 13,825 218 1.96 3.98 7,510 175 12.72 7.03 13,825 218 3.70 3.98 7,510

176 7.09 6.96 14,873 219 1.92 3.91 6,163 176 12.42 6.96 14,873 219 3.61 3.91 6,163

177 6.91 6.90 16,041 220 1.85 3.90 4,925 177 12.13 6.90 16,041 220 3.48 3.90 4,925

178 6.73 6.83 17,460 221 1.80 3.87 3,904 178 11.83 6.83 17,460 221 3.38 3.87 3,904

179 6.61 6.74 18,989 222 1.73 3.84 3,015 179 11.62 6.74 18,989 222 3.25 3.84 3,015

180 6.47 6.67 20,612 223 1.64 3.86 2,290 180 11.38 6.67 20,612 223 3.08 3.86 2,290

181 6.32 6.57 22,348 224 1.53 3.89 1,667 181 11.12 6.57 22,348 224 2.88 3.89 1,667

182 6.14 6.50 24,264 182 10.83 6.50 24,264

183 6.01 6.42 26,229 183 10.61 6.42 26,229

184 5.87 6.36 28,327 184 10.36 6.36 28,327

185 5.74 6.28 30,552 185 10.15 6.28 30,552

186 5.61 6.19 32,694 186 9.93 6.19 32,694

187 5.49 6.12 34,684 187 9.72 6.12 34,684

188 5.36 5.92 36,680 188 9.51 5.92 36,680

189 5.22 5.85 38,382 189 9.28 5.85 38,382

190 5.11 5.91 39,781 190 9.08 5.91 39,781

191 5.01 5.73 41,078 191 8.91 5.73 41,078

192 4.90 5.66 42,241 192 8.72 5.66 42,241

193 4.78 5.58 43,194 193 8.51 5.58 43,194

194 4.67 5.53 43,890 194 8.34 5.53 43,890

195 4.56 5.60 44,558 195 8.14 5.60 44,558

196 4.44 5.43 44,982 196 7.94 5.43 44,982

197 4.34 5.38 45,459 197 7.76 5.38 45,459

198 4.23 5.46 45,695 198 7.59 5.46 45,695

199 4.12 5.39 46,036 199 7.40 5.39 46,036

200 4.02 5.35 45,828 200 7.22 5.35 45,828

201 3.94 5.29 45,486 201 7.08 5.29 45,486

202 3.84 5.24 44,535 202 6.90 5.24 44,535

203 3.74 5.18 43,102 203 6.73 5.18 43,102204 3.65 5.11 41,103 204 6.58 5.11 41,103

205 3.55 5.06 39,047 205 6.41 5.06 39,047

206 3.44 5.02 36,465 206 6.22 5.02 36,465

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.11b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 3 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N164 17.58 7.56 2,740 207 6.75 4.97 33,710 166 15.04 7.69 1,362 209 5.59 5.27 37,666

165 17.19 7.58 3,869 208 6.56 4.93 30,905 167 14.50 7.61 1,767 210 5.44 5.21 36,071

166 16.81 7.54 5,036 209 6.38 4.80 28,184 168 14.14 7.60 2,155 211 5.26 5.17 34,213

167 16.51 7.45 6,279 210 6.16 4.86 25,318 169 13.92 7.59 2,455 212 5.09 5.12 32,483

168 16.18 7.41 7,412 211 5.97 4.81 22,527 170 13.59 7.65 2,799 213 4.91 4.98 30,428

169 15.82 7.35 8,512 212 5.77 4.77 19,903 171 13.37 7.56 3,245 214 4.74 4.93 28,230

170 15.50 7.35 9,353 213 5.56 4.73 17,415 172 13.29 7.54 3,644 215 4.58 5.01 26,053

171 15.21 7.28 10,312 214 5.34 4.70 14,984 173 13.18 7.48 4,053 216 4.46 4.84 23,845

172 14.92 7.23 11,146 215 5.15 4.64 12,815 174 12.89 7.42 4,493 217 4.30 4.90 21,523

173 14.65 7.19 11,963 216 4.94 4.61 10,884 175 12.60 7.34 4,989 218 4.12 4.86 19,131

174 14.33 7.13 12,768 217 4.69 4.49 9,086 176 12.34 7.32 5,476 219 3.80 4.30 16,884

175 14.02 7.03 13,825 218 4.16 3.98 7,510 177 11.93 7.28 6,015 220 3.70 4.26 14,521

176 13.70 6.96 14,873 219 4.06 3.91 6,163 178 11.62 7.21 6,524 221 3.61 4.24 12,336

177 13.38 6.90 16,041 220 3.91 3.90 4,925 179 11.42 7.19 7,181 222 3.51 4.22 10,183

178 13.05 6.83 17,460 221 3.81 3.87 3,904 180 11.19 7.11 7,983 223 3.40 4.18 8,327

179 12.82 6.74 18,989 222 3.66 3.84 3,015 181 10.89 7.03 8,830 224 3.32 4.17 6,609

180 12.57 6.67 20,612 223 3.47 3.86 2,290 182 10.61 6.94 9,752 225 3.24 4.19 5,285

181 12.28 6.57 22,348 224 3.24 3.89 1,667 183 10.35 6.92 10,831 226 3.12 4.20 4,118

182 11.96 6.50 24,264 184 10.03 6.85 12,033 227 3.00 4.24 3,140

183 11.72 6.42 26,229 185 9.79 6.67 13,223 228 2.98 4.27 2,386

184 11.45 6.36 28,327 186 9.59 6.77 14,552 229 2.87 4.30 1,765

185 11.22 6.28 30,552 187 9.42 6.69 15,955 230 2.71 4.28 1,254

186 10.98 6.19 32,694 188 9.19 6.60 17,456

187 10.75 6.12 34,684 189 9.06 6.51 18,918

188 10.52 5.92 36,680 190 8.81 6.43 20,638

189 10.27 5.85 38,382 191 8.56 6.36 22,292

190 10.05 5.91 39,781 192 8.35 6.29 23,967

191 9.87 5.73 41,078 193 8.18 6.23 25,776

192 9.66 5.66 42,241 194 7.97 6.17 27,480

193 9.44 5.58 43,194 195 7.77 6.11 29,065

194 9.24 5.53 43,890 196 7.59 6.06 30,601

195 9.03 5.60 44,558 197 7.42 5.98 32,592

196 8.80 5.43 44,982 198 7.27 5.91 34,220

197 8.61 5.38 45,459 199 7.06 5.87 35,984

198 8.42 5.46 45,695 200 6.92 5.80 37,685

199 8.22 5.39 46,036 201 6.78 5.75 39,257

200 8.02 5.35 45,828 202 6.60 5.69 40,214

201 7.86 5.29 45,486 203 6.42 5.64 41,213

202 7.67 5.24 44,535 204 6.30 5.55 41,537

203 7.48 5.18 43,102 205 6.13 5.49 41,423204 7.31 5.11 41,103 206 5.99 5.43 41,026

205 7.13 5.06 39,047 207 5.87 5.26 40,118

206 6.92 5.02 36,465 208 5.74 5.32 38,908

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.12a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 4 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N166 8.32 8.26 1,677 209 2.85 5.04 50,095 166 14.38 8.26 1,677 209 5.14 5.04 50,095

167 8.23 8.27 2,146 210 2.77 4.86 48,174 167 14.20 8.27 2,146 210 5.00 4.86 48,174

168 8.00 8.24 2,591 211 2.68 4.93 46,037 168 13.84 8.24 2,591 211 4.84 4.93 46,037

169 7.96 8.18 2,984 212 2.60 4.87 43,571 169 13.75 8.18 2,984 212 4.70 4.87 43,571

170 7.78 8.12 3,445 213 2.50 4.81 40,997 170 13.45 8.12 3,445 213 4.54 4.81 40,997

171 7.67 8.03 3,854 214 2.40 4.75 38,478 171 13.27 8.03 3,854 214 4.37 4.75 38,478

172 7.49 7.94 4,235 215 2.32 4.69 35,700 172 12.97 7.94 4,235 215 4.22 4.69 35,700

173 7.28 7.89 4,637 216 2.22 4.65 32,923 173 12.62 7.89 4,637 216 4.07 4.65 32,923

174 7.00 7.87 5,077 217 2.11 4.61 30,110 174 12.15 7.87 5,077 217 3.87 4.61 30,110

175 6.81 7.84 5,519 218 2.01 4.57 27,004 175 11.84 7.84 5,519 218 3.72 4.57 27,004

176 6.62 7.74 6,062 219 1.92 4.53 23,793 176 11.51 7.74 6,062 219 3.55 4.53 23,793

177 6.43 7.65 6,588 220 1.81 4.48 20,736 177 11.19 7.65 6,588 220 3.37 4.48 20,736

178 6.30 7.52 7,235 221 1.59 3.89 17,703 178 10.97 7.52 7,235 221 3.00 3.89 17,703

179 6.15 7.42 8,023 222 1.55 3.85 14,836 179 10.73 7.42 8,023 222 2.92 3.85 14,836

180 5.95 7.31 8,783 223 1.51 3.81 12,289 180 10.39 7.31 8,783 223 2.83 3.81 12,289

181 5.79 7.23 9,708 224 1.45 3.79 9,898 181 10.12 7.23 9,708 224 2.74 3.79 9,898

182 5.63 7.15 10,933 225 1.40 3.76 7,848 182 9.86 7.15 10,933 225 2.63 3.76 7,848

183 5.49 7.09 12,074 226 1.35 3.73 6,160 183 9.62 7.09 12,074 226 2.55 3.73 6,160

184 5.34 6.97 13,300 227 1.33 3.70 4,823 184 9.37 6.97 13,300 227 2.50 3.70 4,823

185 5.23 6.86 14,702 228 1.29 3.68 3,681 185 9.18 6.86 14,702 228 2.42 3.68 3,681

186 5.12 6.77 16,344 229 1.23 3.70 2,785 186 8.99 6.77 16,344 229 2.32 3.70 2,785

187 5.04 6.68 17,957 230 1.20 3.71 2,075 187 8.85 6.68 17,957 230 2.26 3.71 2,075

188 4.92 6.58 19,635 231 1.11 3.68 1,501 188 8.64 6.58 19,635 231 2.09 3.68 1,501

189 4.83 6.49 21,494 189 8.49 6.49 21,494

190 4.71 6.38 23,398 190 8.29 6.38 23,398

191 4.58 6.15 25,302 191 8.08 6.15 25,302

192 4.44 6.07 27,171 192 7.85 6.07 27,171

193 4.32 5.99 29,299 193 7.64 5.99 29,299

194 4.19 6.07 31,439 194 7.41 6.07 31,439

195 4.08 6.01 33,620 195 7.23 6.01 33,620

196 3.95 5.94 35,883 196 7.01 5.94 35,883

197 3.85 5.86 38,356 197 6.84 5.86 38,356

198 3.76 5.66 40,690 198 6.68 5.66 40,690

199 3.66 5.71 43,228 199 6.51 5.71 43,228

200 3.57 5.64 45,736 200 6.36 5.64 45,736

201 3.48 5.57 47,954 201 6.22 5.57 47,954

202 3.39 5.38 49,999 202 6.06 5.38 49,999

203 3.31 5.32 51,914 203 5.92 5.32 51,914

204 3.25 5.25 53,135 204 5.81 5.25 53,135

205 3.17 5.31 53,725 205 5.68 5.31 53,725206 3.10 5.25 53,620 206 5.56 5.25 53,620

207 3.02 5.16 52,908 207 5.42 5.16 52,908

208 2.94 4.97 51,719 208 5.28 4.97 51,719

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.12b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 4 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N166 15.79 8.26 1,677 209 5.71 5.04 50,095 167 13.55 8.78 797 210 4.66 5.41 42,644

167 15.59 8.27 2,146 210 5.56 4.86 48,174 168 13.37 8.54 947 211 4.53 5.35 42,927

168 15.20 8.24 2,591 211 5.39 4.93 46,037 169 13.19 8.46 1,079 212 4.41 5.26 42,673

169 15.09 8.18 2,984 212 5.24 4.87 43,571 170 12.70 8.45 1,282 213 4.24 5.20 42,243

170 14.77 8.12 3,445 213 5.06 4.81 40,997 171 12.57 8.24 1,450 214 4.11 5.15 41,678

171 14.57 8.03 3,854 214 4.87 4.75 38,478 172 12.12 8.21 1,637 215 3.98 5.10 40,767

172 14.25 7.94 4,235 215 4.71 4.69 35,700 173 11.84 8.30 1,813 216 3.85 5.06 39,466

173 13.87 7.89 4,637 216 4.54 4.65 32,923 174 11.62 8.25 2,003 217 3.72 4.90 38,025

174 13.36 7.87 5,077 217 4.33 4.61 30,110 175 11.21 8.12 2,220 218 3.63 4.84 36,216

175 13.02 7.84 5,519 218 4.16 4.57 27,004 176 10.96 8.10 2,433 219 3.50 4.91 34,030

176 12.66 7.74 6,062 219 3.98 4.53 23,793 177 10.70 8.06 2,646 220 3.34 4.74 31,488

177 12.31 7.65 6,588 220 3.78 4.48 20,736 178 10.38 7.93 2,923 221 3.07 4.26 28,809

178 12.07 7.52 7,235 221 3.38 3.89 17,703 179 10.11 7.83 3,278 222 2.98 4.23 25,926

179 11.81 7.42 8,023 222 3.29 3.85 14,836 180 9.86 7.77 3,546 223 2.91 4.19 22,958

180 11.45 7.31 8,783 223 3.19 3.81 12,289 181 9.54 7.71 3,967 224 2.86 4.16 20,000

181 11.15 7.23 9,708 224 3.08 3.79 9,898 182 9.46 7.56 4,490 225 2.79 4.14 17,130

182 10.87 7.15 10,933 225 2.96 3.76 7,848 183 9.32 7.48 5,027 226 2.71 4.11 14,314

183 10.61 7.09 12,074 226 2.87 3.73 6,160 184 9.14 7.39 5,666 227 2.66 4.07 11,738

184 10.33 6.97 13,300 227 2.81 3.70 4,823 185 8.96 7.30 6,358 228 2.56 4.07 9,439

185 10.12 6.86 14,702 228 2.72 3.68 3,681 186 8.73 7.26 7,040 229 2.49 4.06 7,507

186 9.92 6.77 16,344 229 2.61 3.70 2,785 187 8.46 7.23 7,818 230 2.41 4.04 5,883

187 9.76 6.68 17,957 230 2.54 3.71 2,075 188 8.15 7.17 8,574 231 2.31 4.06 4,562

188 9.54 6.58 19,635 231 2.35 3.68 1,501 189 7.90 7.11 9,465 232 2.22 4.06 3,482

189 9.38 6.49 21,494 190 7.70 7.03 10,545 233 2.19 4.04 2,618

190 9.15 6.38 23,398 191 7.58 6.90 11,778 234 2.12 4.12 1,901

191 8.93 6.15 25,302 192 7.35 6.80 13,054 235 2.08 4.10 1,359

192 8.67 6.07 27,171 193 7.22 6.72 14,536 236 2.08 4.10 934

193 8.44 5.99 29,299 194 7.03 6.60 15,829

194 8.20 6.07 31,439 195 6.84 6.51 17,360

195 7.99 6.01 33,620 196 6.63 6.43 18,953

196 7.76 5.94 35,883 197 6.45 6.33 20,736

197 7.57 5.86 38,356 198 6.26 6.11 22,683

198 7.39 5.66 40,690 199 6.08 6.17 24,844

199 7.21 5.71 43,228 200 5.92 6.12 27,098

200 7.05 5.64 45,736 201 5.79 6.04 29,577

201 6.89 5.57 47,954 202 5.64 5.96 31,844

202 6.72 5.38 49,999 203 5.51 5.87 34,131

203 6.57 5.32 51,914 204 5.43 5.67 36,276

204 6.45 5.25 53,135 205 5.30 5.72 38,160

205 6.31 5.31 53,725 206 5.15 5.65 39,503206 6.17 5.25 53,620 207 5.02 5.61 40,844

207 6.02 5.16 52,908 208 4.91 5.55 41,755

208 5.87 4.97 51,719 209 4.78 5.47 42,331

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.13a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 5 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N166 8.09 8.59 817 209 2.50 5.17 53,735 166 13.89 8.59 817 209 4.46 5.17 53,735

167 7.86 8.58 1,062 210 2.43 5.21 54,436 167 13.46 8.58 1,062 210 4.34 5.21 54,436

168 7.74 8.63 1,276 211 2.37 5.02 54,758 168 13.26 8.63 1,276 211 4.24 5.02 54,758

169 7.63 8.46 1,510 212 2.29 5.06 55,046 169 13.06 8.46 1,510 212 4.11 5.06 55,046

170 7.36 8.39 1,697 213 2.22 4.87 54,807 170 12.62 8.39 1,697 213 4.00 4.87 54,807

171 7.28 8.44 1,875 214 2.14 4.81 54,257 171 12.46 8.44 1,875 214 3.86 4.81 54,257

172 7.07 8.39 2,017 215 2.06 4.86 53,367 172 12.14 8.39 2,017 215 3.73 4.86 53,367

173 6.80 8.33 2,161 216 1.97 4.79 51,935 173 11.70 8.33 2,161 216 3.59 4.79 51,935

174 6.56 8.33 2,342 217 1.88 4.72 50,146 174 11.32 8.33 2,342 217 3.43 4.72 50,146

175 6.41 8.28 2,594 218 1.79 4.56 47,996 175 11.08 8.28 2,594 218 3.28 4.56 47,996

176 6.17 8.16 2,825 219 1.70 4.51 45,489 176 10.69 8.16 2,825 219 3.14 4.51 45,489

177 6.05 8.10 3,144 220 1.61 4.46 42,488 177 10.47 8.10 3,144 220 2.99 4.46 42,488

178 5.90 8.04 3,477 221 1.52 4.51 39,180 178 10.20 8.04 3,477 221 2.83 4.51 39,180

179 5.73 8.03 3,870 222 1.37 3.90 35,200 179 9.91 8.03 3,870 222 2.59 3.90 35,200

180 5.55 7.97 4,224 223 1.34 3.86 31,459 180 9.58 7.97 4,224 223 2.52 3.86 31,459

181 5.50 7.86 4,738 224 1.30 3.83 27,518 181 9.50 7.86 4,738 224 2.45 3.83 27,518

182 5.30 7.77 5,264 225 1.27 3.80 23,860 182 9.18 7.77 5,264 225 2.39 3.80 23,860

183 5.17 7.63 5,924 226 1.23 3.75 20,331 183 8.96 7.63 5,924 226 2.31 3.75 20,331

184 4.98 7.51 6,594 227 1.19 3.74 17,182 184 8.64 7.51 6,594 227 2.23 3.74 17,182

185 4.86 7.36 7,324 228 1.14 3.72 14,206 185 8.45 7.36 7,324 228 2.15 3.72 14,206

186 4.69 7.33 8,004 229 1.10 3.70 11,562 186 8.16 7.33 8,004 229 2.08 3.70 11,562

187 4.57 7.20 8,913 230 1.06 3.68 9192 187 7.95 7.20 8,913 230 1.99 3.68 9,192

188 4.39 7.15 9,819 231 1.05 3.69 7099 188 7.66 7.15 9,819 231 1.97 3.69 7,099

189 4.29 7.03 10,816 232 1.01 3.70 5,385 189 7.48 7.03 10,816 232 1.90 3.70 5,385

190 4.24 6.94 12,005 233 0.99 3.66 3,952 190 7.40 6.94 12,005 233 1.87 3.66 3,952

191 4.14 6.64 13,531 234 0.97 3.64 2,899 191 7.23 6.64 13,531 234 1.83 3.64 2,899

192 4.05 6.55 14,909 235 0.97 3.69 2,014 192 7.08 6.55 14,909 235 1.83 3.69 2,014

193 3.97 6.57 16,467 236 0.96 3.73 1,453 193 6.93 6.57 16,467 236 1.80 3.73 1,453

194 3.86 6.34 18,169 194 6.75 6.34 18,169

195 3.70 6.26 20,078 195 6.48 6.26 20,078

196 3.57 6.18 22,056 196 6.26 6.18 22,056

197 3.45 6.26 24,309 197 6.07 6.26 24,309

198 3.35 6.14 26,934 198 5.89 6.14 26,934

199 3.25 6.07 29,773 199 5.73 6.07 29,773

200 3.17 5.83 32,401 200 5.59 5.83 32,401

201 3.09 5.75 35,270 201 5.46 5.75 35,270

202 3.00 5.67 38,157 202 5.30 5.67 38,157

203 2.92 5.72 41,018 203 5.17 5.72 41,018

204 2.84 5.50 43,721 204 5.04 5.50 43,721

205 2.77 5.44 46,528 205 4.91 5.44 46,528206 2.69 5.37 49,033 206 4.78 5.37 49,033

207 2.62 5.30 51,187 207 4.67 5.30 51,187

208 2.56 5.23 52,680 208 4.56 5.23 52,680

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.13b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 5 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N166 15.22 8.59 817 209 4.94 5.17 53,735 170 11.34 8.67 694 213 3.47 5.45 43,635

167 14.75 8.58 1,062 210 4.82 5.21 54,436 171 11.12 8.29 755 214 3.32 5.37 44,646

168 14.52 8.63 1,276 211 4.70 5.02 54,758 172 10.98 8.39 812 215 3.20 5.29 45,804

169 14.30 8.46 1,510 212 4.56 5.06 55,046 173 10.98 8.19 901 216 3.18 5.21 46,593

170 13.82 8.39 1,697 213 4.44 4.87 54,807 174 10.85 7.99 961 217 3.03 5.01 46,763

171 13.65 8.44 1,875 214 4.29 4.81 54,257 175 10.41 8.03 1,090 218 2.86 4.94 46,314

172 13.31 8.39 2,017 215 4.15 4.86 53,367 176 9.85 8.15 1,238 219 2.73 4.43 45,661

173 12.83 8.33 2,161 216 3.99 4.79 51,935 177 9.50 8.10 1,397 220 2.67 4.36 44,526

174 12.43 8.33 2,342 217 3.83 4.72 50,146 178 9.03 8.18 1,506 221 2.64 4.31 42,619

175 12.17 8.28 2,594 218 3.66 4.56 47,996 179 8.72 8.24 1,693 222 2.58 4.27 40,468

176 11.75 8.16 2,825 219 3.51 4.51 45,489 180 8.50 8.17 1,843 223 2.53 4.24 37,919

177 11.50 8.10 3,144 220 3.35 4.46 42,488 181 8.35 8.06 2,028 224 2.48 4.20 34,923

178 11.20 8.04 3,477 221 3.17 4.51 39,180 182 8.06 7.97 2,239 225 2.43 4.15 31,687

179 10.88 8.03 3,870 222 2.91 3.90 35,200 183 7.95 7.86 2,517 226 2.36 4.11 28,304

180 10.52 7.97 4,224 223 2.83 3.86 31,459 184 7.86 7.80 2,817 227 2.29 4.06 25,006

181 10.42 7.86 4,738 224 2.76 3.83 27,518 185 7.64 7.73 3,216 228 2.22 4.03 21,649

182 10.08 7.77 5,264 225 2.69 3.80 23,860 186 7.53 7.68 3,593 229 2.17 4.00 18,419

183 9.85 7.63 5,924 226 2.60 3.75 20,331 187 7.25 7.60 4,070 230 2.08 3.97 15,376

184 9.50 7.51 6,594 227 2.51 3.74 17,182 188 7.20 7.53 4,534 231 2.02 3.96 12,782

185 9.29 7.36 7,324 228 2.41 3.72 14,206 189 7.19 7.46 5,104 232 1.96 3.95 10,241

186 8.98 7.33 8,004 229 2.34 3.70 11,562 190 6.97 7.36 5,670 233 1.90 3.96 8,135

187 8.75 7.20 8,913 230 2.24 3.68 9192 191 6.78 7.27 6,318 234 1.85 3.97 6,332

188 8.44 7.15 9,819 231 2.22 3.69 7099 192 6.58 7.22 6,993 235 1.85 4.01 4,845

189 8.24 7.03 10,816 232 2.14 3.70 5,385 193 6.23 7.16 7,807 236 1.83 4.06 3,526

190 8.15 6.94 12,005 233 2.10 3.66 3,952 194 5.92 7.06 8,727 237 1.83 4.03 2,532

191 7.97 6.64 13,531 234 2.06 3.64 2,899 195 5.66 7.00 9,727 238 1.82 4.04 1,764

192 7.80 6.55 14,909 235 2.06 3.69 2,014 196 5.46 6.90 10,923 239 1.82 4.05 1,221

193 7.64 6.57 16,467 236 2.03 3.73 1,453 197 5.34 6.80 12,278 240 1.74 4.13 820

194 7.44 6.34 18,169 198 5.31 6.68 13,805

195 7.14 6.26 20,078 199 5.13 6.57 15,471

196 6.90 6.18 22,056 200 4.91 6.49 17,498

197 6.70 6.26 24,309 201 4.82 6.39 19,517

198 6.50 6.14 26,934 202 4.60 6.34 21,780

199 6.33 6.07 29,773 203 4.43 6.28 24,264

200 6.17 5.83 32,401 204 4.37 6.19 26,558

201 6.03 5.75 35,270 205 4.31 5.94 28,706

202 5.86 5.67 38,157 206 4.17 5.85 31,171

203 5.72 5.72 41,018 207 4.00 5.76 33,264

204 5.57 5.50 43,721 208 4.00 5.67 35,044

205 5.44 5.44 46,528 209 3.90 5.60 37,193206 5.30 5.37 49,033 210 3.69 5.56 38,822

207 5.18 5.30 51,187 211 3.59 5.47 40,338

208 5.06 5.23 52,680 212 3.60 5.52 41,974

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.14a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 6 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N169 7.70 8.60 877 212 2.05 5.17 50,762 169 13.16 8.60 877 212 3.66 5.17 50,762

170 7.52 8.58 1,003 213 1.97 5.11 52,603 170 12.80 8.58 1,003 213 3.53 5.11 52,603

171 7.28 8.43 1,129 214 1.90 5.10 53,653 171 12.37 8.43 1,129 214 3.41 5.10 53,653

172 7.27 8.38 1,215 215 1.82 4.97 54,970 172 12.31 8.38 1,215 215 3.28 4.97 54,970

173 7.24 8.49 1,347 216 1.75 4.99 55,660 173 12.28 8.49 1,347 216 3.16 4.99 55,660

174 7.02 8.51 1,471 217 1.68 4.84 56,098 174 11.92 8.51 1,471 217 3.05 4.84 56,098

175 6.80 8.51 1,580 218 1.60 4.77 55,830 175 11.57 8.51 1,580 218 2.92 4.77 55,830

176 6.70 8.46 1,657 219 1.52 4.71 55,426 176 11.39 8.46 1,657 219 2.79 4.71 55,426

177 6.62 8.31 1,820 220 1.45 4.71 54,063 177 11.27 8.31 1,820 220 2.67 4.71 54,063

178 6.32 8.24 1,949 221 1.37 4.56 52,020 178 10.76 8.24 1,949 221 2.54 4.56 52,020

179 5.97 8.16 2,169 222 1.22 3.99 49,564 179 10.19 8.16 2,169 222 2.30 3.99 49,564

180 5.71 8.07 2,448 223 1.19 3.94 46,784 180 9.78 8.07 2,448 223 2.23 3.94 46,784

181 5.61 7.98 2,796 224 1.16 3.89 43,228 181 9.59 7.98 2,796 224 2.18 3.89 43,228

182 5.37 7.95 3,112 225 1.13 3.85 39,687 182 9.20 7.95 3,112 225 2.12 3.85 39,687

183 5.23 7.84 3,506 226 1.09 3.82 35,867 183 8.97 7.84 3,506 226 2.06 3.82 35,867

184 5.13 7.72 3,831 227 1.07 3.79 31,826 184 8.81 7.72 3,831 227 2.01 3.79 31,826

185 4.94 7.69 4,228 228 1.02 3.75 27,583 185 8.51 7.69 4,228 228 1.93 3.75 27,583

186 4.72 7.70 4,633 229 0.99 3.73 23,887 186 8.16 7.70 4,633 229 1.87 3.73 23,887

187 4.60 7.57 5,216 230 0.96 3.70 20,193 187 7.95 7.57 5,216 230 1.80 3.70 20,193

188 4.46 7.48 5,799 231 0.93 3.68 16,784 188 7.71 7.48 5,799 231 1.75 3.68 16,784

189 4.30 7.42 6,512 232 0.89 3.66 13,663 189 7.45 7.42 6,512 232 1.68 3.66 13,663

190 4.19 7.31 7,269 233 0.87 3.65 10931 190 7.26 7.31 7,269 233 1.63 3.65 10,931

191 4.11 7.15 8,032 234 0.82 3.68 8467 191 7.11 7.15 8,032 234 1.55 3.68 8,467

192 4.01 7.07 8,820 235 0.81 3.68 6334 192 6.96 7.07 8,820 235 1.52 3.68 6,334

193 3.88 6.96 9,715 236 0.77 3.72 4,633 193 6.73 6.96 9,715 236 1.45 3.72 4,633

194 3.77 6.82 10,752 237 0.75 3.75 3,261 194 6.54 6.82 10,752 237 1.41 3.75 3,261

195 3.64 6.69 11,858 238 0.74 3.78 2,282 195 6.32 6.69 11,858 238 1.40 3.78 2,282

196 3.50 6.60 13,262 239 0.73 3.83 1,567 196 6.09 6.60 13,262 239 1.38 3.83 1,567

197 3.36 6.49 14,740 240 0.67 3.82 1,062 197 5.85 6.49 14,740 240 1.26 3.82 1,062

198 3.24 6.39 16,492 198 5.64 6.39 16,492

199 3.12 6.32 18,515 199 5.45 6.32 18,515

200 3.01 6.21 20,639 200 5.27 6.21 20,639

201 2.90 6.05 23,094 201 5.09 6.05 23,094

202 2.78 6.07 25,781 202 4.90 6.07 25,781

203 2.70 5.91 28,710 203 4.76 5.91 28,710

204 2.65 5.82 31,557 204 4.66 5.82 31,557

205 2.56 5.74 34,510 205 4.52 5.74 34,510

206 2.49 5.73 37,226 206 4.39 5.73 37,226

207 2.42 5.58 39,864 207 4.28 5.58 39,864

208 2.35 5.49 42,214 208 4.16 5.49 42,214209 2.26 5.42 44,619 209 4.02 5.42 44,619

210 2.19 5.34 46,650 210 3.90 5.34 46,650

211 2.13 5.27 48,884 211 3.79 5.27 48,884

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.14b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 6 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N169 14.41 8.60 877 212 4.05 5.17 50,762 171 12.99 8.94 616 214 3.23 5.38 38,702

170 14.00 8.58 1,003 213 3.91 5.11 52,603 172 12.75 8..72 690 215 3.09 5.31 40,608

171 13.52 8.43 1,129 214 3.79 5.10 53,653 173 12.24 8.61 733 216 2.97 5.24 42,273

172 13.44 8.38 1,215 215 3.65 4.97 54,970 174 11.75 8.58 800 217 2.88 5.15 43,729

173 13.41 8.49 1,347 216 3.52 4.99 55,660 175 11.38 8.70 892 218 2.77 5.08 44,878

174 13.02 8.51 1,471 217 3.40 4.84 56,098 176 11.38 8.66 983 219 2.64 5.01 45,740

175 12.65 8.51 1,580 218 3.26 4.77 55,830 177 11.25 8.64 1,066 220 2.46 4.40 46,321

176 12.45 8.46 1,657 219 3.12 4.71 55,426 178 10.81 8.48 1,176 221 2.41 4.34 46,422

177 12.32 8.31 1,820 220 2.99 4.71 54,063 179 10.66 8.42 1,284 222 2.35 4.29 45,914

178 11.76 8.24 1,949 221 2.85 4.56 52,020 180 10.11 8.28 1,373 223 2.30 4.24 44,703

179 11.15 8.16 2,169 222 2.59 3.99 49,564 181 9.89 8.16 1,503 224 2.26 4.19 43,041

180 10.71 8.07 2,448 223 2.51 3.94 46,784 182 9.65 8.02 1,641 225 2.19 4.13 40,790

181 10.50 7.98 2,796 224 2.45 3.89 43,228 183 9.33 7.89 1,829 226 2.14 4.08 38,296

182 10.08 7.95 3,112 225 2.39 3.85 39,687 184 9.17 7.89 1,997 227 2.09 4.04 35,695

183 9.83 7.84 3,506 226 2.32 3.82 35,867 185 9.12 7.89 2,280 228 2.04 3.99 32,676

184 9.65 7.72 3,831 227 2.26 3.79 31,826 186 8.77 7.88 2,525 229 1.98 3.96 29,635

185 9.34 7.69 4,228 228 2.17 3.75 27,583 187 8.48 7.84 2,817 230 1.93 3.93 26,247

186 8.96 7.70 4,633 229 2.10 3.73 23,887 188 8.06 7.81 3,113 231 1.88 3.93 22,771

187 8.73 7.57 5,216 230 2.03 3.70 20,193 189 7.91 7.67 3,480 232 1.83 3.94 19,343

188 8.46 7.48 5,799 231 1.97 3.68 16,784 190 7.52 7.57 3,811 233 1.78 3.94 16,245

189 8.19 7.42 6,512 232 1.89 3.66 13,663 191 7.33 7.46 4,195 234 1.71 3.93 13,363

190 7.98 7.31 7,269 233 1.84 3.65 10931 192 7.04 7.30 4,628 235 1.68 3.91 10,816

191 7.81 7.15 8,032 234 1.75 3.68 8467 193 6.79 7.20 5,159 236 1.65 3.90 8,565

192 7.65 7.07 8,820 235 1.71 3.68 6334 194 6.54 7.09 5,847 237 1.61 3.85 6,599

193 7.39 6.96 9,715 236 1.63 3.72 4,633 195 6.33 6.99 6,539 238 1.61 3.83 5,047

194 7.19 6.82 10,752 237 1.58 3.75 3,261 196 6.03 6.91 7,370 239 1.53 3.85 3,685

195 6.95 6.69 11,858 238 1.58 3.78 2,282 197 5.87 6.88 8,306 240 1.50 3.89 2,685

196 6.70 6.60 13,262 239 1.55 3.83 1,567 198 5.63 6.76 9,285 241 1.38 3.92 1,971

197 6.44 6.49 14,740 240 1.42 3.82 1,062 199 5.39 6.64 10,374 242 1.32 3.97 1,439

198 6.20 6.39 16,492 200 5.15 6.58 11,688 243 1.27 4.12 1,021

199 6.00 6.32 18,515 201 4.96 6.49 13,162

200 5.81 6.21 20,639 202 4.76 6.37 14,687

201 5.62 6.05 23,094 203 4.63 6.30 16,523

202 5.40 6.07 25,781 204 4.52 6.23 18,366

203 5.26 5.91 28,710 205 4.36 6.14 20,204

204 5.15 5.82 31,557 206 4.27 6.04 22,223

205 5.00 5.74 34,510 207 4.14 5.95 24,282

206 4.86 5.73 37,226 208 3.97 5.85 26,241

207 4.73 5.58 39,864 209 3.83 5.77 28,384

208 4.61 5.49 42,214 210 3.74 5.68 30,565209 4.45 5.42 44,619 211 3.59 5.61 32,605

210 4.32 5.34 46,650 212 3.44 5.56 34,671

211 4.20 5.27 48,884 213 3.34 5.47 36,849

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.15a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 7 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N171 8.71 8.44 797 214 1.93 5.17 47,091 171 14.34 8.44 797 214 3.40 5.17 47,091

172 8.52 8.64 838 215 1.84 5.08 49,289 172 13.99 8.64 838 215 3.25 5.08 49,289

173 7.86 8.71 921 216 1.75 5.02 51,180 173 12.99 8.71 921 216 3.11 5.02 51,180

174 7.80 8.78 936 217 1.68 4.95 53,043 174 12.89 8.78 936 217 2.99 4.95 53,043

175 7.64 8.64 1,016 218 1.59 4.87 54,302 175 12.63 8.64 1,016 218 2.85 4.87 54,302

176 7.40 8.75 1,091 219 1.51 4.79 55,398 176 12.25 8.75 1,091 219 2.72 4.79 55,398

177 7.15 8.62 1,202 220 1.42 4.73 55,854 177 11.91 8.62 1,202 220 2.58 4.73 55,854

178 7.14 8.52 1,332 221 1.34 4.66 55,620 178 11.89 8.52 1,332 221 2.45 4.66 55,620

179 6.74 8.41 1,539 222 1.27 4.60 55,091 179 11.30 8.41 1,539 222 2.33 4.60 55,091

180 6.60 8.31 1,677 223 1.18 4.55 54,131 180 11.08 8.31 1,677 223 2.18 4.55 54,131

181 6.38 8.30 1,894 224 1.06 3.88 52,105 181 10.74 8.30 1,894 224 1.99 3.88 52,105

182 6.24 8.18 2,113 225 1.03 3.82 49,920 182 10.52 8.18 2,113 225 1.93 3.82 49,920

183 6.05 7.96 2,295 226 0.99 3.78 47,300 183 10.18 7.96 2,295 226 1.87 3.78 47,300

184 5.93 7.89 2,472 227 0.96 3.74 44,100 184 9.97 7.89 2,472 227 1.81 3.74 44,100

185 5.62 7.77 2,750 228 0.93 3.69 40,444 185 9.46 7.77 2,750 228 1.75 3.69 40,444

186 5.60 7.61 3,039 229 0.89 3.65 36,958 186 9.40 7.61 3,039 229 1.68 3.65 36,958

187 5.37 7.53 3,337 230 0.85 3.63 32,870 187 9.01 7.53 3,337 230 1.60 3.63 32,870

188 5.21 7.47 3,746 231 0.83 3.62 29,083 188 8.75 7.47 3,746 231 1.57 3.62 29,083

189 5.06 7.29 4,197 232 0.81 3.60 25,039 189 8.48 7.29 4,197 232 1.52 3.60 25,039

190 4.90 7.17 4,606 233 0.77 3.59 21,293 190 8.25 7.17 4,606 233 1.46 3.59 21,293

191 4.65 7.10 5,137 234 0.75 3.58 17,607 191 7.84 7.10 5,137 234 1.41 3.58 17,607

192 4.53 7.00 5,694 235 0.75 3.56 14326 192 7.63 7.00 5,694 235 1.40 3.56 14,326

193 4.38 6.94 6,307 236 0.71 3.55 11262 193 7.40 6.94 6,307 236 1.34 3.55 11,262

194 4.15 6.92 7,070 237 0.69 3.55 8797 194 7.03 6.92 7,070 237 1.30 3.55 8,797

195 4.06 6.83 7,893 238 0.68 3.55 6636 195 6.87 6.83 7,893 238 1.28 3.55 6,636

196 3.94 6.70 8,823 239 0.67 3.56 4,894 196 6.67 6.70 8,823 239 1.25 3.56 4,894

197 3.79 6.61 9,902 240 0.62 3.62 3,571 197 6.43 6.61 9,902 240 1.16 3.62 3,571

198 3.61 6.47 11,121 241 0.56 3.69 2,576 198 6.13 6.47 11,121 241 1.05 3.69 2,576

199 3.50 6.30 12,453 242 0.49 3.77 1,832 199 5.95 6.30 12,453 242 0.93 3.77 1,832

200 3.36 6.24 14,098 243 0.48 3.85 1,265 200 5.72 6.24 14,098 243 0.89 3.85 1,265

201 3.22 6.16 15,801 201 5.50 6.16 15,801

202 3.08 6.05 17,878 202 5.29 6.05 17,878

203 2.99 5.98 20,178 203 5.13 5.98 20,178

204 2.89 5.92 22,465 204 4.96 5.92 22,465

205 2.77 5.82 24,892 205 4.76 5.82 24,892

206 2.68 5.75 27,291 206 4.61 5.75 27,291

207 2.59 5.69 29,604 207 4.46 5.69 29,604

208 2.48 5.61 32,019 208 4.28 5.61 32,019

209 2.39 5.52 34,588 209 4.13 5.52 34,588

210 2.30 5.45 37,175 210 3.98 5.45 37,175211 2.21 5.36 39,898 211 3.84 5.36 39,898

212 2.11 5.28 42,357 212 3.67 5.28 42,357

213 2.02 5.22 44,803 213 3.54 5.22 44,803

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 7 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.16a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 8 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N174 9.06 9.11 413 217 1.53 5.01 29,925 174 14.47 9.11 413 217 2.60 5.01 29,925

175 8.21 9.02 445 218 1.46 4.96 31,335 175 13.21 9.02 445 218 2.49 4.96 31,335

176 7.96 8.83 456 219 1.38 4.90 32,549 176 12.86 8.83 456 219 2.37 4.90 32,549

177 7.30 8.96 503 220 1.28 4.84 33,458 177 11.87 8.96 503 220 2.22 4.84 33,458

178 7.12 8.76 549 221 1.17 4.77 34,242 178 11.62 8.76 549 221 2.06 4.77 34,242

179 7.02 8.40 594 222 1.10 4.68 34,671 179 11.38 8.40 594 222 1.96 4.68 34,671

180 6.95 8.36 616 223 1.02 4.61 34,983 180 11.29 8.36 616 223 1.82 4.61 34,983

181 6.77 8.21 698 224 0.93 4.54 34,762 181 10.96 8.21 698 224 1.68 4.54 34,762

182 6.80 8.28 777 225 0.87 4.48 34,161 182 10.93 8.28 777 225 1.59 4.48 34,161

183 6.39 8.42 835 226 0.77 3.79 33,152 183 10.27 8.42 835 226 1.44 3.79 33,152

184 6.18 8.35 948 227 0.74 3.74 32,102 184 9.88 8.35 948 227 1.40 3.74 32,102

185 5.82 8.16 1,081 228 0.72 3.69 30,485 185 9.31 8.16 1,081 228 1.36 3.69 30,485

186 5.65 8.13 1,200 229 0.70 3.66 28,726 186 9.00 8.13 1,200 229 1.32 3.66 28,726

187 5.18 7.96 1,358 230 0.67 3.62 26,525 187 8.30 7.96 1,358 230 1.25 3.62 26,525

188 5.10 7.82 1,529 231 0.65 3.60 24,194 188 8.19 7.82 1,529 231 1.22 3.60 24,194

189 4.91 7.77 1,681 232 0.62 3.57 21,645 189 7.93 7.77 1,681 232 1.16 3.57 21,645

190 4.84 7.63 1,846 233 0.60 3.55 19,032 190 7.83 7.63 1,846 233 1.12 3.55 19,032

191 4.61 7.49 2,071 234 0.57 3.55 16,337 191 7.53 7.49 2,071 234 1.08 3.55 16,337

192 4.51 7.50 2,258 235 0.57 3.55 13,931 192 7.36 7.50 2,258 235 1.08 3.55 13,931

193 4.35 7.34 2,496 236 0.56 3.56 11,504 193 7.10 7.34 2,496 236 1.05 3.56 11,504

194 4.14 7.28 2,725 237 0.56 3.57 9,344 194 6.76 7.28 2,725 237 1.05 3.57 9,344

195 3.97 7.19 3,113 238 0.54 3.62 7510 195 6.46 7.19 3,113 238 1.03 3.62 7,510

196 3.77 7.08 3,495 239 0.53 3.62 5975 196 6.15 7.08 3,495 239 1.00 3.62 5,975

197 3.62 6.98 3,890 240 0.50 3.64 4649 197 5.89 6.98 3,890 240 0.95 3.64 4,649

198 3.43 6.90 4,434 241 0.46 3.63 3632 198 5.58 6.90 4,434 241 0.86 3.63 3,632

199 3.32 6.69 5,120 242 0.39 3.73 2731 199 5.40 6.69 5,120 242 0.74 3.73 2,731

200 3.17 6.57 5,743 243 0.31 3.81 2,058 200 5.16 6.57 5,743 243 0.59 3.81 2,058

201 3.05 6.45 6,640 244 0.23 3.87 1,522 201 4.97 6.45 6,640 244 0.44 3.87 1,522

202 2.92 6.33 7,645 245 0.22 3.92 1,129 202 4.78 6.33 7,645 245 0.42 3.92 1,129

203 2.82 6.23 8,669 246 0.15 4.10 817 203 4.62 6.23 8,669 246 0.28 4.10 817

204 2.73 6.14 9,770 247 0.06 3.94 601 204 4.47 6.14 9,770 247 0.11 3.94 601

205 2.60 6.01 11,112 205 4.27 6.01 11,112

206 2.52 5.94 12,249 206 4.14 5.94 12,249

207 2.46 5.85 13,559 207 4.04 5.85 13,559

208 2.35 5.77 14,876 208 3.86 5.77 14,876

209 2.21 5.71 16,499 209 3.65 5.71 16,499

210 2.12 5.65 18,077 210 3.51 5.65 18,077

211 2.02 5.53 19,819 211 3.36 5.53 19,819

212 1.92 5.48 21,482 212 3.19 5.48 21,482

213 1.84 5.37 23,227 213 3.08 5.37 23,227214 1.79 5.26 24,869 214 3.00 5.26 24,869

215 1.71 5.16 26,648 215 2.88 5.16 26,648

216 1.63 5.10 28,349 216 2.75 5.10 28,349

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 8 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.16b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 8 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N174 15.50 9.11 413 217 2.84 5.01 29,925 181 9.78 8.91 293 224 1.13 4.25 21,302

175 14.19 9.02 445 218 2.72 4.96 31,335 182 9.15 8.88 321 225 1.11 4.17 21,369

176 13.83 8.83 456 219 2.59 4.90 32,549 183 9.06 8.81 361 226 1.07 4.08 21,270

177 12.79 8.96 503 220 2.44 4.84 33,458 184 8.62 8.95 391 227 1.05 4.01 20,906

178 12.54 8.76 549 221 2.27 4.77 34,242 185 8.17 8.97 429 228 1.00 3.96 20,327

179 12.25 8.40 594 222 2.16 4.68 34,671 186 7.80 8.92 485 229 0.97 3.93 19,555

180 12.17 8.36 616 223 2.02 4.61 34,983 187 7.40 8.60 554 230 0.95 3.92 18,589

181 11.80 8.21 698 224 1.87 4.54 34,762 188 7.13 8.18 608 231 0.89 3.91 17,473

182 11.74 8.28 777 225 1.77 4.48 34,161 189 6.84 7.99 684 232 0.88 3.89 16,104

183 11.03 8.42 835 226 1.62 3.79 33,152 190 6.30 7.84 732 233 0.84 3.84 14,685

184 10.59 8.35 948 227 1.57 3.74 32,102 191 5.89 7.66 775 234 0.82 3.80 13,104

185 9.99 8.16 1,081 228 1.53 3.69 30,485 192 5.83 7.54 826 235 0.77 3.76 11,455

186 9.63 8.13 1,200 229 1.49 3.66 28,726 193 5.80 7.47 954 236 0.77 3.76 9,837

187 8.91 7.96 1,358 230 1.41 3.62 26,525 194 5.81 7.34 1,103 237 0.71 3.74 8,421

188 8.79 7.82 1,529 231 1.37 3.60 24,194 195 5.84 7.09 1,278 238 0.68 3.74 7,001

189 8.53 7.77 1,681 232 1.31 3.57 21,645 196 5.59 7.07 1,495 239 0.60 3.77 5,812

190 8.42 7.63 1,846 233 1.26 3.55 19,032 197 5.31 7.10 1,696 240 0.52 3.81 4,801

191 8.12 7.49 2,071 234 1.21 3.55 16,337 198 4.92 7.08 1,908 241 0.47 3.84 3,956

192 7.94 7.50 2,258 235 1.21 3.55 13,931 199 4.73 6.92 2,164 242 0.34 3.91 3,140

193 7.66 7.34 2,496 236 1.19 3.56 11,504 200 4.48 6.86 2,456 243 0.26 3.95 2,470

194 7.30 7.28 2,725 237 1.18 3.57 9,344 201 4.13 6.78 2,770 244 0.24 3.99 1,926

195 6.97 7.19 3,113 238 1.15 3.62 7510 202 3.93 6.64 3,185 245 0.07 4.09 1,501

196 6.63 7.08 3,495 239 1.13 3.62 5975 203 3.69 6.58 3,652 246 -0.16 4.12 1,129

197 6.34 6.98 3,890 240 1.07 3.64 4649 204 3.34 6.47 4,104 247 -0.25 4.19 865

198 6.02 6.90 4,434 241 0.97 3.63 3632 205 3.19 6.39 4,608 248 -0.61 4.31 648

199 5.82 6.69 5,120 242 0.83 3.73 2731 206 3.05 6.30 5,222 249 -0.93 4.29 518

200 5.57 6.57 5,743 243 0.66 3.81 2,058 207 2.84 6.20 5,877

201 5.36 6.45 6,640 244 0.49 3.87 1,522 208 2.68 6.10 6,603

202 5.16 6.33 7,645 245 0.48 3.92 1,129 209 2.58 6.00 7,418

203 4.99 6.23 8,669 246 0.32 4.10 817 210 2.37 6.01 8,261

204 4.83 6.14 9,770 247 0.13 3.94 601 211 2.27 5.92 9,197

205 4.61 6.01 11,112 212 2.13 5.84 10,200

206 4.48 5.94 12,249 213 2.01 5.72 11,131

207 4.37 5.85 13,559 214 1.90 5.68 12,094

208 4.17 5.77 14,876 215 1.81 5.57 13,241

209 3.95 5.71 16,499 216 1.71 5.48 14,265

210 3.81 5.65 18,077 217 1.65 5.38 15,500

211 3.64 5.53 19,819 218 1.52 4.68 16,568

212 3.47 5.48 21,482 219 1.48 4.61 17,742

213 3.34 5.37 23,227 220 1.40 4.54 18,797214 3.26 5.26 24,869 221 1.35 4.48 19,687

215 3.13 5.16 26,648 222 1.26 4.42 20,310

216 3.00 5.10 28,349 223 1.21 4.35 21,004

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 8 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.17a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 9 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N177 5.10 7.37 155 220 0.87 4.22 14,419 177 9.59 7.37 155 220 1.63 4.22 14,419

178 4.92 7.24 144 221 0.84 4.12 15,185 178 9.27 7.24 144 221 1.57 4.12 15,185

179 4.91 7.11 156 222 0.81 4.04 15,753 179 9.24 7.11 156 222 1.53 4.04 15,753

180 4.85 7.06 166 223 0.77 3.98 16,088 180 9.14 7.06 166 223 1.45 3.98 16,088

181 4.77 7.10 199 224 0.73 3.93 16,369 181 8.97 7.10 199 224 1.37 3.93 16,369

182 4.76 6.94 236 225 0.68 3.84 16,605 182 8.96 6.94 236 225 1.27 3.84 16,605

183 4.66 6.99 282 226 0.64 3.81 16,534 183 8.78 6.99 282 226 1.20 3.81 16,534

184 4.63 6.99 314 227 0.60 3.74 16,387 184 8.72 6.99 314 227 1.14 3.74 16,387

185 4.31 7.00 363 228 0.58 3.69 16,149 185 8.12 7.00 363 228 1.08 3.69 16,149

186 4.23 6.86 400 229 0.55 3.64 15,594 186 7.96 6.86 400 229 1.04 3.64 15,594

187 4.01 6.80 430 230 0.53 3.60 14,876 187 7.55 6.80 430 230 1.00 3.60 14,876

188 3.77 6.74 454 231 0.51 3.55 13,968 188 7.10 6.74 454 231 0.95 3.55 13,968

189 3.44 6.77 523 232 0.49 3.53 12,873 189 6.47 6.77 523 232 0.91 3.53 12,873

190 3.27 6.68 556 233 0.47 3.49 11,584 190 6.16 6.68 556 233 0.88 3.49 11,584

191 2.92 6.58 607 234 0.45 3.46 10,262 191 5.50 6.58 607 234 0.85 3.46 10,262

192 2.80 6.49 695 235 0.43 3.45 8,976 192 5.27 6.49 695 235 0.81 3.45 8,976

193 2.73 6.45 805 236 0.43 3.44 7,691 193 5.14 6.45 805 236 0.81 3.44 7,691

194 2.68 6.17 888 237 0.39 3.43 6,550 194 5.05 6.17 888 237 0.74 3.43 6,550

195 2.55 6.20 1,019 238 0.39 3.42 5,458 195 4.80 6.20 1,019 238 0.74 3.42 5,458

196 2.49 6.17 1,174 239 0.35 3.48 4,525 196 4.68 6.17 1,174 239 0.67 3.48 4,525

197 2.36 6.09 1,314 240 0.32 3.49 3,655 197 4.45 6.09 1,314 240 0.60 3.49 3,655

198 2.25 5.97 1,493 241 0.28 3.52 2953 198 4.23 5.97 1,493 241 0.53 3.52 2,953

199 2.07 5.96 1,687 242 0.19 3.52 2320 199 3.90 5.96 1,687 242 0.36 3.52 2,320

200 1.95 5.84 1,921 243 0.10 3.58 1808 200 3.68 5.84 1,921 243 0.19 3.58 1,808

201 1.81 5.79 2,168 244 0.10 3.53 1375 201 3.41 5.79 2,168 244 0.19 3.53 1,375

202 1.75 5.65 2,462 245 0.02 3.55 1,040 202 3.29 5.65 2,462 245 0.03 3.55 1,040

203 1.72 5.51 2,781 246 -0.10 3.60 774 203 3.24 5.51 2,781 246 -0.19 3.60 774

204 1.63 5.44 3,184 247 -0.19 3.71 568 204 3.06 5.44 3,184 247 -0.35 3.71 568

205 1.58 5.38 3,629 248 -0.42 3.73 425 205 2.97 5.38 3,629 248 -0.79 3.73 425

206 1.52 5.29 4,130 249 -0.66 3.71 297 206 2.86 5.29 4,130 249 -1.23 3.71 297

207 1.47 5.21 4,652 207 2.76 5.21 4,652

208 1.35 5.14 5,144 208 2.55 5.14 5,144

209 1.33 5.06 5,724 209 2.50 5.06 5,724

210 1.29 4.97 6,285 210 2.42 4.97 6,285

211 1.25 4.88 6,946 211 2.36 4.88 6,946

212 1.19 4.81 7,683 212 2.24 4.81 7,683

213 1.16 4.72 8,535 213 2.18 4.72 8,535

214 1.10 4.60 9,346 214 2.07 4.60 9,346

215 1.07 4.52 10,191 215 2.01 4.52 10,191

216 1.01 4.47 11,006 216 1.89 4.47 11,006217 0.96 4.42 11,842 217 1.81 4.42 11,842

218 0.92 4.34 12,774 218 1.73 4.34 12,774

219 0.90 4.28 13,678 219 1.69 4.28 13,678

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 9 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.17b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 9 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N177 10.79 7.37 155 220 1.84 4.22 14,419 182 8.69 8.26 129 225 1.45 4.02 9,243

178 10.43 7.24 144 221 1.77 4.12 15,185 183 8.66 8.09 143 226 1.34 3.96 9,353

179 10.39 7.11 156 222 1.72 4.04 15,753 184 8.65 8.15 158 227 1.34 3.93 9,454

180 10.28 7.06 166 223 1.64 3.98 16,088 185 8.53 8.09 178 228 1.32 3.84 9,448

181 10.09 7.10 199 224 1.54 3.93 16,369 186 8.31 8.10 184 229 1.20 3.83 9,366

182 10.08 6.94 236 225 1.43 3.84 16,605 187 8.13 8.18 206 230 1.14 3.76 9,102

183 9.88 6.99 282 226 1.35 3.81 16,534 188 8.13 7.83 236 231 1.14 3.72 8,707

184 9.81 6.99 314 227 1.28 3.74 16,387 189 7.87 7.31 252 232 1.01 3.70 8,144

185 9.13 7.00 363 228 1.22 3.69 16,149 190 7.22 7.13 278 233 0.96 3.69 7,539

186 8.95 6.86 400 229 1.17 3.64 15,594 191 6.30 7.17 321 234 0.90 3.61 6,829

187 8.49 6.80 430 230 1.13 3.60 14,876 192 6.01 6.78 354 235 0.84 3.60 6,200

188 7.99 6.74 454 231 1.07 3.55 13,968 193 6.00 7.03 393 236 0.73 3.59 5,577

189 7.28 6.77 523 232 1.03 3.53 12,873 194 5.74 6.96 442 237 0.70 3.56 4,905

190 6.93 6.68 556 233 0.99 3.49 11,584 195 5.66 7.00 487 238 0.64 3.56 4,243

191 6.18 6.58 607 234 0.95 3.46 10,262 196 5.45 6.79 542 239 0.64 3.61 3,614

192 5.93 6.49 695 235 0.91 3.45 8,976 197 4.88 6.76 616 240 0.64 3.62 3,008

193 5.78 6.45 805 236 0.91 3.44 7,691 198 4.24 6.54 690 241 0.63 3.64 2,469

194 5.68 6.17 888 237 0.83 3.43 6,550 199 4.22 6.37 797 242 0.54 3.68 2,007

195 5.40 6.20 1,019 238 0.83 3.42 5,458 200 3.96 6.22 910 243 0.45 3.80 1,597

196 5.26 6.17 1,174 239 0.75 3.48 4,525 201 3.83 6.21 1,034 244 0.19 3.86 1,304

197 5.00 6.09 1,314 240 0.67 3.49 3,655 202 3.83 6.10 1,152 245 -0.06 3.95 1,036

198 4.76 5.97 1,493 241 0.60 3.52 2953 203 3.83 5.86 1,319 246 -0.28 3.99 813

199 4.39 5.96 1,687 242 0.41 3.52 2320 204 3.65 5.75 1,494 247 -0.32 4.05 657

200 4.13 5.84 1,921 243 0.22 3.58 1808 205 3.43 5.61 1,705 248 -0.42 4.17 521

201 3.84 5.79 2,168 244 0.21 3.53 1375 206 3.38 5.44 1,897 249 -0.59 4.17 415

202 3.70 5.65 2,462 245 0.04 3.55 1,040 207 3.23 5.37 2,164 250 -0.87 4.18 321

203 3.64 5.51 2,781 246 -0.21 3.60 774 208 3.11 5.35 2,406

204 3.45 5.44 3,184 247 -0.40 3.71 568 209 2.96 5.27 2,657

205 3.35 5.38 3,629 248 -0.89 3.73 425 210 2.92 5.17 2,955

206 3.22 5.29 4,130 249 -1.39 3.71 297 211 2.66 5.04 3,346

207 3.10 5.21 4,652 212 2.58 4.94 3,680

208 2.87 5.14 5,144 213 2.41 4.78 4,112

209 2.82 5.06 5,724 214 2.35 4.77 4,570

210 2.72 4.97 6,285 215 2.19 4.72 5,054

211 2.65 4.88 6,946 216 2.15 4.76 5,429

212 2.52 4.81 7,683 217 1.97 4.68 5,991

213 2.45 4.72 8,535 218 1.91 4.63 6,500

214 2.33 4.60 9,346 219 1.85 4.51 7,021

215 2.27 4.52 10,191 220 1.81 4.41 7,416

216 2.13 4.47 11,006 221 1.74 4.28 7,968217 2.04 4.42 11,842 222 1.70 4.20 8,363

218 1.95 4.34 12,774 223 1.58 4.15 8,712

219 1.90 4.28 13,678 224 1.53 4.07 8,969

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 9 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.18a

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 10 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N192 2.86 6.49 155 235 0.15 3.49 2,169 192 5.38 6.49 155 235 0.28 3.49 2,169

193 2.80 6.44 167 236 0.13 3.52 1,901 193 5.27 6.44 167 236 0.24 3.52 1,901

194 2.79 6.27 164 237 0.10 3.43 1,684 194 5.26 6.27 164 237 0.19 3.43 1,684

195 2.77 6.09 209 238 0.09 3.37 1,465 195 5.21 6.09 209 238 0.17 3.37 1,465

196 2.48 6.01 244 239 0.09 3.36 1,268 196 4.67 6.01 244 239 0.16 3.36 1,268

197 2.10 5.68 291 240 -0.04 3.42 1,084 197 3.95 5.68 291 240 -0.08 3.42 1,084

198 1.94 5.42 316 241 -0.08 3.52 900 198 3.65 5.42 316 241 -0.15 3.52 900

199 1.83 5.25 349 242 -0.21 3.63 728 199 3.44 5.25 349 242 -0.39 3.63 728

200 1.57 5.49 377 243 -0.29 3.42 564 200 2.96 5.49 377 243 -0.54 3.42 564

201 1.43 5.55 428 244 -0.38 3.46 448 201 2.69 5.55 428 244 -0.71 3.46 448

202 1.41 5.63 459 245 -0.44 3.46 369 202 2.65 5.63 459 245 -0.83 3.46 369

203 1.37 5.59 530 203 2.59 5.59 530

204 1.31 5.57 605 204 2.46 5.57 605

205 1.28 5.37 670 205 2.41 5.37 670

206 1.27 5.27 753 206 2.40 5.27 753

207 1.27 5.18 862 207 2.39 5.18 862

208 1.20 5.14 975 208 2.27 5.14 975

209 1.14 5.06 1,099 209 2.15 5.06 1,099

210 1.02 5.05 1,223 210 1.91 5.05 1,223

211 0.99 4.95 1,355 211 1.86 4.95 1,355

212 0.98 4.89 1,500 212 1.85 4.89 1,500

213 0.93 4.75 1,616 213 1.75 4.75 1,616

214 0.89 4.64 1,756 214 1.68 4.64 1,756

215 0.84 4.50 1,900 215 1.57 4.50 1,900

216 0.76 4.49 2,081 216 1.42 4.49 2,081

217 0.65 4.40 2,269 217 1.22 4.40 2,269

218 0.59 4.44 2,455 218 1.12 4.44 2,455

219 0.59 4.41 2,596 219 1.12 4.41 2,596

220 0.57 4.34 2,788 220 1.07 4.34 2,788

221 0.55 4.24 2,905 221 1.04 4.24 2,905

222 0.45 4.22 3,034 222 0.85 4.22 3,034

223 0.42 4.09 3,131 223 0.80 4.09 3,131

224 0.37 4.03 3,197 224 0.70 4.03 3,197

225 0.35 3.96 3,340 225 0.66 3.96 3,340

226 0.33 3.87 3,346 226 0.63 3.87 3,346

227 0.33 3.75 3,294 227 0.62 3.75 3,294

228 0.33 3.70 3,301 228 0.62 3.70 3,301

229 0.30 3.66 3,323 229 0.56 3.66 3,323

230 0.29 3.54 3,111 230 0.54 3.54 3,111

231 0.24 3.50 3,048 231 0.46 3.50 3,048232 0.21 3.55 2,904 232 0.40 3.55 2,904

233 0.20 3.57 2,689 233 0.37 3.57 2,689

234 0.16 3.48 2,417 234 0.31 3.48 2,417

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 10 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.18b

LANGUAGE USAGE Grade 10 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N192 6.05 6.49 155 235 0.31 3.49 2,169 199 5.44 6.17 110 242 -0.20 3.68 474

193 5.92 6.44 167 236 0.27 3.52 1,901 200 5.43 6.02 120 243 -0.23 3.75 401

194 5.92 6.27 164 237 0.22 3.43 1,684 201 4.89 5.85 135

195 5.86 6.09 209 238 0.19 3.37 1,465 202 4.16 5.42 167

196 5.26 6.01 244 239 0.18 3.36 1,268 203 3.66 5.60 201

197 4.44 5.68 291 240 -0.09 3.42 1,084 204 3.54 5.41 227

198 4.11 5.42 316 241 -0.17 3.52 900 205 3.49 5.60 259

199 3.88 5.25 349 242 -0.44 3.63 728 206 3.47 5.45 303

200 3.33 5.49 377 243 -0.61 3.42 564 207 2.98 5.48 352

201 3.02 5.55 428 244 -0.80 3.46 448 208 2.94 5.27 389

202 2.98 5.63 459 245 -0.93 3.46 369 209 2.84 5.13 445

203 2.91 5.59 530 210 2.54 4.98 485

204 2.77 5.57 605 211 2.10 4.87 546

205 2.71 5.37 670 212 2.03 4.72 587

206 2.70 5.27 753 213 1.71 4.65 648

207 2.69 5.18 862 214 1.43 4.59 708

208 2.55 5.14 975 215 1.33 4.34 781

209 2.42 5.06 1,099 216 1.30 4.28 865

210 2.15 5.05 1,223 217 1.29 4.23 956

211 2.10 4.95 1,355 218 1.28 4.14 1,040

212 2.08 4.89 1,500 219 1.28 4.04 1,141

213 1.97 4.75 1,616 220 1.23 4.16 1,261

214 1.89 4.64 1,756 221 1.05 4.20 1,348

215 1.77 4.50 1,900 222 0.87 4.23 1,434

216 1.60 4.49 2,081 223 0.82 4.15 1,553

217 1.37 4.40 2,269 224 0.75 4.15 1,627

218 1.26 4.44 2,455 225 0.74 4.05 1,721

219 1.26 4.41 2,596 226 0.65 3.88 1,739

220 1.21 4.34 2,788 227 0.56 3.79 1,798

221 1.17 4.24 2,905 228 0.54 3.75 1,813

222 0.96 4.22 3,034 229 0.30 3.68 1,809

223 0.90 4.09 3,131 230 0.27 3.64 1,770

224 0.79 4.03 3,197 231 0.27 3.69 1,733

225 0.75 3.96 3,340 232 0.27 3.70 1,638

226 0.71 3.87 3,346 233 0.26 3.73 1,541

227 0.70 3.75 3,294 234 0.26 3.74 1,443

228 0.69 3.70 3,301 235 0.26 3.59 1,316

229 0.63 3.66 3,323 236 0.26 3.62 1,211

230 0.60 3.54 3,111 237 0.22 3.66 1,112

231 0.52 3.50 3,048 238 0.12 3.57 967 232 0.44 3.55 2,904 239 -0.16 3.59 840

233 0.42 3.57 2,689 240 -0.16 3.69 714

234 0.35 3.48 2,417 241 -0.16 3.68 593

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 10 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.19a

MATHEMATICS Grade 2 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N157 10.89 7.24 553 200 5.69 5.33 15,039 157 17.90 7.24 553 200 10.57 5.33 15,039

158 10.62 6.92 923 201 5.63 5.38 12,809 158 17.83 6.92 923 201 10.51 5.38 12,809

159 10.46 6.48 1,587 202 5.59 5.42 10,806 159 17.82 6.48 1,587 202 10.43 5.42 10,806

160 10.21 6.25 3,054 203 5.54 5.44 9,032 160 17.59 6.25 3,054 203 10.38 5.44 9,032

161 9.82 6.16 5,492 204 5.52 5.52 7,351 161 17.08 6.16 5,492 204 10.35 5.52 7,351

162 9.56 6.12 8,555 205 5.24 4.79 5,916 162 16.70 6.12 8,555 205 9.87 4.79 5,916

163 9.35 6.14 12,452 206 5.22 4.85 4,656 163 16.45 6.14 12,452 206 9.83 4.85 4,656

164 9.15 6.14 16,993 207 5.18 4.86 3,626 164 16.17 6.14 16,993 207 9.76 4.86 3,626

165 8.96 6.12 21,559 208 5.17 4.85 2,758 165 15.87 6.12 21,559 208 9.73 4.85 2,758

166 8.78 6.08 25,990 209 5.15 4.85 2,145 166 15.56 6.08 25,990 209 9.69 4.85 2,145

167 8.61 6.08 30,528 167 15.30 6.08 30,528

168 8.46 6.05 34,688 168 15.01 6.05 34,688

169 8.35 6.02 38,769 169 14.84 6.02 38,769

170 8.23 5.98 42,862 170 14.67 5.98 42,862

171 8.11 5.96 47,105 171 14.44 5.96 47,105

172 8.03 5.91 51,150 172 14.34 5.91 51,150

173 7.92 5.89 55,311 173 14.14 5.89 55,311

174 7.85 5.84 59,030 174 14.06 5.84 59,030

175 7.78 5.80 62,610 175 13.92 5.80 62,610

176 7.70 5.75 65,241 176 13.77 5.75 65,241

177 7.64 5.70 67,140 177 13.71 5.70 67,140

178 7.56 5.66 67,899 178 13.56 5.66 67,899

179 7.50 5.63 68,272 179 13.49 5.63 68,272

180 7.39 5.60 67,333 180 13.29 5.60 67,333

181 7.34 5.56 65,784 181 13.24 5.56 65,784

182 7.27 5.52 63,597 182 13.10 5.52 63,597

183 7.16 5.48 61,266 183 12.91 5.48 61,266

184 7.10 5.42 58,356 184 12.84 5.42 58,356

185 7.00 5.37 55,292 185 12.65 5.37 55,292

186 6.90 5.27 52,333 186 12.51 5.27 52,333

187 6.80 5.32 49,554 187 12.36 5.32 49,554

188 6.68 5.27 46,890 188 12.14 5.27 46,890

189 6.59 5.25 44,230 189 12.01 5.25 44,230

190 6.47 5.23 41,953 190 11.79 5.23 41,953

191 6.40 5.21 39,323 191 11.72 5.21 39,323

192 6.28 5.20 36,761 192 11.49 5.20 36,761

193 6.20 5.21 34,146 193 11.38 5.21 34,146

194 6.11 5.22 31,252 194 11.21 5.22 31,252

195 6.02 5.23 28,457 195 11.09 5.23 28,457

196 5.95 5.24 25,763 196 11.01 5.24 25,763197 5.89 5.25 22,936 197 10.89 5.25 22,936

198 5.79 5.28 20,075 198 10.71 5.28 20,075

199 5.73 5.32 17,619 199 10.64 5.32 17,619

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 2 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.19b

MATHEMATICS Grade 2 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* * (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N157 19.36 7.24 553 200 11.85 5.33 15,039 160 19.85 6.76 404 203 11.01 5.51 39,729

158 19.41 6.92 923 201 11.79 5.38 12,809 161 17.61 6.55 603 204 10.96 5.52 35,701

159 19.49 6.48 1,587 202 11.71 5.42 10,806 162 16.71 6.70 928 205 10.95 5.55 31,665

160 19.30 6.25 3,054 203 11.66 5.44 9,032 163 16.43 6.84 1,424 206 10.95 5.56 27,581

161 18.80 6.16 5,492 204 11.63 5.52 7,351 164 15.67 6.81 2,051 207 10.95 5.60 23,750

162 18.40 6.12 8,555 205 11.10 4.79 5,916 165 15.33 6.70 3,017 208 10.90 5.67 20,165

163 18.16 6.14 12,452 206 11.06 4.85 4,656 166 15.11 6.55 4,142 209 10.88 5.72 16,860

164 17.87 6.14 16,993 207 10.98 4.86 3,626 167 14.90 6.47 5,497 210 10.90 5.77 13,973

165 17.55 6.12 21,559 208 10.95 4.85 2,758 168 14.67 6.35 7,131 211 10.81 5.81 11,595

166 17.22 6.08 25,990 209 10.90 4.85 2,145 169 14.49 6.33 9,003 212 10.67 5.86 9,626

167 16.94 6.08 30,528 170 14.30 6.26 11,003 213 10.67 5.88 7,901

168 16.62 6.05 34,688 171 14.01 6.24 13,430 214 10.50 5.90 6,488

169 16.44 6.02 38,769 172 13.96 6.17 15,833 215 10.06 5.24 5,428

170 16.26 5.98 42,862 173 13.78 6.11 18,521 216 10.05 5.29 4,506

171 16.01 5.96 47,105 174 13.65 6.06 21,342 217 10.04 5.33 3,739

172 15.90 5.91 51,150 175 13.45 6.02 24,376 218 10.03 5.40 3,081

173 15.67 5.89 55,311 176 13.37 5.99 27,350 219 10.03 5.44 2,547

174 15.60 5.84 59,030 177 13.22 5.95 30,637 220 10.00 5.44 2,034

175 15.44 5.80 62,610 178 13.19 5.94 33,841 221 9.96 5.48 1,640

176 15.27 5.75 65,241 179 13.06 5.92 37,091 222 9.90 5.56 1,307

177 15.22 5.70 67,140 180 12.94 5.88 40,034

178 15.05 5.66 67,899 181 12.90 5.83 42,580

179 14.99 5.63 68,272 182 12.79 5.82 44,889

180 14.77 5.60 67,333 183 12.64 5.79 46,715

181 14.73 5.56 65,784 184 12.48 5.76 48,178

182 14.57 5.52 63,597 185 12.43 5.74 49,676

183 14.35 5.48 61,266 186 12.25 5.69 51,080

184 14.28 5.42 58,356 187 12.21 5.64 52,589

185 14.07 5.37 55,292 188 12.02 5.61 53,892

186 13.93 5.27 52,333 189 11.94 5.59 55,088

187 13.78 5.32 49,554 190 11.75 5.55 56,147

188 13.53 5.27 46,890 191 11.74 5.53 57,189

189 13.40 5.25 44,230 192 11.56 5.51 58,121

190 13.15 5.23 41,953 193 11.51 5.48 58,815

191 13.08 5.21 39,323 194 11.34 5.45 59,263

192 12.83 5.20 36,761 195 11.34 5.44 59,279

193 12.72 5.21 34,146 196 11.18 5.45 58,741

194 12.52 5.22 31,252 197 11.16 5.45 57,517

195 12.41 5.23 28,457 198 11.06 5.46 55,720

196 12.33 5.24 25,763 199 11.04 5.48 53,518197 12.19 5.25 22,936 200 11.06 5.48 50,611

198 11.99 5.28 20,075 201 11.03 5.50 47,390

199 11.92 5.32 17,619 202 11.01 5.50 43,491

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 2 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.20a

MATHEMATICS Grade 3 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N164 7.95 7.14 2,281 207 5.49 5.47 49,935 164 13.96 7.14 2,281 207 10.09 5.47 49,935

165 7.85 7.04 3,254 208 5.48 5.49 43,165 165 13.81 7.04 3,254 208 10.04 5.49 43,165

166 7.77 7.01 4,406 209 5.47 5.51 36,862 166 13.66 7.01 4,406 209 10.04 5.51 36,862

167 7.68 6.99 5,755 210 5.47 5.51 31,267 167 13.50 6.99 5,755 210 10.04 5.51 31,267

168 7.66 6.92 7,156 211 5.45 5.53 26,351 168 13.47 6.92 7,156 211 10.03 5.53 26,351

169 7.54 6.85 8,806 212 5.41 5.53 22,078 169 13.29 6.85 8,806 212 9.94 5.53 22,078

170 7.41 6.86 10,694 213 5.40 5.55 18,575 170 13.04 6.86 10,694 213 9.93 5.55 18,575

171 7.30 6.82 12,869 214 5.39 5.56 15,533 171 12.88 6.82 12,869 214 9.91 5.56 15,533

172 7.19 6.73 15,527 215 5.34 5.59 13,126 172 12.66 6.73 15,527 215 9.85 5.59 13,126

173 7.08 6.66 18,506 216 5.29 5.62 10,998 173 12.51 6.66 18,506 216 9.77 5.62 10,998

174 7.00 6.59 21,607 217 5.22 5.63 9,308 174 12.36 6.59 21,607 217 9.64 5.63 9,308

175 6.93 6.51 25,007 218 5.10 5.66 7,823 175 12.28 6.51 25,007 218 9.41 5.66 7,823

176 6.83 6.45 28,847 219 4.98 5.70 6,574 176 12.10 6.45 28,847 219 9.23 5.70 6,574

177 6.78 6.38 32,520 220 4.92 5.70 5,398 177 12.04 6.38 32,520 220 9.17 5.70 5,398

178 6.71 6.31 36,529 221 4.92 5.72 4,488 178 11.91 6.31 36,529 221 9.17 5.72 4,488

179 6.64 6.23 40,823 222 4.95 5.66 3,715 179 11.77 6.23 40,823 222 9.16 5.66 3,715

180 6.59 6.16 44,923 223 4.95 5.64 2,968 180 11.73 6.16 44,923 223 9.16 5.64 2,968

181 6.50 6.08 48,674 224 4.95 5.60 2,403 181 11.57 6.08 48,674 224 9.15 5.60 2,403

182 6.43 6.01 52,721 182 11.43 6.01 52,721

183 6.37 5.95 56,404 183 11.37 5.95 56,404

184 6.32 5.89 59,785 184 11.26 5.89 59,785

185 6.27 5.84 63,272 185 11.18 5.84 63,272

186 6.24 5.78 66,783 186 11.17 5.78 66,783

187 6.16 5.73 69,627 187 11.03 5.73 69,627

188 6.12 5.67 72,877 188 11.00 5.67 72,877

189 6.01 5.62 76,368 189 10.78 5.62 76,368

190 5.93 5.59 79,637 190 10.68 5.59 79,637

191 5.83 5.55 83,227 191 10.50 5.55 83,227

192 5.78 5.51 86,865 192 10.45 5.51 86,865

193 5.70 5.48 90,419 193 10.30 5.48 90,419

194 5.68 5.44 92,856 194 10.26 5.44 92,856

195 5.63 5.41 94,983 195 10.20 5.41 94,983

196 5.59 5.40 96,228 196 10.13 5.40 96,228

197 5.56 5.39 96,893 197 10.09 5.39 96,893

198 5.53 5.39 95,690 198 10.08 5.39 95,690

199 5.53 5.39 93,910 199 10.07 5.39 93,910

200 5.52 5.38 91,127 200 10.06 5.38 91,127

201 5.49 5.40 87,145 201 10.04 5.40 87,145

202 5.49 5.42 81,985 202 10.04 5.42 81,985

203 5.49 5.43 76,552 203 10.04 5.43 76,552204 5.48 5.44 70,553 204 10.04 5.44 70,553

205 5.49 5.46 63,813 205 10.07 5.46 63,813

206 5.49 5.46 56,795 206 10.10 5.46 56,795

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.20b

MATHEMATICS Grade 3 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N164 15.41 7.14 2,281 207 11.27 5.47 49,935 167 13.68 7.44 1,032 210 9.57 5.68 60,936

165 15.25 7.04 3,254 208 11.21 5.49 43,165 168 13.34 7.52 1,368 211 9.55 5.68 56,010

166 15.08 7.01 4,406 209 11.22 5.51 36,862 169 12.85 7.31 1,802 212 9.54 5.70 51,287

167 14.90 6.99 5,755 210 11.22 5.51 31,267 170 12.59 7.17 2,283 213 9.46 5.72 46,871

168 14.86 6.92 7,156 211 11.21 5.53 26,351 171 12.23 7.03 2,865 214 9.45 5.72 42,619

169 14.67 6.85 8,806 212 11.11 5.53 22,078 172 11.97 6.94 3,502 215 9.43 5.73 38,914

170 14.40 6.86 10,694 213 11.10 5.55 18,575 173 11.80 6.85 4,249 216 9.39 5.72 35,350

171 14.23 6.82 12,869 214 11.08 5.56 15,533 174 11.73 6.85 5,102 217 9.31 5.73 32,092

172 13.99 6.73 15,527 215 11.03 5.59 13,126 175 11.54 6.80 6,141 218 9.30 5.71 29,081

173 13.83 6.66 18,506 216 10.93 5.62 10,998 176 11.39 6.72 7,225 219 9.31 5.70 26,212

174 13.66 6.59 21,607 217 10.79 5.63 9,308 177 11.39 6.67 8,482 220 9.24 5.69 23,241

175 13.58 6.51 25,007 218 10.53 5.66 7,823 178 11.15 6.60 9,801 221 9.13 5.71 20,579

176 13.38 6.45 28,847 219 10.34 5.70 6,574 179 11.03 6.54 11,249 222 9.03 5.70 18,011

177 13.32 6.38 32,520 220 10.29 5.70 5,398 180 10.94 6.48 12,744 223 9.03 5.68 15,512

178 13.18 6.31 36,529 221 10.29 5.72 4,488 181 10.87 6.42 14,337 224 8.78 5.70 13,387

179 13.03 6.23 40,823 222 10.27 5.66 3,715 182 10.70 6.40 15,806 225 8.38 4.99 11,574

180 12.99 6.16 44,923 223 10.25 5.64 2,968 183 10.59 6.35 17,711 226 8.38 4.99 9,963

181 12.81 6.08 48,674 224 10.25 5.60 2,403 184 10.59 6.30 19,509 227 8.35 5.00 8,486

182 12.66 6.01 52,721 185 10.34 6.24 21,376 228 8.31 5.02 7,253

183 12.60 5.95 56,404 186 10.26 6.18 23,307 229 8.34 5.02 6,014

184 12.48 5.89 59,785 187 10.10 6.13 25,740 230 8.35 5.06 5,003

185 12.39 5.84 63,272 188 10.03 6.10 27,949 231 8.35 5.10 4,062

186 12.39 5.78 66,783 189 9.82 6.05 30,505 232 8.31 5.13 3,316

187 12.23 5.73 69,627 190 9.81 6.01 33,428 233 8.24 5.17 2,691

188 12.21 5.67 72,877 191 9.63 5.96 36,798 234 8.23 5.19 2,265

189 11.97 5.62 76,368 192 9.61 5.91 40,230 235 8.22 5.17 1,853

190 11.88 5.59 79,637 193 9.55 5.86 44,038 236 8.20 5.17 1,519

191 11.67 5.55 83,227 194 9.52 5.82 48,080

192 11.63 5.51 86,865 195 9.51 5.78 52,226

193 11.46 5.48 90,419 196 9.51 5.77 56,455

194 11.41 5.44 92,856 197 9.51 5.75 60,690

195 11.37 5.41 94,983 198 9.51 5.75 64,665

196 11.29 5.40 96,228 199 9.51 5.74 68,402

197 11.24 5.39 96,893 200 9.52 5.72 71,889

198 11.24 5.39 95,690 201 9.52 5.71 74,645

199 11.22 5.39 93,910 202 9.54 5.70 76,902

200 11.22 5.38 91,127 203 9.54 5.68 78,494

201 11.21 5.40 87,145 204 9.53 5.67 78,873

202 11.21 5.42 81,985 205 9.62 5.67 78,059

203 11.21 5.43 76,552 206 9.62 5.68 76,458204 11.20 5.44 70,553 207 9.62 5.67 73,576

205 11.25 5.46 63,813 208 9.61 5.66 69,732

206 11.28 5.46 56,795 209 9.59 5.68 65,582

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.21a

MATHEMATICS Grade 4 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N168 6.85 7.85 1,649 211 4.98 5.65 78,180 168 11.94 7.85 1,649 211 9.03 5.65 78,180

169 6.78 7.75 2,079 212 4.96 5.64 72,784 169 11.81 7.75 2,079 212 9.01 5.64 72,784

170 6.67 7.67 2,605 213 4.94 5.61 67,655 170 11.60 7.67 2,605 213 8.97 5.61 67,655

171 6.59 7.58 3,205 214 4.92 5.58 62,733 171 11.50 7.58 3,205 214 8.92 5.58 62,733

172 6.38 7.51 3,852 215 4.90 5.55 57,529 172 11.15 7.51 3,852 215 8.88 5.55 57,529

173 6.28 7.49 4,596 216 4.87 5.53 52,666 173 10.97 7.49 4,596 216 8.88 5.53 52,666

174 6.22 7.42 5,470 217 4.82 5.50 48,193 174 10.85 7.42 5,470 217 8.79 5.50 48,193

175 6.11 7.29 6,457 218 4.76 5.47 43,717 175 10.69 7.29 6,457 218 8.67 5.47 43,717

176 6.00 7.24 7,549 219 4.73 5.45 39,455 176 10.48 7.24 7,549 219 8.61 5.45 39,455

177 6.00 7.15 8,851 220 4.69 5.44 35,620 177 10.47 7.15 8,851 220 8.60 5.44 35,620

178 5.90 7.08 10,203 221 4.64 5.41 31,990 178 10.33 7.08 10,203 221 8.50 5.41 31,990

179 5.76 7.02 11,603 222 4.58 5.41 28,331 179 10.12 7.02 11,603 222 8.38 5.41 28,331

180 5.67 6.94 12,951 223 4.53 5.39 25,208 180 10.00 6.94 12,951 223 8.29 5.39 25,208

181 5.58 6.85 14,596 224 4.50 5.37 22,238 181 9.82 6.85 14,596 224 8.28 5.37 22,238

182 5.52 6.75 16,233 225 4.44 5.37 19,332 182 9.77 6.75 16,233 225 8.16 5.37 19,332

183 5.51 6.66 17,942 226 4.35 5.41 16,685 183 9.75 6.66 17,942 226 8.00 5.41 16,685

184 5.40 6.56 19,761 227 4.32 5.42 14,492 184 9.55 6.56 19,761 227 7.94 5.42 14,492

185 5.37 6.49 22,180 228 4.29 5.42 12,275 185 9.52 6.49 22,180 228 7.94 5.42 12,275

186 5.35 6.42 24,392 229 4.26 5.44 10,457 186 9.50 6.42 24,392 229 7.88 5.44 10,457

187 5.29 6.37 26,934 230 4.19 5.43 8,905 187 9.39 6.37 26,934 230 7.75 5.43 8,905

188 5.23 6.32 29,741 231 4.17 5.40 7,515 188 9.31 6.32 29,741 231 7.70 5.40 7,515

189 5.20 6.25 32,812 232 4.09 5.38 6216 189 9.25 6.25 32,812 232 7.60 5.38 6,216

190 5.13 6.16 35,959 233 4.02 5.36 5,125 190 9.13 6.16 35,959 233 7.47 5.36 5,125

191 5.08 6.12 39,902 234 3.80 4.59 4,246 191 9.08 6.12 39,902 234 7.15 4.59 4,246

192 5.07 6.08 44,117 235 3.75 4.62 3,468 192 9.06 6.08 44,117 235 7.06 4.62 3,468

193 4.98 6.03 48,686 236 3.71 4.66 2,833 193 8.93 6.03 48,686 236 6.99 4.66 2,833

194 4.91 5.99 53,681 237 3.68 4.66 2,272 194 8.81 5.99 53,681 237 6.92 4.66 2,272

195 4.89 5.95 59,091 195 8.76 5.95 59,091

196 4.87 5.90 64,281 196 8.73 5.90 64,281

197 4.84 5.87 69,920 197 8.71 5.87 69,920

198 4.83 5.85 75,604 198 8.70 5.85 75,604

199 4.84 5.82 80,693 199 8.72 5.82 80,693

200 4.85 5.82 85,506 200 8.74 5.82 85,506

201 4.85 5.81 90,073 201 8.74 5.81 90,073

202 4.87 5.79 93,538 202 8.78 5.79 93,538

203 4.90 5.77 96,325 203 8.84 5.77 96,325

204 4.93 5.76 98,358 204 8.90 5.76 98,358

205 4.94 5.75 99,078 205 8.92 5.75 99,078

206 4.97 5.73 98,257 206 8.97 5.73 98,257

207 4.98 5.71 96,260 207 8.99 5.71 96,260208 5.02 5.70 92,767 208 9.11 5.70 92,767

209 5.00 5.69 88,269 209 9.08 5.69 88,269

210 5.00 5.66 83,389 210 9.07 5.66 83,389

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.21b

MATHEMATICS Grade 4 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N168 13.14 7.85 1,649 211 10.06 5.65 78,180 171 10.48 7.88 1,069 214 8.25 5.88 62,989

169 13.00 7.75 2,079 212 10.03 5.64 72,784 172 10.27 7.93 1,309 215 8.25 5.87 62,019

170 12.76 7.67 2,605 213 9.99 5.61 67,655 173 10.14 7.77 1,575 216 8.25 5.85 60,840

171 12.66 7.58 3,205 214 9.94 5.58 62,733 174 9.88 7.65 1,879 217 8.20 5.82 59,526

172 12.28 7.51 3,852 215 9.89 5.55 57,529 175 9.64 7.58 2,278 218 8.13 5.82 57,922

173 12.08 7.49 4,596 216 9.90 5.53 52,666 176 9.53 7.50 2,656 219 8.08 5.78 56,159

174 11.94 7.42 5,470 217 9.80 5.50 48,193 177 9.40 7.36 3,103 220 8.04 5.74 53,848

175 11.79 7.29 6,457 218 9.66 5.47 43,717 178 9.41 7.32 3,565 221 7.95 5.71 51,394

176 11.55 7.24 7,549 219 9.60 5.45 39,455 179 9.32 7.24 4,162 222 7.85 5.69 48,741

177 11.53 7.15 8,851 220 9.60 5.44 35,620 180 9.33 7.15 4,768 223 7.76 5.66 45,959

178 11.39 7.08 10,203 221 9.49 5.41 31,990 181 9.05 7.08 5,411 224 7.76 5.62 43,059

179 11.17 7.02 11,603 222 9.36 5.41 28,331 182 8.97 7.01 6,154 225 7.68 5.61 40,163

180 11.05 6.94 12,951 223 9.26 5.39 25,208 183 8.89 6.95 6,961 226 7.55 5.60 37,388

181 10.85 6.85 14,596 224 9.26 5.37 22,238 184 8.78 6.94 7,801 227 7.56 5.60 34,310

182 10.80 6.75 16,233 225 9.12 5.37 19,332 185 8.63 6.87 8,665 228 7.46 5.60 31,259

183 10.78 6.66 17,942 226 8.94 5.41 16,685 186 8.63 6.86 9,682 229 7.36 5.59 28,408

184 10.55 6.56 19,761 227 8.87 5.42 14,492 187 8.56 6.81 10,728 230 7.38 5.58 25,687

185 10.54 6.49 22,180 228 8.88 5.42 12,275 188 8.51 6.75 11,832 231 7.31 5.60 22,665

186 10.51 6.42 24,392 229 8.82 5.44 10,457 189 8.50 6.67 13,282 232 7.29 5.60 20,012

187 10.39 6.37 26,934 230 8.68 5.43 8,905 190 8.35 6.59 14,891 233 7.27 5.62 17,604

188 10.32 6.32 29,741 231 8.62 5.40 7,515 191 8.30 6.50 16,631 234 7.26 5.59 15,224

189 10.25 6.25 32,812 232 8.52 5.38 6216 192 8.14 6.41 18,643 235 7.26 5.57 13,036

190 10.12 6.16 35,959 233 8.38 5.36 5,125 193 8.05 6.37 20,894 236 7.19 5.59 11,159

191 10.07 6.12 39,902 234 8.04 4.59 4,246 194 8.05 6.30 23,155 237 7.05 4.90 9,451

192 10.04 6.08 44,117 235 7.94 4.62 3,468 195 8.04 6.25 25,736 238 6.98 4.89 7,815

193 9.92 6.03 48,686 236 7.86 4.66 2,833 196 8.00 6.24 28,654 239 6.91 4.90 6,545

194 9.78 5.99 53,681 237 7.78 4.66 2,272 197 7.97 6.20 31,803 240 6.86 4.91 5,431

195 9.73 5.95 59,091 198 7.98 6.17 35,257 241 6.79 4.92 4,497

196 9.69 5.90 64,281 199 7.97 6.16 38,913 242 6.75 4.87 3,640

197 9.68 5.87 69,920 200 7.93 6.16 42,507 243 6.70 4.92 3,018

198 9.68 5.85 75,604 201 7.98 6.14 46,198 244 6.67 4.98 2,447

199 9.69 5.82 80,693 202 8.01 6.12 49,607 245 6.65 5.02 1,965

200 9.71 5.82 85,506 203 8.06 6.08 53,121 246 6.57 5.00 1,609

201 9.72 5.81 90,073 204 8.10 6.05 56,223 247 6.48 5.07 1,320

202 9.76 5.79 93,538 205 8.19 6.01 59,099

203 9.84 5.77 96,325 206 8.19 5.99 61,235

204 9.89 5.76 98,358 207 8.20 5.98 63,229

205 9.92 5.75 99,078 208 8.24 5.97 64,317

206 9.98 5.73 98,257 209 8.27 5.95 64,970

207 10.00 5.71 96,260 210 8.37 5.94 65,121208 10.14 5.70 92,767 211 8.39 5.93 65,088

209 10.12 5.69 88,269 212 8.37 5.92 64,619

210 10.10 5.66 83,389 213 8.33 5.89 64,012

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.22a

MATHEMATICS Grade 5 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N172 5.81 7.96 1,631 215 4.23 5.79 78,957 172 10.03 7.96 1,631 215 7.63 5.79 78,957

173 5.68 7.82 1,920 216 4.19 5.76 77,782 173 9.78 7.82 1,920 216 7.55 5.76 77,782

174 5.46 7.67 2,282 217 4.15 5.73 76,533 174 9.46 7.67 2,282 217 7.47 5.73 76,533

175 5.36 7.62 2,697 218 4.12 5.69 74,994 175 9.23 7.62 2,697 218 7.47 5.69 74,994

176 5.32 7.65 3,096 219 4.07 5.64 73,299 176 9.20 7.65 3,096 219 7.37 5.64 73,299

177 5.21 7.49 3,566 220 4.02 5.59 70,869 177 9.00 7.49 3,566 220 7.28 5.59 70,869

178 5.05 7.41 4,121 221 3.98 5.55 68,341 178 8.79 7.41 4,121 221 7.21 5.55 68,341

179 4.94 7.36 4,665 222 3.95 5.51 65,203 179 8.59 7.36 4,665 222 7.20 5.51 65,203

180 4.81 7.36 5,287 223 3.90 5.48 62,007 180 8.43 7.36 5,287 223 7.10 5.48 62,007

181 4.76 7.31 5,986 224 3.85 5.44 58,566 181 8.33 7.31 5,986 224 7.00 5.44 58,566

182 4.66 7.23 6,612 225 3.80 5.39 55,064 182 8.16 7.23 6,612 225 6.92 5.39 55,064

183 4.63 7.18 7,499 226 3.77 5.36 51,446 183 8.15 7.18 7,499 226 6.86 5.36 51,446

184 4.58 7.08 8,371 227 3.75 5.33 47,773 184 8.04 7.08 8,371 227 6.86 5.33 47,773185 4.53 7.01 9,323 228 3.68 5.32 43,972 185 7.95 7.01 9,323 228 6.74 5.32 43,972

186 4.48 6.98 10,441 229 3.66 5.29 40,144 186 7.90 6.98 10,441 229 6.70 5.29 40,144

187 4.47 6.97 11,711 230 3.61 5.28 36,523 187 7.89 6.97 11,711 230 6.60 5.28 36,523

188 4.44 6.89 12,908 231 3.57 5.26 32,726 188 7.83 6.89 12,908 231 6.57 5.26 32,726

189 4.38 6.85 14,389 232 3.49 5.24 29,261 189 7.72 6.85 14,389 232 6.42 5.24 29,261

190 4.35 6.80 16,010 233 3.46 5.20 25,926 190 7.65 6.80 16,010 233 6.42 5.20 25,926

191 4.26 6.75 17,885 234 3.37 5.21 22,701 191 7.55 6.75 17,885 234 6.25 5.21 22,701

192 4.22 6.68 20,026 235 3.33 5.21 19,704 192 7.46 6.68 20,026 235 6.18 5.21 19,704

193 4.19 6.64 22,599 236 3.30 5.20 17228 193 7.45 6.64 22,599 236 6.16 5.20 17,228

194 4.17 6.58 25,573 237 3.26 5.14 14765 194 7.42 6.58 25,573 237 6.09 5.14 14,765

195 4.14 6.52 28,964 238 3.20 5.11 12583 195 7.36 6.52 28,964 238 5.97 5.11 12,583

196 4.14 6.45 32,442 239 3.13 5.17 10668 196 7.36 6.45 32,442 239 5.84 5.17 10,668

197 4.13 6.42 36,379 240 2.95 4.43 9005 197 7.35 6.42 36,379 240 5.55 4.43 9,005

198 4.12 6.38 40,535 241 2.91 4.43 7465 198 7.38 6.38 40,535 241 5.48 4.43 7,465

199 4.13 6.35 44,764 242 2.84 4.41 6292 199 7.39 6.35 44,764 242 5.34 4.41 6,292

200 4.16 6.33 49,316 243 2.76 4.43 5259 200 7.45 6.33 49,316 243 5.19 4.43 5,259

201 4.18 6.31 54,192 244 2.70 4.36 4425 201 7.49 6.31 54,192 244 5.08 4.36 4,425

202 4.22 6.28 59,035 245 2.65 4.37 3,730 202 7.55 6.28 59,035 245 4.98 4.37 3,730

203 4.24 6.24 63,781 246 2.57 4.37 3,150 203 7.59 6.24 63,781 246 4.84 4.37 3,150

204 4.27 6.21 68,456 247 2.55 4.58 2,572 204 7.65 6.21 68,456 247 4.79 4.58 2,572

205 4.27 6.19 72,452 248 2.51 4.59 2,133 205 7.65 6.19 72,452 248 4.73 4.59 2,133

206 4.29 6.15 75,917 249 2.49 4.67 1,767 206 7.70 6.15 75,917 249 4.68 4.67 1,767

207 4.30 6.12 78,748 207 7.72 6.12 78,748

208 4.32 6.08 80,607 208 7.74 6.08 80,607

209 4.32 6.05 81,920 209 7.75 6.05 81,920

210 4.32 6.01 82,234 210 7.75 6.01 82,234

211 4.32 5.97 82,094 211 7.74 5.97 82,094

212 4.31 5.94 81,561 212 7.73 5.94 81,561

213 4.28 5.88 80,859 213 7.73 5.88 80,859

214 4.27 5.83 79,691 214 7.71 5.83 79,691

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.22b

MATHEMATICS Grade 5 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N172 11.01 7.96 1,631 215 8.48 5.79 78,957 175 8.76 7.65 1,146 218 6.16 6.03 57,786

173 10.73 7.82 1,920 216 8.39 5.76 77,782 176 8.56 7.84 1,350 219 6.13 5.97 58,854

174 10.39 7.67 2,282 217 8.31 5.73 76,533 177 8.33 7.74 1,584 220 6.07 5.93 59,825

175 10.12 7.62 2,697 218 8.32 5.69 74,994 178 8.11 7.68 1,861 221 6.05 5.87 60,494

176 10.11 7.65 3,096 219 8.20 5.64 73,299 179 8.00 7.64 2,122 222 6.00 5.84 60,878

177 9.87 7.49 3,566 220 8.10 5.59 70,869 180 7.89 7.54 2,419 223 6.02 5.81 60,777

178 9.68 7.41 4,121 221 8.02 5.55 68,341 181 7.64 7.36 2,713 224 5.91 5.78 60,561

179 9.44 7.36 4,665 222 8.03 5.51 65,203 182 7.60 7.33 3,020 225 5.84 5.74 59,922

180 9.30 7.36 5,287 223 7.92 5.48 62,007 183 7.56 7.33 3,342 226 5.79 5.71 58,728

181 9.18 7.31 5,986 224 7.80 5.44 58,566 184 7.57 7.25 3,764 227 5.68 4.91 57,104

182 8.99 7.23 6,612 225 7.71 5.39 55,064 185 7.41 7.17 4,155 228 5.64 4.87 55,502

183 8.99 7.18 7,499 226 7.64 5.36 51,446 186 7.35 7.13 4,619 229 5.66 4.85 53,823

184 8.87 7.08 8,371 227 7.66 5.33 47,773 187 7.20 7.04 5,160 230 5.66 4.82 51,711

185 8.77 7.01 9,323 228 7.52 5.32 43,972 188 6.93 7.04 5,766 231 5.66 4.78 49,453

186 8.73 6.98 10,441 229 7.48 5.29 40,144 189 6.76 7.04 6,427 232 5.65 4.77 47,042

187 8.72 6.97 11,711 230 7.37 5.28 36,523 190 6.63 7.00 7,154 233 5.65 4.76 44,243

188 8.65 6.89 12,908 231 7.35 5.26 32,726 191 6.43 6.92 8,024 234 5.64 4.73 41,105

189 8.53 6.85 14,389 232 7.18 5.24 29,261 192 6.42 6.88 9,074 235 5.64 4.72 37,861

190 8.45 6.80 16,010 233 7.19 5.20 25,926 193 6.33 6.81 10,248 236 5.64 4.72 34,781

191 8.34 6.75 17,885 234 7.01 5.21 22,701 194 6.22 6.74 11,499 237 5.64 4.69 31,616

192 8.25 6.68 20,026 235 6.92 5.21 19,704 195 6.20 6.73 12,957 238 5.65 4.67 28,318

193 8.25 6.64 22,599 236 6.92 5.20 17228 196 6.21 6.73 14,502 239 5.66 4.67 25,224

194 8.22 6.58 25,573 237 6.83 5.14 14765 197 6.19 6.71 16,253 240 5.66 4.66 22,271

195 8.15 6.52 28,964 238 6.70 5.11 12583 198 6.16 6.69 18,122 241 5.65 4.65 19,456

196 8.15 6.45 32,442 239 6.55 5.17 10668 199 6.22 6.65 20,305 242 5.62 4.65 16,888

197 8.14 6.42 36,379 240 6.24 4.43 9005 200 6.22 6.61 22,568 243 5.59 4.65 14,786

198 8.19 6.38 40,535 241 6.17 4.43 7465 201 6.23 6.57 25,197 244 5.52 4.65 12,840

199 8.19 6.35 44,764 242 6.01 4.41 6292 202 6.25 6.51 27,652 245 5.46 4.68 11,114

200 8.27 6.33 49,316 243 5.84 4.43 5259 203 6.21 6.47 30,392 246 5.41 4.70 9,504

201 8.31 6.31 54,192 244 5.71 4.36 4425 204 6.21 6.45 32,927 247 5.36 4.72 8,087

202 8.38 6.28 59,035 245 5.60 4.37 3,730 205 6.24 6.43 35,551 248 5.28 4.71 6,861

203 8.43 6.24 63,781 246 5.45 4.37 3,150 206 6.40 6.40 37,872 249 5.28 4.77 5,730

204 8.49 6.21 68,456 247 5.39 4.58 2,572 207 6.41 6.37 40,178 250 5.25 4.78 4,800

205 8.49 6.19 72,452 248 5.32 4.59 2,133 208 6.47 6.35 42,493 251 5.19 4.85 4,076

206 8.55 6.15 75,917 249 5.27 4.67 1,767 209 6.45 6.33 44,658 252 5.10 4.81 3,410

207 8.57 6.12 78,748 210 6.45 6.31 46,446 253 5.07 4.86 2,821

208 8.59 6.08 80,607 211 6.44 6.28 48,302 254 4.92 4.83 2,318

209 8.60 6.05 81,920 212 6.41 6.24 49,951 255 4.75 4.83 1,863

210 8.61 6.01 82,234 213 6.39 6.21 51,192 256 4.69 4.85 1,463

211 8.60 5.97 82,094 214 6.40 6.19 52,370 257 4.61 4.81 1,148212 8.58 5.94 81,561 215 6.31 6.14 53,759

213 8.59 5.88 80,859 216 6.18 6.11 54,968

214 8.57 5.83 79,691 217 6.15 6.07 56,412

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.23a

MATHEMATICS Grade 6 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N174 5.64 7.90 1,292 217 3.74 5.94 72,805 174 9.56 7.90 1,292 217 6.71 5.94 72,805

175 5.59 7.93 1,475 218 3.71 5.90 74,654 175 9.47 7.93 1,475 218 6.64 5.90 74,654

176 5.48 7.87 1,721 219 3.68 5.84 76,373 176 9.31 7.87 1,721 219 6.59 5.84 76,373

177 5.37 7.71 2,018 220 3.66 5.78 77,388 177 9.15 7.71 2,018 220 6.59 5.78 77,388

178 5.30 7.55 2,314 221 3.65 5.74 78,118 178 9.11 7.55 2,314 221 6.59 5.74 78,118

179 5.17 7.42 2,645 222 3.63 5.63 78,419 179 8.88 7.42 2,645 222 6.54 5.63 78,419

180 5.07 7.34 3,036 223 3.60 5.57 78,329 180 8.73 7.34 3,036 223 6.50 5.57 78,329

181 4.87 7.23 3,444 224 3.59 5.51 77,245 181 8.39 7.23 3,444 224 6.48 5.51 77,245

182 4.72 7.25 3,881 225 3.56 5.51 76,064 182 8.17 7.25 3,881 225 6.47 5.51 76,064

183 4.63 7.30 4,335 226 3.55 5.44 74,262 183 8.00 7.30 4,335 226 6.44 5.44 74,262

184 4.57 7.22 4,835 227 3.51 5.42 71,813 184 7.94 7.22 4,835 227 6.37 5.42 71,813

185 4.55 7.19 5,389 228 3.46 5.39 69,191 185 7.94 7.19 5,389 228 6.27 5.39 69,191

186 4.55 7.08 6,005 229 3.44 5.36 66,991 186 7.93 7.08 6,005 229 6.23 5.36 66,991

187 4.50 7.04 6,668 230 3.41 5.25 64,160 187 7.85 7.04 6,668 230 6.23 5.25 64,160

188 4.38 6.93 7,451 231 3.38 5.23 61,251 188 7.62 6.93 7,451 231 6.17 5.23 61,251

189 4.37 6.89 8,251 232 3.33 5.19 58,116 189 7.59 6.89 8,251 232 6.08 5.19 58,116

190 4.31 6.84 9,251 233 3.31 5.15 54,469 190 7.54 6.84 9,251 233 6.04 5.15 54,469

191 4.21 6.82 10,404 234 3.27 5.13 50,759 191 7.34 6.82 10,404 234 6.01 5.13 50,759

192 4.14 6.78 11,635 235 3.20 5.12 46,897 192 7.26 6.78 11,635 235 5.88 5.12 46,897

193 4.11 6.77 12,982 236 3.16 5.09 42,730 193 7.22 6.77 12,982 236 5.80 5.09 42,730

194 4.04 6.75 14,587 237 3.12 5.05 38,877 194 7.12 6.75 14,587 237 5.79 5.05 38,877

195 3.98 6.69 16,308 238 3.08 5.02 35353 195 7.02 6.69 16,308 238 5.70 5.02 35,353

196 3.96 6.67 18,058 239 3.01 5.01 31466 196 6.98 6.67 18,058 239 5.56 5.01 31,466

197 3.96 6.64 20,038 240 2.95 4.96 27855 197 6.98 6.64 20,038 240 5.51 4.96 27,855

198 3.96 6.63 22,365 241 2.87 4.94 24682 198 6.98 6.63 22,365 241 5.36 4.94 24,682

199 3.94 6.70 24,785 242 2.71 4.17 21583 199 6.97 6.70 24,785 242 5.11 4.17 21,583

200 3.94 6.67 27,155 243 2.70 4.13 18674 200 6.96 6.67 27,155 243 5.09 4.13 18,674

201 3.92 6.61 29,949 244 2.69 4.13 16180 201 6.93 6.61 29,949 244 5.06 4.13 16,180

202 3.91 6.58 32,710 245 2.67 4.12 13931 202 6.92 6.58 32,710 245 5.02 4.12 13,931

203 3.89 6.54 35,484 246 2.66 4.10 11835 203 6.89 6.54 35,484 246 5.01 4.10 11,835

204 3.89 6.43 38,595 247 2.63 4.14 10089 204 6.90 6.43 38,595 247 4.95 4.14 10,089

205 3.88 6.38 41,587 248 2.59 4.15 8549 205 6.88 6.38 41,587 248 4.88 4.15 8,549

206 3.91 6.34 44,416 249 2.56 4.14 7130 206 6.93 6.34 44,416 249 4.81 4.14 7,130

207 3.91 6.29 47,584 250 2.52 4.22 6000 207 6.97 6.29 47,584 250 4.75 4.22 6,000

208 3.88 6.26 50,288 251 2.50 4.29 5,076 208 6.92 6.26 50,288 251 4.70 4.29 5,076

209 3.85 6.23 52,797 252 2.49 4.28 4,146 209 6.87 6.23 52,797 252 4.68 4.28 4,146

210 3.84 6.21 55,392 253 2.49 4.31 3,422 210 6.85 6.21 55,392 253 4.68 4.31 3,422

211 3.82 6.18 57,907 254 2.47 4.34 2,777 211 6.81 6.18 57,907 254 4.65 4.34 2,777

212 3.80 6.13 60,175 255 2.44 4.26 2,240 212 6.77 6.13 60,175 255 4.59 4.26 2,240

213 3.82 6.07 62,870 213 6.86 6.07 62,870214 3.81 6.03 65,260 214 6.84 6.03 65,260

215 3.78 5.98 67,922 215 6.77 5.98 67,922

216 3.77 5.94 70,424 216 6.75 5.94 70,424

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.23b

MATHEMATICS Grade 6 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N174 10.44 7.90 1,292 217 7.44 5.94 72,805 178 9.05 7.55 1,321 221 6.04 5.94 51,631

175 10.33 7.93 1,475 218 7.37 5.90 74,654 179 8.80 7.47 1,508 222 6.04 5.90 52,927

176 10.17 7.87 1,721 219 7.32 5.84 76,373 180 8.80 7.30 1,723 223 5.94 5.85 54,371

177 10.00 7.71 2,018 220 7.33 5.78 77,388 181 8.68 7.21 1,949 224 5.88 5.80 55,566

178 9.99 7.55 2,314 221 7.33 5.74 78,118 182 8.64 7.34 2,209 225 5.83 5.82 56,317

179 9.73 7.42 2,645 222 7.27 5.63 78,419 183 8.42 7.38 2,503 226 5.80 5.79 57,051

180 9.58 7.34 3,036 223 7.22 5.57 78,329 184 8.40 7.23 2,781 227 5.79 5.74 57,718

181 9.21 7.23 3,444 224 7.20 5.51 77,245 185 8.31 7.17 3,037 228 5.72 5.68 57,869

182 8.97 7.25 3,881 225 7.20 5.51 76,064 186 8.15 7.19 3,359 229 5.67 5.62 57,902

183 8.78 7.30 4,335 226 7.17 5.44 74,262 187 7.78 7.04 3,741 230 5.63 5.54 58,040

184 8.73 7.22 4,835 227 7.10 5.42 71,813 188 7.60 6.95 4,221 231 5.64 5.48 57,836

185 8.74 7.19 5,389 228 6.98 5.39 69,191 189 7.50 7.03 4,797 232 5.53 5.44 56,986

186 8.74 7.08 6,005 229 6.93 5.36 66,991 190 7.34 7.01 5,309 233 5.53 5.39 56,010

187 8.64 7.04 6,668 230 6.95 5.25 64,160 191 7.18 6.96 5,852 234 5.54 5.37 54,663

188 8.38 6.93 7,451 231 6.88 5.23 61,251 192 7.18 6.97 6,465 235 5.44 5.34 52,844

189 8.36 6.89 8,251 232 6.78 5.19 58,116 193 7.19 6.95 7,066 236 5.39 5.33 50,668

190 8.31 6.84 9,251 233 6.73 5.15 54,469 194 7.12 6.84 7,738 237 5.22 4.64 48,371

191 8.09 6.82 10,404 234 6.71 5.13 50,759 195 7.13 6.82 8,674 238 5.23 4.61 45,592

192 8.01 6.78 11,635 235 6.58 5.12 46,897 196 7.12 6.76 9,673 239 5.22 4.58 42,550

193 7.96 6.77 12,982 236 6.48 5.09 42,730 197 7.02 6.68 10,758 240 5.21 4.53 39,348

194 7.87 6.75 14,587 237 6.48 5.05 38,877 198 6.81 6.65 12,093 241 5.18 4.49 36,154

195 7.75 6.69 16,308 238 6.38 5.02 35353 199 6.79 6.66 13,323 242 5.16 4.46 32,943

196 7.71 6.67 18,058 239 6.23 5.01 31466 200 6.72 6.65 14,676 243 5.13 4.45 29,896

197 7.71 6.64 20,038 240 6.19 4.96 27855 201 6.70 6.63 16,122 244 5.10 4.43 27,001

198 7.70 6.63 22,365 241 6.02 4.94 24682 202 6.70 6.62 17,619 245 5.08 4.43 24,371

199 7.70 6.70 24,785 242 5.75 4.17 21583 203 6.69 6.57 18,938 246 5.03 4.45 21,850

200 7.69 6.67 27,155 243 5.72 4.13 18674 204 6.68 6.53 20,560 247 4.98 4.46 19,538

201 7.66 6.61 29,949 244 5.69 4.13 16180 205 6.62 6.50 22,138 248 4.92 4.48 17,572

202 7.66 6.58 32,710 245 5.64 4.12 13931 206 6.57 6.61 23,935 249 4.89 4.49 15,635

203 7.62 6.54 35,484 246 5.64 4.10 11835 207 6.56 6.59 25,684 250 4.85 4.51 13,747

204 7.63 6.43 38,595 247 5.57 4.14 10089 208 6.57 6.57 27,470 251 4.85 4.50 12,118

205 7.61 6.38 41,587 248 5.49 4.15 8549 209 6.55 6.55 29,218 252 4.85 4.48 10,574

206 7.67 6.34 44,416 249 5.41 4.14 7130 210 6.52 6.50 30,973 253 4.84 4.46 9,063

207 7.73 6.29 47,584 250 5.35 4.22 6000 211 6.51 6.36 32,614 254 4.84 4.50 7,763

208 7.68 6.26 50,288 251 5.29 4.29 5,076 212 6.51 6.29 34,464 255 4.82 4.51 6,666

209 7.61 6.23 52,797 252 5.26 4.28 4,146 213 6.50 6.24 36,369 256 4.77 4.54 5,517

210 7.59 6.21 55,392 253 5.26 4.31 3,422 214 6.46 6.21 38,350 257 4.76 4.50 4,527

211 7.54 6.18 57,907 254 5.23 4.34 2,777 215 6.36 6.18 40,422 258 4.75 4.54 3,655

212 7.51 6.13 60,175 255 5.16 4.26 2,240 216 6.35 6.23 42,483 259 4.74 4.47 2,872

213 7.61 6.07 62,870 217 6.24 6.21 44,569 260 4.74 4.54 2,186214 7.59 6.03 65,260 218 6.15 6.17 46,437 261 4.73 4.53 1,663

215 7.52 5.98 67,922 219 6.12 6.13 48,355 262 4.73 4.63 1,261

216 7.50 5.94 70,424 220 6.07 6.07 50,098

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.24a

MATHEMATICS Grade 7 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks) Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N177 6.13 7.58 1,278 220 3.61 6.00 60,373 177 10.11 7.58 1,278 220 6.31 6.00 60,373

178 5.87 7.59 1,526 221 3.57 5.94 62,741 178 9.71 7.59 1,526 221 6.29 5.94 62,741

179 5.61 7.52 1,730 222 3.54 5.86 64,186 179 9.36 7.52 1,730 222 6.24 5.86 64,186

180 5.42 7.37 1,922 223 3.49 5.74 65,651 180 9.06 7.37 1,922 223 6.14 5.74 65,651

181 5.36 7.26 2,167 224 3.44 5.74 66,648 181 8.99 7.26 2,167 224 6.04 5.74 66,648

182 5.33 7.38 2,463 225 3.40 5.68 67,933 182 8.98 7.38 2,463 225 6.01 5.68 67,933

183 5.31 7.34 2,774 226 3.36 5.62 68,713 183 8.89 7.34 2,774 226 5.93 5.62 68,713

184 5.29 7.26 3,081 227 3.31 5.65 69,725 184 8.84 7.26 3,081 227 5.84 5.65 69,725

185 5.22 7.22 3,477 228 3.28 5.60 70,083 185 8.76 7.22 3,477 228 5.84 5.60 70,083

186 5.10 7.14 3,905 229 3.25 5.49 70,255 186 8.54 7.14 3,905 229 5.79 5.49 70,255

187 4.98 7.09 4,309 230 3.21 5.43 70,040 187 8.42 7.09 4,309 230 5.71 5.43 70,040

188 4.80 7.04 4,816 231 3.19 5.37 69,644 188 8.17 7.04 4,816 231 5.68 5.37 69,644

189 4.59 7.02 5,378 232 3.16 5.26 68,763 189 7.83 7.02 5,378 232 5.67 5.26 68,763

190 4.56 7.06 5,977 233 3.12 5.22 67,544 190 7.81 7.06 5,977 233 5.58 5.22 67,544

191 4.54 7.02 6,573 234 3.08 5.18 66,113 191 7.77 7.02 6,573 234 5.52 5.18 66,113

192 4.51 6.96 7,300 235 3.04 5.15 63,975 192 7.77 6.96 7,300 235 5.44 5.15 63,975

193 4.43 6.89 8,062 236 3.04 5.10 61,313 193 7.58 6.89 8,062 236 5.43 5.10 61,313

194 4.42 6.82 8,923 237 3.01 5.05 58,428 194 7.55 6.82 8,923 237 5.43 5.05 58,428

195 4.31 6.76 9,992 238 2.98 5.00 55,095 195 7.39 6.76 9,992 238 5.37 5.00 55,095

196 4.22 6.77 11,177 239 2.93 4.95 51,746 196 7.27 6.77 11,177 239 5.27 4.95 51,746

197 4.13 6.71 12,471 240 2.89 4.89 48,171 197 7.14 6.71 12,471 240 5.24 4.89 48,171

198 4.12 6.70 13,844 241 2.80 4.846 44,667 198 7.13 6.70 13,844 241 5.07 4.85 44,667

199 4.09 6.67 15,394 242 2.76 4.79 40,901 199 7.08 6.67 15,394 242 5.05 4.79 40,901

200 4.08 6.61 16,820 243 2.68 4.76 37,551 200 7.05 6.61 16,820 243 4.95 4.76 37,551

201 4.05 6.58 18,452 244 2.58 4.70 33,954 201 7.00 6.58 18,452 244 4.75 4.70 33,954

202 4.02 6.54 20,108 245 2.52 4.67 30,711 202 7.00 6.54 20,108 245 4.70 4.67 30,711

203 3.99 6.51 21,963 246 2.34 3.97 27,647 203 6.93 6.51 21,963 246 4.41 3.97 27,647

204 3.96 6.50 23,849 247 2.31 3.95 25,016 204 6.88 6.50 23,849 247 4.35 3.95 25,016

205 3.93 6.46 25,927 248 2.28 3.96 22,343 205 6.87 6.46 25,927 248 4.29 3.96 22,343

206 3.92 6.46 27,994 249 2.26 3.95 20,009 206 6.86 6.46 27,994 249 4.26 3.95 20,009

207 3.91 6.44 30,103 250 2.24 3.95 17,833 207 6.83 6.44 30,103 250 4.21 3.95 17,833

208 3.90 6.41 32,015 251 2.21 3.92 15,678 208 6.82 6.41 32,015 251 4.16 3.92 15,678

209 3.90 6.37 34,177 252 2.19 3.95 13,579 209 6.82 6.37 34,177 252 4.12 3.95 13,579

210 3.90 6.36 36,246 253 2.14 3.92 11,673 210 6.82 6.36 36,246 253 4.02 3.92 11,673

211 3.89 6.29 38,398 254 2.09 3.91 9,901 211 6.79 6.29 38,398 254 3.94 3.91 9,901

212 3.87 6.26 40,508 255 2.06 3.98 8,281 212 6.76 6.26 40,508 255 3.88 3.98 8,281

213 3.81 6.22 42,941 256 2.00 4.03 6,834 213 6.64 6.22 42,941 256 3.76 4.03 6,834

214 3.77 6.20 45,091 257 1.99 4.04 5,682 214 6.57 6.20 45,091 257 3.74 4.04 5,682215 3.74 6.15 47,719 258 1.99 4.11 4,677 215 6.57 6.15 47,719 258 3.74 4.11 4,677

216 3.71 6.13 50,053 259 1.97 4.20 3,814 216 6.50 6.13 50,053 259 3.70 4.20 3,814

217 3.65 6.10 52,871 260 1.93 4.06 3,040 217 6.39 6.10 52,871 260 3.64 4.06 3,040

218 3.65 6.11 55,564 261 1.90 3.98 2,478 218 6.38 6.11 55,564 261 3.57 3.98 2,478

219 3.63 6.05 58,304 262 1.82 4.06 1,950 219 6.35 6.05 58,304 262 3.42 4.06 1,950

263 1.66 4.04 1,540 263 3.13 4.04 1,540

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 7 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.24b

MATHEMATICS Grade 7 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N177 10.94 7.58 1,278 220 6.96 6.00 60,373 179 9.50 7.89 951 223 5.58 6.04 38,022

178 10.52 7.59 1,526 221 6.95 5.94 62,741 180 9.35 7.78 1,099 224 5.50 5.99 39,507

179 10.17 7.52 1,730 222 6.89 5.86 64,186 181 9.16 7.73 1,226 225 5.37 5.93 40,923

180 9.85 7.37 1,922 223 6.78 5.74 65,651 182 8.99 7.79 1,423 226 5.25 5.98 42,601

181 9.78 7.26 2,167 224 6.67 5.74 66,648 183 8.92 7.72 1,624 227 5.18 6.02 44,057

182 9.78 7.38 2,463 225 6.65 5.68 67,933 184 8.74 7.63 1,843 228 4.98 5.96 45,455

183 9.67 7.34 2,774 226 6.56 5.62 68,713 185 8.53 7.53 2,043 229 4.94 5.88 46,655

184 9.62 7.26 3,081 227 6.46 5.65 69,725 186 8.44 7.40 2,297 230 4.83 5.82 47,767

185 9.54 7.22 3,477 228 6.47 5.60 70,083 187 8.33 7.33 2,493 231 4.84 5.67 48,640

186 9.29 7.14 3,905 229 6.41 5.49 70,255 188 8.33 7.29 2,771 232 4.73 5.55 49,418

187 9.18 7.09 4,309 230 6.32 5.43 70,040 189 8.33 7.40 3,039 233 4.64 5.49 49,999

188 8.93 7.04 4,816 231 6.29 5.37 69,644 190 8.30 7.31 3,352 234 4.64 5.47 50,410

189 8.56 7.02 5,378 232 6.29 5.26 68,763 191 7.89 7.24 3,674 235 4.63 5.43 50,295

190 8.56 7.06 5,977 233 6.19 5.22 67,544 192 7.75 7.17 4,089 236 4.51 5.48 49,805

191 8.51 7.02 6,573 234 6.12 5.18 66,113 193 7.56 7.10 4,448 237 4.46 5.45 49,058

192 8.53 6.96 7,300 235 6.03 5.15 63,975 194 7.46 7.00 4,949 238 4.46 5.39 47,606

193 8.29 6.89 8,062 236 6.03 5.10 61,313 195 7.43 7.00 5,479 239 4.46 5.34 45,953

194 8.26 6.82 8,923 237 6.03 5.05 58,428 196 7.41 7.01 6,074 240 4.33 5.30 44,092

195 8.10 6.76 9,992 238 5.97 5.00 55,095 197 7.40 6.94 6,767 241 4.34 5.14 41,880

196 7.98 6.77 11,177 239 5.86 4.95 51,746 198 7.40 6.89 7,490 242 4.28 5.10 39,731

197 7.85 6.71 12,471 240 5.84 4.89 48,171 199 7.28 6.88 8,178 243 4.15 4.39 37,878

198 7.83 6.70 13,844 241 5.65 4.85 44667 200 7.09 6.83 9,046 244 4.15 4.37 35,623

199 7.78 6.67 15,394 242 5.63 4.79 40901 201 6.98 6.79 9,901 245 4.12 4.34 33,515

200 7.75 6.61 16,820 243 5.54 4.76 37551 202 6.88 6.80 10,753 246 4.05 4.34 31,636

201 7.69 6.58 18,452 244 5.32 4.70 33954 203 6.82 6.79 11,805 247 4.03 4.33 29,643

202 7.70 6.54 20,108 245 5.28 4.67 30711 204 6.76 6.77 12,785 248 3.97 4.32 27,684

203 7.62 6.51 21,963 246 4.96 3.97 27647 205 6.75 6.77 13,788 249 3.90 4.29 25,945

204 7.57 6.50 23,849 247 4.89 3.95 25016 206 6.75 6.71 14,939 250 3.86 4.28 23,969

205 7.57 6.46 25,927 248 4.83 3.96 22343 207 6.74 6.65 16,012 251 3.83 4.29 22,148

206 7.56 6.46 27,994 249 4.80 3.95 20009 208 6.72 6.60 17,011 252 3.79 4.32 20,114

207 7.52 6.44 30,103 250 4.73 3.95 17833 209 6.74 6.56 18,336 253 3.75 4.33 18,063

208 7.51 6.41 32,015 251 4.68 3.92 15678 210 6.63 6.50 19,410 254 3.74 4.37 16,045

209 7.51 6.37 34,177 252 4.63 3.95 13579 211 6.59 6.47 20,546 255 3.73 4.36 14,181

210 7.51 6.36 36,246 253 4.53 3.92 11673 212 6.46 6.47 21,796 256 3.73 4.38 12,306

211 7.48 6.29 38,398 254 4.43 3.91 9901 213 6.42 6.44 23,163 257 3.72 4.35 10,582

212 7.44 6.26 40,508 255 4.36 3.98 8281 214 6.21 6.43 24,322 258 3.72 4.34 8,866

213 7.31 6.22 42,941 256 4.23 4.03 6834 215 6.13 6.40 25,893 259 3.72 4.37 7,302

214 7.23 6.20 45,091 257 4.21 4.04 5682 216 6.06 6.40 27,349 260 3.72 4.45 5,983

215 7.24 6.15 47,719 258 4.21 4.11 4677 217 5.98 6.36 28,968 261 3.71 4.41 4,781

216 7.16 6.13 50,053 259 4.17 4.20 3,814 218 5.88 6.33 30,500 262 3.70 4.45 3,792217 7.05 6.10 52,871 260 4.10 4.06 3,040 219 5.83 6.30 32,160 263 3.67 4.52 3,065

218 7.04 6.11 55,564 261 4.01 3.98 2,478 220 5.72 6.25 33,757 264 3.67 4.50 2,473

219 7.00 6.05 58,304 262 3.85 4.06 1,950 221 5.64 6.19 35,206 265 3.66 4.48 1,979

263 3.52 4.04 1,540 222 5.63 6.11 36,573 266 3.66 4.49 1,577

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 7 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.25a

MATHEMATICS Grade 8 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N180 5.80 8.08 726 224 2.99 5.88 31,732 180 9.29 8.08 726 224 5.06 5.88 31,732

181 5.29 8.03 856 225 2.90 5.82 32,978 181 8.61 8.03 856 225 4.89 5.82 32,978

182 5.07 7.74 956 226 2.83 5.76 34,355 182 8.29 7.74 956 226 4.81 5.76 34,355

183 4.92 7.69 1,098 227 2.77 5.70 35,454 183 8.06 7.69 1,098 227 4.73 5.70 35,454

184 4.88 7.78 1,262 228 2.69 5.68 36,478 184 7.99 7.78 1,262 228 4.58 5.68 36,478

185 4.85 7.68 1,412 229 2.62 5.64 37,660 185 7.97 7.68 1,412 229 4.51 5.64 37,660

186 4.92 7.66 1,563 230 2.57 5.57 38,654 186 7.96 7.66 1,563 230 4.41 5.57 38,654

187 4.90 7.62 1,747 231 2.54 5.51 39,492 187 7.93 7.62 1,747 231 4.35 5.51 39,492

188 4.78 7.63 1,886 232 2.50 5.46 40,145 188 7.79 7.63 1,886 232 4.28 5.46 40,145

189 4.68 7.47 2,095 233 2.47 5.40 40,578 189 7.62 7.47 2,095 233 4.27 5.40 40,578

190 4.65 7.49 2,341 234 2.43 5.33 40,797 190 7.55 7.49 2,341 234 4.19 5.33 40,797

191 4.54 7.42 2,615 235 2.37 5.28 40,678 191 7.45 7.42 2,615 235 4.07 5.28 40,678

192 4.46 7.33 2,948 236 2.33 5.24 40,322 192 7.39 7.33 2,948 236 4.05 5.24 40,322

193 4.41 7.17 3,352 237 2.30 5.18 39,810 193 7.25 7.17 3,352 237 3.99 5.18 39,810

194 4.26 7.21 3,695 238 2.26 5.12 38,984 194 7.06 7.21 3,695 238 3.97 5.12 38,984

195 4.16 7.13 4,078 239 2.20 5.08 37,802 195 6.92 7.13 4,078 239 3.85 5.08 37,802

196 4.04 7.08 4,489 240 2.17 5.03 36,532 196 6.69 7.08 4,489 240 3.79 5.03 36,532

197 3.99 7.03 4,944 241 2.14 4.98 35,113 197 6.60 7.03 4,944 241 3.79 4.98 35,113

198 3.96 7.03 5,422 242 2.06 4.93 33,441 198 6.59 7.03 5,422 242 3.63 4.93 33,441

199 3.89 6.91 6,039 243 2.03 4.89 31,871 199 6.46 6.91 6,039 243 3.63 4.89 31,871

200 3.81 6.84 6,770 244 1.97 4.86 30,160 200 6.36 6.84 6,770 244 3.52 4.86 30,160

201 3.79 6.82 7,479 245 1.90 4.807 28535 201 6.32 6.82 7,479 245 3.42 4.81 28,535

202 3.75 6.85 8,188 246 1.83 4.788 26835 202 6.24 6.85 8,188 246 3.35 4.79 26,835

203 3.72 6.82 8,982 247 1.74 4.794 25203 203 6.19 6.82 8,982 247 3.18 4.79 25,203

204 3.70 6.76 9,728 248 1.71 4.743 23600 204 6.16 6.76 9,728 248 3.16 4.74 23,600

205 3.67 6.75 10,582 249 1.61 4.00 21992 205 6.10 6.75 10,582 249 3.03 4.00 21,992

206 3.67 6.71 11,392 250 1.60 3.98 20400 206 6.10 6.71 11,392 250 3.01 3.98 20,400

207 3.67 6.66 12,352 251 1.56 3.94 18632 207 6.09 6.66 12,352 251 2.94 3.94 18,632

208 3.64 6.62 13,219 252 1.55 3.92 16997 208 6.04 6.62 13,219 252 2.92 3.92 16,997

209 3.60 6.62 14,174 253 1.54 3.92 15210 209 6.01 6.62 14,174 253 2.89 3.92 15,210

210 3.59 6.55 15,025 254 1.51 3.94 13429 210 5.99 6.55 15,025 254 2.84 3.94 13,429

211 3.55 6.51 16,127 255 1.49 4.00 11687 211 5.92 6.51 16,127 255 2.80 4.00 11,687

212 3.53 6.52 17,071 256 1.48 4.01 10140 212 5.92 6.52 17,071 256 2.79 4.01 10,140

213 3.46 6.48 18,160 257 1.45 4.05 8613 213 5.79 6.48 18,160 257 2.74 4.05 8,613

214 3.46 6.45 19,373 258 1.41 4.07 7244 214 5.79 6.45 19,373 258 2.66 4.07 7,244

215 3.42 6.42 20,571 259 1.41 4.08 6088 215 5.76 6.42 20,571 259 2.66 4.08 6,088

216 3.38 6.36 21,861 260 1.37 4.01 4971 216 5.68 6.36 21,861 260 2.58 4.01 4,971

217 3.30 6.31 23,175 261 1.35 4.03 4042 217 5.54 6.31 23,175 261 2.54 4.03 4,042

218 3.24 6.27 24,497 262 1.29 3.96 3261 218 5.43 6.27 24,497 262 2.43 3.96 3,261

219 3.19 6.20 25,763 263 1.25 4.01 2655 219 5.38 6.20 25,763 263 2.36 4.01 2,655220 3.13 6.15 27,016 264 1.16 4.01 2139 220 5.27 6.15 27,016 264 2.19 4.01 2,139

221 3.11 6.09 28,044 265 1.13 3.97 1,748 221 5.22 6.09 28,044 265 2.12 3.97 1,748

222 3.06 6.02 29,332 266 0.94 3.99 1,443 222 5.14 6.02 29,332 266 1.77 3.99 1,443

223 3.03 5.95 30,597 267 0.84 4.10 1,172 223 5.13 5.95 30,597 267 1.58 4.10 1,172

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 8 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.25b

MATHEMATICS Grade 8 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N180 9.96 8.08 726 224 5.52 5.88 31,732 181 7.51 7.19 328 225 3.13 6.19 14,031

181 9.28 8.03 856 225 5.32 5.82 32,978 182 7.57 7.41 380 226 2.91 6.12 14,778

182 8.95 7.74 956 226 5.25 5.76 34,355 183 7.61 7.73 428 227 2.83 6.06 15,634

183 8.70 7.69 1,098 227 5.17 5.70 35,454 184 7.58 8.13 506 228 2.79 6.01 16,479

184 8.63 7.78 1,262 228 5.01 5.68 36,478 185 7.71 8.00 564 229 2.69 5.95 17,322

185 8.62 7.68 1,412 229 4.94 5.64 37,660 186 7.71 7.83 617 230 2.58 5.87 18,051

186 8.57 7.66 1,563 230 4.83 5.57 38,654 187 7.72 7.67 666 231 2.49 5.88 18,792

187 8.53 7.62 1,747 231 4.76 5.51 39,492 188 7.67 7.57 731 232 2.42 5.77 19,513

188 8.40 7.63 1,886 232 4.68 5.46 40,145 189 7.53 7.38 790 233 2.35 4.98 20,165

189 8.21 7.47 2,095 233 4.69 5.40 40,578 190 7.52 7.50 855 234 2.34 4.93 20,650

190 8.13 7.49 2,341 234 4.60 5.33 40,797 191 7.49 7.51 928 235 2.33 4.91 21,191

191 8.05 7.42 2,615 235 4.47 5.28 40,678 192 7.21 7.60 1,022 236 2.33 4.83 21,467

192 8.01 7.33 2,948 236 4.45 5.24 40,322 193 6.76 7.44 1,158 237 2.30 4.82 21,626

193 7.84 7.17 3,352 237 4.38 5.18 39,810 194 6.64 7.23 1,306 238 2.29 4.75 21,611

194 7.66 7.21 3,695 238 4.38 5.12 38,984 195 6.35 7.14 1,469 239 2.29 4.70 21,483

195 7.51 7.13 4,078 239 4.24 5.08 37,802 196 5.93 7.07 1,649 240 2.26 4.65 20,998

196 7.25 7.08 4,489 240 4.18 5.03 36,532 197 5.77 6.99 1,862 241 2.21 4.65 20,596

197 7.15 7.03 4,944 241 4.19 4.98 35,113 198 5.67 7.08 2,020 242 2.19 4.59 20,092

198 7.15 7.03 5,422 242 4.01 4.93 33,441 199 5.60 7.02 2,219 243 2.17 4.56 19,529

199 7.01 6.91 6,039 243 4.02 4.89 31,871 200 5.33 6.99 2,509 244 2.16 4.52 18,955

200 6.92 6.84 6,770 244 3.91 4.86 30,160 201 5.31 7.09 2,802 245 2.16 4.48 18,577

201 6.86 6.82 7,479 245 3.81 4.81 28535 202 5.18 7.04 3,056 246 2.15 4.46 17,996

202 6.78 6.85 8,188 246 3.74 4.79 26835 203 5.16 7.06 3,403 247 2.15 4.44 17,275

203 6.72 6.82 8,982 247 3.55 4.79 25203 204 5.16 7.04 3,696 248 2.15 4.49 16,625

204 6.68 6.76 9,728 248 3.55 4.74 23600 205 4.93 6.99 4,033 249 2.15 4.48 15,934

205 6.61 6.75 10,582 249 3.41 4.00 21992 206 4.88 6.95 4,320 250 2.15 4.48 15,149

206 6.61 6.71 11,392 250 3.39 3.98 20400 207 4.69 6.89 4,711 251 2.15 4.43 14,432

207 6.61 6.66 12,352 251 3.31 3.94 18632 208 4.64 6.87 5,104 252 2.13 4.42 13,595

208 6.55 6.62 13,219 252 3.29 3.92 16997 209 4.64 6.89 5,489 253 2.15 4.35 12,583

209 6.53 6.62 14,174 253 3.25 3.92 15210 210 4.60 6.88 5,843 254 2.16 4.35 11,599

210 6.51 6.55 15,025 254 3.20 3.94 13429 211 4.51 6.81 6,311 255 2.19 4.38 10,566

211 6.43 6.51 16,127 255 3.15 4.00 11687 212 4.38 6.84 6,695 256 2.25 4.40 9,384

212 6.44 6.52 17,071 256 3.14 4.01 10140 213 4.38 6.83 7,052 257 2.26 4.39 8,338

213 6.30 6.48 18,160 257 3.08 4.05 8613 214 4.37 6.72 7,503 258 2.29 4.38 7,378

214 6.29 6.45 19,373 258 3.00 4.07 7244 215 4.19 6.71 7,961 259 2.35 4.38 6,359

215 6.28 6.42 20,571 259 2.99 4.08 6088 216 4.02 6.64 8,368 260 2.29 4.27 5,377

216 6.19 6.36 21,861 260 2.91 4.01 4971 217 3.90 6.61 8,949 261 2.19 4.31 4,501

217 6.03 6.31 23,175 261 2.86 4.03 4042 218 3.71 6.54 9,555 262 2.17 4.33 3,733

218 5.91 6.27 24,497 262 2.73 3.96 3261 219 3.61 6.52 10,095 263 2.05 4.54 3,043

219 5.87 6.20 25,763 263 2.65 4.01 2655 220 3.56 6.44 10,767 264 1.94 4.64 2,482220 5.74 6.15 27,016 264 2.47 4.01 2139 221 3.48 6.38 11,476 265 1.91 4.77 2,069

221 5.69 6.09 28,044 265 2.38 3.97 1,748 222 3.44 6.31 12,027 266 1.90 4.77 1,744

222 5.59 6.02 29,332 266 1.99 3.99 1,443 223 3.30 6.27 12,655 267 1.86 4.92 1,453

223 5.60 5.95 30,597 267 1.78 4.10 1,172 224 3.20 6.24 13,406 268 1.84 4.66 1,195

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 8 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.26a

MATHEMATICS Grade 9 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N183 3.63 6.45 291 226 1.56 4.99 11,547 183 6.83 6.45 291 226 2.94 4.99 11,547

184 3.61 6.50 312 227 1.53 4.93 12,191 184 6.80 6.50 312 227 2.88 4.93 12,191

185 3.61 6.62 349 228 1.50 4.88 12,768 185 6.79 6.62 349 228 2.82 4.88 12,768

186 3.60 6.27 382 229 1.46 4.84 13,409 186 6.78 6.27 382 229 2.75 4.84 13,409

187 3.57 6.02 458 230 1.44 4.81 14,180 187 6.71 6.02 458 230 2.71 4.81 14,180

188 3.49 6.08 505 231 1.42 4.80 14,833 188 6.58 6.08 505 231 2.68 4.80 14,833

189 3.25 6.09 614 232 1.40 4.75 15,492 189 6.12 6.09 614 232 2.64 4.75 15,492

190 3.09 5.99 697 233 1.38 4.69 16,113 190 5.82 5.99 697 233 2.60 4.69 16,113

191 2.89 6.09 804 234 1.36 4.60 16,746 191 5.44 6.09 804 234 2.56 4.60 16,746

192 2.82 6.10 866 235 1.33 4.54 17,135 192 5.31 6.10 866 235 2.50 4.54 17,135

193 2.80 6.06 978 236 1.31 4.48 17,446 193 5.26 6.06 978 236 2.46 4.48 17,446

194 2.79 6.13 1,083 237 1.31 4.42 17,705 194 5.26 6.13 1,083 237 2.46 4.42 17,705

195 2.76 6.15 1,172 238 1.29 4.40 17,878 195 5.20 6.15 1,172 238 2.44 4.40 17,878

196 2.74 6.09 1,306 239 1.29 4.36 17,817 196 5.16 6.09 1,306 239 2.44 4.36 17,817

197 2.62 6.17 1,445 240 1.29 4.31 17,554 197 4.94 6.17 1,445 240 2.43 4.31 17,554

198 2.49 6.19 1,598 241 1.29 4.26 17,235 198 4.69 6.19 1,598 241 2.43 4.26 17,235

199 2.43 5.89 1,752 242 1.29 4.25 16,902 199 4.57 5.89 1,752 242 2.43 4.25 16,902

200 2.34 5.76 1,954 243 1.28 4.18 16,359 200 4.40 5.76 1,954 243 2.41 4.18 16,359

201 2.24 5.70 2,149 244 1.26 4.12 15,795 201 4.22 5.70 2,149 244 2.36 4.12 15,795

202 2.23 5.65 2,405 245 1.23 4.07 15,420 202 4.20 5.65 2,405 245 2.31 4.07 15,420

203 2.22 5.60 2,670 246 1.22 4.06 15,030 203 4.17 5.60 2,670 246 2.29 4.06 15,030

204 2.16 5.76 2,932 247 1.21 4.009 14471 204 4.07 5.76 2,932 247 2.28 4.01 14,471

205 2.16 5.79 3,188 248 1.21 3.976 14064 205 4.07 5.79 3,188 248 2.28 3.98 14,064

206 2.13 5.75 3,444 249 1.20 3.971 13553 206 4.00 5.75 3,444 249 2.26 3.97 13,553

207 2.11 5.73 3,727 250 1.20 3.954 12888 207 3.98 5.73 3,727 250 2.26 3.95 12,888

208 2.11 5.68 3,957 251 1.20 3.919 12117 208 3.97 5.68 3,957 251 2.25 3.92 12,117

209 2.11 5.64 4,269 252 1.20 3.891 11299 209 3.97 5.64 4,269 252 2.25 3.89 11,299

210 2.11 5.59 4,574 253 1.19 3.894 10397 210 3.97 5.59 4,574 253 2.24 3.89 10,397

211 2.10 5.66 4,916 254 1.18 3.866 9494 211 3.96 5.66 4,916 254 2.21 3.87 9,494

212 2.06 5.63 5,178 255 1.14 3.883 8695 212 3.88 5.63 5,178 255 2.15 3.88 8,695

213 2.05 5.62 5,557 256 1.14 3.887 7860 213 3.86 5.62 5,557 256 2.15 3.89 7,860

214 2.00 5.58 5,870 257 1.09 3.885 6972 214 3.76 5.58 5,870 257 2.04 3.89 6,972

215 1.99 5.59 6,264 258 1.08 3.893 6095 215 3.74 5.59 6,264 258 2.04 3.89 6,095

216 1.93 5.53 6,650 259 1.07 3.941 5252 216 3.63 5.53 6,650 259 2.02 3.94 5,252

217 1.91 5.49 7,147 260 1.06 4.064 4390 217 3.60 5.49 7,147 260 2.00 4.06 4,390

218 1.82 5.43 7,659 261 1.03 4.111 3651 218 3.42 5.43 7,659 261 1.94 4.11 3,651

219 1.81 5.36 8,176 262 0.98 4.171 3075 219 3.40 5.36 8,176 262 1.84 4.17 3,075

220 1.76 5.29 8,599 263 0.92 4.16 2577 220 3.32 5.29 8,599 263 1.73 4.16 2,577

221 1.76 5.23 9,084 264 0.84 3.984 2161 221 3.32 5.23 9,084 264 1.58 3.98 2,161

222 1.71 5.21 9,498 265 0.79 3.751 1832 222 3.22 5.21 9,498 265 1.48 3.75 1,832223 1.71 5.14 9,941 266 0.75 3.825 1526 223 3.21 5.14 9,941 266 1.42 3.82 1,526

224 1.65 5.12 10,406 267 0.64 3.98 1269 224 3.11 5.12 10,406 267 1.20 3.98 1,269

225 1.60 5.08 10,957 268 0.62 4.08 1,029 225 3.01 5.08 10,957 268 1.17 4.08 1,029

269 0.59 4.06 843 269 1.11 4.06 843

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 9 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.26b

MATHEMATICS Grade 9 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N183 7.68 6.45 291 226 3.30 4.99 11,547 190 6.04 6.28 295 233 2.47 5.03 7,356

184 7.65 6.50 312 227 3.24 4.93 12,191 191 6.02 6.50 332 234 2.46 4.92 7,657

185 7.64 6.62 349 228 3.17 4.88 12,768 192 6.00 6.49 365 235 2.46 4.89 7,857

186 7.63 6.27 382 229 3.10 4.84 13,409 193 6.00 6.76 420 236 2.45 4.93 8,001

187 7.55 6.02 458 230 3.05 4.81 14,180 194 5.65 6.62 477 237 2.45 4.86 8,255

188 7.40 6.08 505 231 3.01 4.80 14,833 195 5.62 6.54 525 238 2.36 4.82 8,407

189 6.89 6.09 614 232 2.97 4.75 15,492 196 5.43 6.35 591 239 2.30 4.83 8,322

190 6.54 5.99 697 233 2.92 4.69 16,113 197 5.35 6.56 672 240 2.30 4.79 8,411

191 6.12 6.09 804 234 2.88 4.60 16,746 198 5.17 6.39 745 241 2.29 4.69 8,498

192 5.98 6.10 866 235 2.81 4.54 17,135 199 5.15 6.38 817 242 2.29 4.63 8,448

193 5.92 6.06 978 236 2.77 4.48 17,446 200 5.15 6.41 890 243 2.28 4.55 8,298

194 5.91 6.13 1,083 237 2.77 4.42 17,705 201 4.93 6.44 996 244 2.25 4.56 8,317

195 5.85 6.15 1,172 238 2.74 4.40 17,878 202 4.90 6.36 1,074 245 2.17 4.51 8,188

196 5.81 6.09 1,306 239 2.74 4.36 17,817 203 4.85 6.31 1,161 246 2.17 4.45 8,065

197 5.55 6.17 1,445 240 2.74 4.31 17,554 204 4.81 6.28 1,266 247 2.16 4.44 7,947

198 5.28 6.19 1,598 241 2.73 4.26 17,235 205 4.81 6.24 1,398 248 2.16 4.41 7,869

199 5.14 5.89 1,752 242 2.73 4.25 16,902 206 4.59 6.28 1,490 249 2.15 4.38 7,694

200 4.95 5.76 1,954 243 2.71 4.18 16,359 207 4.37 6.26 1,612 250 2.17 4.35 7,434

201 4.75 5.70 2,149 244 2.66 4.12 15,795 208 4.37 6.20 1,742 251 2.21 4.33 7,207

202 4.73 5.65 2,405 245 2.60 4.07 15,420 209 4.36 6.17 1,900 252 2.26 4.30 6,837

203 4.69 5.60 2,670 246 2.57 4.06 15,030 210 4.33 6.03 1,984 253 2.28 4.32 6,405

204 4.58 5.76 2,932 247 2.57 4.009 14471 211 4.33 5.91 2,083 254 2.40 4.32 5,917

205 4.58 5.79 3,188 248 2.56 3.976 14064 212 4.28 5.86 2,223 255 2.40 4.28 5,539

206 4.50 5.75 3,444 249 2.54 3.971 13553 213 4.24 5.91 2,308 256 2.41 4.27 4,982

207 4.47 5.73 3,727 250 2.54 3.954 12888 214 3.95 5.93 2,391 257 2.41 4.27 4,534

208 4.47 5.68 3,957 251 2.53 3.919 12117 215 3.78 5.93 2,574 258 2.40 4.33 4,070

209 4.47 5.64 4,269 252 2.53 3.891 11299 216 3.74 5.99 2,722 259 2.37 4.21 3,572

210 4.46 5.59 4,574 253 2.52 3.894 10397 217 3.46 6.02 2,885 260 2.37 4.19 3,079

211 4.45 5.66 4,916 254 2.49 3.866 9494 218 3.45 5.85 3,145 261 2.35 4.22 2,691

212 4.36 5.63 5,178 255 2.42 3.883 8695 219 3.41 5.81 3,362 262 2.28 4.23 2,262

213 4.34 5.62 5,557 256 2.42 3.887 7860 220 3.38 5.74 3,566 263 2.18 4.17 1,946

214 4.23 5.58 5,870 257 2.30 3.885 6972 221 3.24 5.59 3,845 264 2.17 4.28 1,661

215 4.21 5.59 6,264 258 2.29 3.893 6095 222 3.18 5.54 4,085 265 1.94 4.28 1,393

216 4.08 5.53 6,650 259 2.27 3.941 5252 223 3.16 5.58 4,280 266 1.90 4.13 1,142

217 4.05 5.49 7,147 260 2.25 4.064 4390 224 3.14 5.51 4,492 267 1.86 4.04 959

218 3.85 5.43 7,659 261 2.18 4.111 3651 225 3.03 5.47 4,717 268 1.84 4.09 783

219 3.83 5.36 8,176 262 2.07 4.171 3075 226 3.03 5.41 4,991 269 1.83 4.60 662

220 3.74 5.29 8,599 263 1.95 4.16 2577 227 3.03 5.30 5,259 270 1.77 4.84 565

221 3.73 5.23 9,084 264 1.77 3.984 2161 228 2.94 5.23 5,535 271 1.62 5.13 478

222 3.62 5.21 9,498 265 1.67 3.751 1832 229 2.79 5.21 5,997 272 1.59 5.88 399223 3.61 5.14 9,941 266 1.60 3.825 1526 230 2.61 5.18 6,377 273 1.56 6.18 325

224 3.50 5.12 10,406 267 1.35 3.98 1269 231 2.50 5.15 6,690

225 3.39 5.08 10,957 268 1.31 4.08 1,029 232 2.48 5.09 6,998

269 1.25 4.06 843

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 9 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.27a

MATHEMATICS Grade 10 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals*

Beginning of Yr to Middle of Yr ( ≈ 17 Instr'l Wks) Beginning of Yr to End of Yr ( ≈ 32 Instr'l Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N188 3.95 6.23 126 231 1.19 5.07 2,658 188 7.44 6.23 126 231 2.24 5.07 2,658

189 3.41 6.00 131 232 1.19 5.00 2,769 189 6.42 6.00 131 232 2.24 5.00 2,769

190 3.35 5.90 149 233 1.18 4.87 2,826 190 6.30 5.90 149 233 2.22 4.87 2,826

191 3.11 5.63 162 234 1.16 4.85 2,901 191 5.86 5.63 162 234 2.19 4.85 2,901

192 3.09 6.07 171 235 1.15 4.72 2,942 192 5.82 6.07 171 235 2.17 4.72 2,942

193 3.05 6.44 186 236 1.15 4.66 3,014 193 5.74 6.44 186 236 2.16 4.66 3,014

194 3.04 6.43 209 237 1.15 4.61 3,119 194 5.72 6.43 209 237 2.16 4.61 3,119

195 2.80 6.42 233 238 1.14 4.55 3,134 195 5.27 6.42 233 238 2.15 4.55 3,134

196 2.68 6.51 259 239 1.14 4.47 3,166 196 5.05 6.51 259 239 2.14 4.47 3,166

197 2.64 6.69 280 240 1.14 4.46 3,185 197 4.96 6.69 280 240 2.14 4.46 3,185

198 2.37 6.28 299 241 1.14 4.43 3,227 198 4.45 6.28 299 241 2.14 4.43 3,227

199 2.24 6.17 338 242 1.12 4.40 3,159 199 4.22 6.17 338 242 2.10 4.40 3,159

200 2.20 6.34 355 243 1.08 4.41 3,196 200 4.14 6.34 355 243 2.03 4.41 3,196

201 2.19 6.29 399 244 1.05 4.39 3,163 201 4.12 6.29 399 244 1.97 4.39 3,163

202 2.17 5.95 463 245 1.01 4.32 3,113 202 4.08 5.95 463 245 1.90 4.32 3,113

203 2.16 5.84 509 246 0.98 4.20 2,982 203 4.07 5.84 509 246 1.84 4.20 2,982

204 2.10 5.93 566 247 1.01 4.16 2,976 204 3.96 5.93 566 247 1.89 4.16 2,976

205 2.10 5.74 640 248 1.04 4.06 2,829 205 3.95 5.74 640 248 1.95 4.06 2,829

206 2.08 5.73 693 249 1.05 3.92 2,759 206 3.91 5.73 693 249 1.98 3.92 2,759

207 2.00 5.64 743 250 1.06 3.90 2,590 207 3.77 5.64 743 250 2.00 3.90 2,590

208 2.00 5.76 800 251 1.07 3.94 2,589 208 3.77 5.76 800 251 2.02 3.94 2,589

209 1.99 5.68 844 252 1.09 3.94 2449 209 3.75 5.68 844 252 2.06 3.94 2,449

210 1.99 5.63 896 253 1.01 3.875 2330 210 3.75 5.63 896 253 1.91 3.88 2,330

211 1.99 5.75 952 254 0.94 3.932 2137 211 3.75 5.75 952 254 1.77 3.93 2,137

212 1.99 5.75 1,016 255 0.86 3.975 2040 212 3.74 5.75 1,016 255 1.62 3.97 2,040

213 1.98 5.71 1,061 256 0.83 3.937 1838 213 3.73 5.71 1,061 256 1.57 3.94 1,838

214 1.98 5.69 1,124 257 0.82 3.795 1665 214 3.72 5.69 1,124 257 1.54 3.80 1,665

215 1.93 5.74 1,139 258 0.79 3.861 1517 215 3.64 5.74 1,139 258 1.49 3.86 1,517

216 1.93 5.73 1,154 259 0.79 3.731 1362 216 3.64 5.73 1,154 259 1.49 3.73 1,362

217 1.93 5.75 1,188 260 0.78 3.679 1190 217 3.63 5.75 1,188 260 1.46 3.68 1,190

218 1.92 5.63 1,241 261 0.73 3.765 1040 218 3.62 5.63 1,241 261 1.38 3.76 1,040

219 1.76 5.55 1,323 262 0.71 3.79 898 219 3.32 5.55 1,323 262 1.33 3.79 898

220 1.72 5.51 1,465 263 0.64 3.69 803 220 3.24 5.51 1,465 263 1.21 3.69 803

221 1.61 5.34 1,598 264 0.59 3.61 682 221 3.03 5.34 1,598 264 1.10 3.61 682

222 1.52 5.49 1,701 265 0.58 3.67 590 222 2.85 5.49 1,701 265 1.09 3.67 590

223 1.51 5.49 1,799 266 0.46 3.64 490 223 2.85 5.49 1,799 266 0.86 3.64 490

224 1.51 5.47 1,838 267 0.44 3.63 420 224 2.84 5.47 1,838 267 0.82 3.63 420

225 1.36 5.48 1,884 268 0.16 3.59 341 225 2.57 5.48 1,884 268 0.31 3.59 341

226 1.36 5.45 1,932 269 0.15 3.68 319 226 2.56 5.45 1,932 269 0.28 3.68 319

227 1.30 5.32 1,998 270 0.11 5.29 273 227 2.45 5.32 1,998 270 0.21 5.29 273228 1.24 5.30 2,160 271 0.11 5.42 234 228 2.33 5.30 2,160 271 0.20 5.42 234

229 1.23 5.26 2,333 272 0.10 5.67 197 229 2.32 5.26 2,333 272 0.20 5.67 197

230 1.23 5.13 2,529 273 0.19 5.95 171 230 2.32 5.13 2,529 273 0.35 5.95 171

* Starting RIT score is always based on grade 10 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.27b

MATHEMATICS Grade 10 Growth Estimates, Standard Deviation of Individual Test Scores Around

Growth Trajectories (SD), and Numbers of Students (N) for Four Comparison Intervals* (cont.)

Beginning of Yr to Beginning of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks) End of Yr to End of Next Yr ( ≈ 36 Instr'l. Wks)

Start Start Start Start

RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N RIT Estimate SD N188 8.37 6.23 126 231 2.52 5.07 2,658 196 6.34 7.45 102 239 1.14 4.59 1,323

189 7.23 6.00 131 232 2.52 5.00 2,769 197 6.31 7.49 106 240 1.14 4.66 1,378

190 7.09 5.90 149 233 2.49 4.87 2,826 198 6.23 7.15 108 241 1.13 4.57 1,380

191 6.59 5.63 162 234 2.47 4.85 2,901 199 6.19 7.16 120 242 1.12 4.46 1,425

192 6.55 6.07 171 235 2.44 4.72 2,942 200 6.11 6.38 137 243 1.10 4.46 1,458

193 6.45 6.44 186 236 2.43 4.66 3,014 201 6.08 6.19 147 244 1.10 4.40 1,417

194 6.43 6.43 209 237 2.43 4.61 3,119 202 5.88 6.25 167 245 1.09 4.32 1,376

195 5.93 6.42 233 238 2.42 4.55 3,134 203 5.88 6.16 197 246 1.09 4.46 1,401

196 5.68 6.51 259 239 2.41 4.47 3,166 204 4.94 5.84 215 247 1.08 4.39 1,371

197 5.58 6.69 280 240 2.41 4.46 3,185 205 4.54 5.81 228 248 1.08 4.30 1,356

198 5.01 6.28 299 241 2.40 4.43 3,227 206 3.70 5.97 263 249 1.06 4.33 1,344

199 4.75 6.17 338 242 2.37 4.40 3,159 207 3.55 5.87 285 250 1.05 4.38 1,310

200 4.66 6.34 355 243 2.29 4.41 3,196 208 3.54 5.97 296 251 1.05 4.23 1,260

201 4.64 6.29 399 244 2.22 4.39 3,163 209 3.99 5.92 315 252 0.94 4.08 1,218

202 4.59 5.95 463 245 2.14 4.32 3,113 210 3.99 5.79 332 253 1.02 4.18 1,177

203 4.58 5.84 509 246 2.07 4.20 2,982 211 3.96 5.75 343 254 1.03 4.13 1,119

204 4.45 5.93 566 247 2.13 4.16 2,976 212 3.95 5.87 358 255 1.15 3.97 1,071

205 4.45 5.74 640 248 2.19 4.06 2,829 213 3.95 5.82 381 256 1.22 3.95 981

206 4.40 5.73 693 249 2.23 3.92 2,759 214 3.93 6.04 399 257 1.29 3.98 906

207 4.24 5.64 743 250 2.25 3.90 2,590 215 3.91 6.09 428 258 1.36 3.88 808

208 4.24 5.76 800 251 2.28 3.94 2,589 216 3.91 5.97 445 259 1.49 3.91 743

209 4.22 5.68 844 252 2.31 3.94 2449 217 3.87 5.75 473 260 1.72 4.09 654

210 4.22 5.63 896 253 2.15 3.875 2330 218 3.78 5.60 494 261 1.95 4.13 614

211 4.22 5.75 952 254 1.99 3.932 2137 219 3.74 5.49 526 262 1.72 4.16 556

212 4.21 5.75 1,016 255 1.82 3.975 2040 220 3.73 5.50 544 263 1.68 4.25 506

213 4.20 5.71 1,061 256 1.76 3.937 1838 221 3.63 5.29 577 264 1.51 4.28 449

214 4.19 5.69 1,124 257 1.74 3.795 1665 222 3.32 5.29 602 265 1.18 4.07 400

215 4.09 5.74 1,139 258 1.68 3.861 1517 223 2.97 5.14 656 266 1.15 4.08 336

216 4.09 5.73 1,154 259 1.68 3.731 1362 224 2.82 5.20 700 267 1.07 4.07 294

217 4.09 5.75 1,188 260 1.65 3.679 1190 225 2.78 5.17 753 268 0.70 4.03 232

218 4.07 5.63 1,241 261 1.55 3.765 1040 226 2.74 5.36 789 269 0.70 4.26 204

219 3.73 5.55 1,323 262 1.49 3.79 898 227 2.68 5.25 849 270 0.69 4.22 177

220 3.65 5.51 1,465 263 1.36 3.69 803 228 2.40 5.41 878 271 0.56 4.12 151

221 3.41 5.34 1,598 264 1.24 3.61 682 229 2.38 5.33 926 272 0.56 4.62 121

222 3.21 5.49 1,701 265 1.23 3.67 590 230 2.08 5.22 986

223 3.20 5.49 1,799 266 0.97 3.64 490 231 2.05 5.08 1,024

224 3.20 5.47 1,838 267 0.92 3.63 420 232 2.04 5.02 1,059

225 2.89 5.48 1,884 268 0.35 3.59 341 233 1.95 5.10 1,132

226 2.88 5.45 1,932 269 0.31 3.68 319 234 1.85 5.10 1,189

227 2.76 5.32 1,998 270 0.24 5.29 273 235 1.74 4.89 1,226228 2.62 5.30 2,160 271 0.23 5.42 234 236 1.43 4.91 1,274

229 2.61 5.26 2,333 272 0.22 5.67 197 237 1.18 5.02 1,291

230 2.61 5.13 2,529 273 0.39 5.95 171 238 1.17 4.79 1,288

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 10 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.Italicized estimates are based on fewer than 1,000 cases and should be used with caution.

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Table 5.28

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 2 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N172 12.6 5.36 143 172 13.9 5.12 108

173 12.4 5.43 206 173 13.9 5.50 183

174 12.3 5.85 296 174 13.8 6.37 271

175 12.2 6.06 364 175 13.2 6.32 340

176 11.5 6.03 443 176 12.8 6.32 397

177 10.7 5.99 475 177 12.0 6.12 435

178 9.9 6.00 550 178 10.9 6.37 481

179 9.4 6.05 560 179 10.2 6.33 492

180 8.8 6.10 581 180 10.2 6.14 501

181 8.1 5.92 604 181 9.4 5.99 535

182 7.2 6.02 652 182 9.1 6.18 591

183 6.6 5.99 720 183 8.5 6.32 641

184 6.0 5.96 759 184 7.7 6.32 670

185 5.9 5.81 760 185 7.3 6.25 659

186 5.7 5.89 782 186 7.1 6.26 660

187 5.6 5.88 746 187 7.0 6.33 624

188 5.1 6.07 734 188 6.5 6.27 608

189 5.0 5.84 668 189 6.1 6.12 563

190 4.5 5.96 623 190 5.9 6.29 540

191 4.6 5.74 556 191 5.8 6.17 486

192 4.1 5.76 510 192 5.6 6.13 453

193 3.9 5.98 437 193 5.2 6.08 386

194 3.5 6.32 406 194 5.2 6.18 352

195 3.2 6.23 375 195 4.6 6.39 327

196 3.2 6.19 331 196 4.3 6.62 288

197 2.6 6.50 269 197 3.5 6.84 235

198 1.8 7.12 206 198 3.4 7.07 176199 1.2 7.26 178 199 3.0 6.87 151

200 1.3 7.07 155 200 1.6 7.32 129

201 0.9 7.40 134 201 1.1 7.22 114

202 0.7 7.13 110 ---

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* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 2 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.29

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 3 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N172 14.0 6.79 143 172 15.7 6.81 121 217 -2.1 7.51 127

173 13.5 6.62 254 173 13.5 6.74 208 218 -2.9 7.50 103

174 12.9 6.84 451 174 13.3 7.04 362

175 12.3 6.86 641 175 12.7 7.00 561

176 11.8 6.74 792 176 12.2 6.97 713

177 11.3 6.62 925 177 11.4 6.81 855

178 10.8 6.54 1,081 178 10.9 6.58 966

179 10.3 6.50 1,249 179 10.4 6.71 1,131

180 9.6 6.44 1,502 180 9.8 6.57 1,343

181 9.0 6.50 1,735 181 9.0 6.61 1,607

182 8.4 6.53 2,042 182 8.5 6.50 1,861

183 7.9 6.49 2,242 183 8.2 6.60 2,050

184 7.6 6.52 2,460 184 8.0 6.79 2,241

185 7.2 6.46 2,691 185 7.7 6.97 2,451

186 6.9 6.51 2,951 186 7.4 6.89 2,732

187 6.7 6.44 3,223 187 7.1 6.87 2,915

188 6.4 6.42 3,329 188 6.9 6.78 3,044

189 6.4 6.44 3,434 189 6.8 6.73 3,170

190 6.0 6.36 3,508 190 6.4 6.69 3,311

191 5.8 6.39 3,530 191 6.2 6.70 3,415

192 5.4 6.39 3,462 192 5.9 6.77 3,346

193 5.1 6.51 3,306 193 5.9 6.56 3,316

194 5.0 6.54 3,248 194 5.8 6.42 3,272

195 4.9 6.49 3,225 195 5.7 6.56 3,307

196 4.9 6.45 3,132 196 5.4 6.80 3,179

197 4.7 6.46 2,910 197 5.1 6.85 3,003

198 4.3 6.59 2,646 198 4.7 6.71 2,797199 3.9 6.55 2,391 199 4.3 6.62 2,633

200 3.5 6.45 2,218 200 3.9 6.70 2,483

201 3.1 6.40 2,028 201 3.6 6.70 2,293

202 2.9 6.46 1,829 202 3.4 6.84 2,073

203 2.5 6.67 1,611 203 3.1 6.88 1,844

204 2.3 6.60 1,393 204 3.0 6.80 1,636

205 2.2 6.60 1,247 205 3.2 6.63 1,446

206 1.9 6.49 1,059 206 3.0 6.76 1,260

207 1.7 6.74 901 207 2.7 7.00 1,061

208 1.2 6.89 742 208 1.8 6.98 892

209 0.7 6.86 609 209 1.5 6.98 733

210 0.1 6.93 479 210 1.2 7.11 593

211 -0.8 6.92 382 211 0.7 7.25 495

212 -1.4 7.16 306 212 0.5 7.38 422213 -1.5 7.19 239 213 -0.2 6.84 348

214 -1.8 7.28 176 214 -0.4 7.12 276

215 -1.6 7.13 142 215 -0.7 6.88 199

216 -2.7 7.04 117 216 -1.8 7.77 171

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.30

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 4 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RITMean

SD N RITMean

SD N RITMean

SD N RITMean

SD N174 14.4 7.86 156 219 -2.8 6.71 283 174 15.5 7.93 129 219 -0.8 6.90 395

175 13.7 7.77 214 220 -3.2 7.06 221 175 14.1 7.78 200 220 -1.7 7.03 301

176 12.7 7.73 293 221 -3.6 7.07 172 176 13.0 7.66 270 221 -2.7 7.23 244

177 12.3 7.17 352 222 -3.7 6.72 136 177 12.5 7.56 315 222 -2.6 7.02 195

178 11.8 7.25 479 223 -4.9 6.52 114 178 12.0 7.52 427 223 -3.3 7.24 167

179 11.1 7.25 602 179 11.5 7.64 552 224 -3.9 7.86 140

180 10.3 7.31 742 180 10.6 7.59 683

181 9.6 7.18 862 181 10.0 7.54 794

182 9.0 7.07 1,003 182 9.4 7.03 928

183 8.6 6.94 1,207 183 8.9 6.98 1,075

184 8.0 6.87 1,422 184 8.5 6.93 1,259

185 7.5 6.75 1,658 185 7.7 6.94 1,426

186 7.1 6.81 1,912 186 7.4 6.99 1,687

187 6.9 6.74 2,151 187 6.9 6.84 1,892

188 6.7 6.81 2,403 188 6.7 6.92 2,135

189 6.5 6.82 2,683 189 6.6 6.97 2,381

190 6.2 6.82 2,891 190 6.5 7.16 2,634

191 6.2 6.67 3,060 191 6.4 7.07 2,849

192 5.8 6.63 3,148 192 6.2 7.05 3,003

193 5.6 6.62 3,302 193 6.0 6.93 3,093

194 5.3 6.69 3,312 194 5.8 6.96 3,170

195 5.1 6.60 3,396 195 5.4 6.84 3,300

196 5.0 6.61 3,390 196 5.3 6.87 3,402

197 4.8 6.63 3,423 197 4.9 6.91 3,407

198 4.7 6.71 3,406 198 4.9 7.02 3,439

199 4.3 6.70 3,474 199 4.7 6.98 3,499

200 4.1 6.72 3,479 200 4.6 6.97 3,661

201 3.8 6.68 3,389 201 4.3 6.93 3,550

202 3.6 6.69 3,258 202 4.0 6.90 3,476

203 3.4 6.65 3,177 203 3.6 6.79 3,299

204 3.2 6.76 3,050 204 3.4 6.85 3,223

205 3.0 6.75 2,803 205 3.2 6.84 2,966

206 2.8 6.76 2,586 206 3.3 6.99 2,772

207 2.4 6.73 2,300 207 3.2 6.97 2,523

208 2.3 6.70 2,086 208 3.0 6.98 2,377

209 1.7 6.55 1,795 209 2.7 6.86 2,079

210 1.5 6.49 1,543 210 2.4 6.69 1,805

211 1.0 6.50 1,283 211 2.1 6.51 1,541

212 0.5 6.71 1,127 212 1.6 6.50 1,402

213 0.0 6.80 978 213 1.0 6.70 1,227

214 -0.5 6.98 837 214 0.8 6.90 1,044

215 -0.7 6.81 659 215 0.3 6.97 845

216 -1.3 6.88 558 216 0.1 7.15 732

217 -1.5 6.66 458 217 0.0 7.08 613

218 -2.4 6.82 375 218 -0.4 7.17 501

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 5 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N175 13.6 7.49 112 220 -0.6 6.81 871 177 13.7 7.76 120 222 -1.4 7.43 459

176 13.5 7.99 150 221 -1.1 6.85 698 178 12.6 7.40 147 223 -1.9 6.94 374

177 13.1 8.09 178 222 -1.7 6.97 562 179 11.8 7.49 210 224 -2.4 6.69 299

178 12.4 8.30 223 223 -1.9 7.01 441 180 10.6 7.72 275 225 -2.7 6.82 231

179 11.8 8.04 291 224 -2.1 6.62 352 181 10.6 8.14 341 226 -3.1 7.16 164

180 10.8 7.86 387 225 -2.2 6.65 267 182 9.7 8.02 393 227 -2.6 7.14 117

181 10.3 7.50 479 226 -2.6 6.66 196 183 8.7 7.92 436

182 9.3 7.30 592 227 -2.8 6.94 146 184 7.7 7.55 547

183 8.8 7.22 695 228 -3.1 6.41 112 185 7.3 7.61 683

184 8.1 7.22 857 186 6.9 7.45 830

185 7.8 7.08 1,022 187 6.6 7.34 957

186 7.6 7.20 1,235 188 6.5 7.32 1,063

187 7.5 7.08 1,444 189 6.3 7.40 1,187

188 7.2 7.16 1,648 190 6.1 7.41 1,338

189 7.1 7.07 1,828 191 6.0 7.28 1,525

190 6.7 7.00 2,012 192 5.8 7.25 1,678

191 6.5 6.92 2,268 193 5.7 7.30 1,786

192 6.3 7.04 2,484 194 5.4 7.26 1,886

193 6.2 7.17 2,671 195 5.1 7.40 2,104

194 6.0 7.13 2,792 196 4.9 7.19 2,326

195 5.7 7.03 3,077 197 4.6 7.20 2,478

196 5.6 6.92 3,303 198 4.4 7.06 2,592

197 5.4 7.00 3,560 199 4.2 7.19 2,713

198 5.2 7.01 3,728 200 4.0 7.30 2,891

199 4.8 6.96 3,927 201 3.7 7.31 2,996

200 4.6 6.84 4,103 202 3.5 7.45 3,084

201 4.3 6.85 4,218 203 3.4 7.37 3,078202 4.2 6.87 4,321 204 3.2 7.33 3,088

203 4.0 6.82 4,289 205 3.1 7.11 3,006

204 3.7 6.77 4,286 206 2.8 7.31 2,956

205 3.5 6.70 4,136 207 2.6 7.39 2,804

206 3.2 6.76 4,062 208 2.3 7.45 2,704

207 3.1 6.71 3,818 209 2.1 7.33 2,503

208 2.8 6.65 3,637 210 2.0 7.27 2,368

209 2.7 6.72 3,372 211 1.6 7.28 2,138

210 2.4 6.79 3,161 212 1.5 7.21 1,958

211 2.1 6.86 2,899 213 1.1 7.26 1,767

212 1.8 6.78 2,635 214 1.0 7.13 1,576

213 1.3 6.78 2,364 215 0.6 7.14 1,418

214 1.1 6.82 2,140 216 0.2 6.99 1,232

215 0.8 6.90 1,867 217 -0.2 7.18 1,083216 0.6 6.80 1,617 218 -0.7 7.17 960

217 0.0 6.80 1,379 219 -1.1 7.18 805

218 -0.4 6.76 1,224 220 -1.2 7.29 684

219 -0.6 6.78 1,050 221 -1.4 7.37 544

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 6 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N176 14.2 8.32 105 221 -1.2 6.60 1,164 178 11.9 8.97 107

177 13.9 8.32 139 222 -1.4 6.49 954 179 11.1 8.09 143

178 13.3 8.61 167 223 -1.7 6.44 787 180 10.8 8.19 167

179 12.2 8.36 218 224 -2.0 6.47 644 181 9.8 8.06 204

180 10.9 8.22 258 225 -2.7 6.48 503 182 8.7 8.29 258

181 10.1 7.97 308 226 -2.9 6.45 410 183 8.4 7.94 322

182 8.9 8.00 359 227 -3.4 6.81 303 184 8.2 8.02 368

183 8.9 8.04 454 228 -3.4 6.76 238 185 7.8 7.82 453

184 8.2 7.97 526 229 -4.2 6.84 155 186 7.2 7.93 558

185 8.0 7.96 663 230 -3.6 6.52 118 187 6.8 7.77 701

186 7.6 7.71 778 188 6.9 7.56 799

187 7.3 7.79 959 189 7.0 7.66 879

188 6.9 7.71 1,091 190 7.0 7.61 1,017

189 6.8 7.61 1,216 191 6.7 7.71 1,143

190 6.6 7.48 1,392 192 6.4 7.69 1,316

191 6.4 7.52 1,562 193 5.8 7.65 1,422

192 5.9 7.55 1,744 194 5.5 7.62 1,587

193 5.7 7.44 1,881 195 5.2 7.68 1,733

194 5.3 7.34 2,066 196 5.0 7.87 1,886

195 5.2 7.40 2,294 197 4.9 7.98 2,027

196 5.0 7.38 2,494 198 4.9 7.74 2,191

197 4.9 7.30 2,666 199 4.9 7.66 2,352

198 4.8 7.09 2,889 200 4.6 7.54 2,524

199 4.5 7.20 3,104 201 4.2 7.83 2,672

200 4.3 7.12 3,345 202 4.2 7.64 2,894

201 4.0 7.16 3,515 203 4.0 7.67 2,956

202 4.0 7.08 3,752 204 3.8 7.50 3,022203 3.7 7.30 3,861 205 3.4 7.51 2,978

204 3.5 7.27 3,981 206 3.3 7.53 2,964

205 3.1 7.22 3,940 207 3.2 7.40 2,960

206 3.1 7.02 3,976 208 3.0 7.48 2,877

207 2.8 6.93 3,928 209 2.7 7.47 2,796

208 2.6 6.96 3,856 210 2.4 7.31 2,696

209 2.4 6.84 3,751 211 2.2 7.17 2,548

210 2.2 6.82 3,696 212 1.9 7.02 2,392

211 2.0 6.79 3,572 213 1.7 7.08 2,150

212 1.8 6.88 3,344 214 1.2 7.17 2,038

213 1.4 6.86 3,031 215 0.8 7.13 1,907

214 1.1 6.80 2,842 216 0.2 7.22 1,734

215 0.7 6.69 2,634 217 0.0 6.97 1,511

216 0.3 6.63 2,370 218 0.0 6.86 1,300217 0.1 6.55 2,061 219 -0.2 6.52 1,171

218 -0.2 6.55 1,779 220 -0.5 6.55 1,000

219 -0.3 6.60 1,583 221 -1.2 6.74 858

220 -0.8 6.61 1,362 ---

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.33

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 7 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N177 13.4 8.90 115 222 -0.8 6.78 1,949 178 14.2 10.05 117 223 -0.8 6.98 1,219

178 13.0 9.39 153 223 -1.2 6.80 1,692 179 12.7 9.95 137 224 -1.3 6.82 1,058

179 11.6 9.45 171 224 -1.3 6.86 1,475 180 11.9 9.09 159 225 -1.6 6.79 858

180 11.7 9.15 207 225 -1.6 6.75 1,215 181 10.6 7.89 185 226 -1.9 6.76 720

181 10.7 8.23 235 226 -1.8 6.49 1,014 182 9.9 7.49 223 227 -2.3 6.75 593

182 10.5 8.07 310 227 -2.3 6.40 833 183 9.1 7.73 267 228 -2.6 6.69 481

183 9.6 7.87 378 228 -2.4 6.39 670 184 9.0 8.46 334 229 -2.8 6.46 360

184 8.9 8.30 454 229 -2.8 6.84 505 185 8.6 8.54 393 230 -3.3 6.34 272

185 8.6 8.21 531 230 -3.1 6.91 373 186 8.5 8.57 453 231 -3.2 6.53 203

186 8.7 8.17 607 231 -3.3 7.03 289 187 8.0 8.67 530 232 -3.9 6.63 155

187 8.2 8.06 707 232 -3.6 7.06 218 188 7.8 8.46 615 233 -3.6 6.88 105

188 7.5 7.97 821 233 -4.1 7.58 153 189 7.5 8.33 698

189 7.1 7.80 953 234 -4.1 7.58 114 190 7.0 8.04 768

190 6.8 7.76 1,083 191 7.0 8.18 854

191 6.7 7.87 1,172 192 6.6 8.16 1,007

192 6.0 7.97 1,315 193 6.4 8.07 1,136

193 5.9 7.92 1,455 194 6.0 7.88 1,266

194 5.8 7.83 1,677 195 5.8 7.73 1,370

195 5.6 7.58 1,846 196 6.0 7.68 1,524

196 5.4 7.47 2,058 197 5.6 7.83 1,680

197 5.0 7.43 2,188 198 5.5 7.93 1,845

198 5.0 7.69 2,424 199 5.0 8.03 1,981

199 4.6 7.67 2,625 200 4.7 7.83 2,188

200 4.5 7.70 2,965 201 4.4 7.78 2,336

201 4.1 7.47 3,170 202 4.1 7.65 2,521

202 4.2 7.48 3,381 203 4.0 7.59 2,613

203 4.1 7.47 3,437 204 3.8 7.55 2,748204 4.1 7.44 3,564 205 3.8 7.59 2,873

205 3.7 7.32 3,731 206 3.6 7.59 3,041

206 3.6 7.21 4,013 207 3.5 7.56 3,135

207 3.3 7.27 4,138 208 3.2 7.46 3,144

208 3.2 7.32 4,190 209 3.0 7.45 3,104

209 2.9 7.28 4,114 210 2.9 7.45 3,078

210 2.8 7.28 4,090 211 2.6 7.36 3,031

211 2.5 7.13 4,025 212 2.3 7.40 2,960

212 2.1 7.20 3,997 213 1.9 7.33 2,847

213 1.8 7.11 3,848 214 1.9 7.34 2,753

214 1.5 7.09 3,702 215 1.8 7.24 2,650

215 1.3 6.99 3,517 216 1.5 7.12 2,484

216 1.1 6.84 3,386 217 1.0 7.04 2,308

217 0.9 6.81 3,160 218 0.5 7.02 2,069218 0.7 6.79 2,884 219 0.4 6.95 1,909

219 0.5 6.93 2,601 220 0.3 6.97 1,765

220 0.2 6.98 2,403 221 0.1 6.88 1,590

221 -0.2 6.85 2,149 222 -0.5 6.90 1,435

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 7 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.34

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 8 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N179 13.0 9.85 115 224 -0.3 6.65 2,176 --- 231 -3.4 7.14 192

180 12.8 9.24 151 225 -0.5 6.57 1,923 187 9.5 9.76 101 232 -3.8 7.33 159

181 11.9 8.91 161 226 -0.8 6.44 1,660 188 8.6 9.68 120 233 -4.2 7.52 110

182 11.7 8.91 208 227 -1.0 6.32 1,434 189 7.5 9.59 140 ---

183 10.8 8.57 238 228 -1.4 6.43 1,185 190 7.5 8.53 172

184 9.6 8.71 281 229 -1.9 6.33 977 191 7.5 8.77 185

185 9.2 8.76 365 230 -2.5 6.60 809 192 6.8 8.92 196

186 8.9 8.68 437 231 -2.8 6.35 625 193 6.0 8.82 218

187 8.6 8.45 519 232 -2.9 6.49 483 194 6.2 8.98 269

188 7.9 8.32 558 233 -2.6 5.94 345 195 6.4 8.67 325

189 7.4 8.29 654 234 -2.8 6.73 272 196 5.9 8.64 379

190 7.3 8.35 737 235 -2.8 6.76 212 197 5.5 8.29 420

191 7.2 8.47 841 236 -3.0 7.05 155 198 5.0 8.16 449

192 6.5 8.48 910 237 -2.6 6.16 115 199 5.0 7.84 508

193 6.1 8.35 1,026 200 5.1 7.82 549

194 6.2 8.03 1,175 201 4.7 7.81 612

195 6.3 8.00 1,335 202 4.1 8.11 668

196 6.2 8.01 1,514 203 3.7 7.98 772

197 5.8 8.02 1,659 204 3.9 7.82 849

198 5.3 7.90 1,831 205 3.8 7.77 893

199 5.0 7.84 2,031 206 3.6 7.81 955

200 4.8 7.81 2,183 207 3.3 7.77 1,024

201 4.6 7.82 2,392 208 3.1 7.50 1,114

202 4.5 7.71 2,557 209 3.0 7.21 1,159

203 4.3 7.67 2,875 210 2.7 7.19 1,202

204 4.0 7.47 3,063 211 2.6 7.24 1,175

205 3.6 7.53 3,238 212 2.3 7.34 1,169206 3.4 7.46 3,348 213 2.3 7.31 1,177

207 3.4 7.46 3,579 214 1.9 7.18 1,225

208 3.3 7.33 3,792 215 1.6 7.13 1,229

209 3.2 7.24 3,985 216 1.3 7.03 1,216

210 2.8 7.37 4,019 217 1.3 7.01 1,202

211 2.7 7.33 4,018 218 1.2 6.79 1,181

212 2.4 7.30 4,031 219 0.9 6.88 1,145

213 2.3 7.06 4,069 220 0.5 7.16 1,073

214 2.2 7.01 4,112 221 0.2 7.20 978

215 2.1 6.88 4,056 222 -0.2 7.12 882

216 1.8 6.92 3,927 223 -0.4 6.83 799

217 1.5 6.88 3,774 224 -0.8 7.01 727

218 1.2 6.87 3,641 225 -0.8 6.90 661

219 0.9 6.76 3,433 226 -0.5 6.73 558220 0.7 6.66 3,218 227 -0.6 6.24 475

221 0.4 6.49 2,841 228 -1.1 5.78 383

222 0.3 6.47 2,643 229 -1.7 5.90 315

223 0.1 6.53 2,382 230 -2.2 6.15 262

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Table 5.36

GENERAL SCIENCE TOPICS - Grade 10 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations (SD) and

Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N--- 237 -2.3 5.84 196 ---

193 7.5 10.63 107 238 -1.9 6.17 154 202 4.4 9.13 101

194 7.5 10.30 122 239 -2.5 6.53 126 203 3.1 8.67 116

195 7.4 10.01 129 204 2.9 7.90 130

196 7.3 9.16 149 205 3.0 8.14 141

197 6.1 9.17 170 206 3.4 7.98 145

198 6.0 9.16 207 207 2.6 8.59 147

199 5.4 9.03 224 208 2.9 7.85 167

200 5.2 8.81 247 209 2.6 7.69 204

201 4.4 8.96 285 210 2.5 7.63 246

202 4.3 8.99 317 211 1.9 8.50 268

203 4.5 8.93 376 212 1.9 8.36 285

204 4.5 8.51 392 213 1.4 7.99 293

205 4.5 8.12 446 214 1.8 7.40 315

206 4.5 7.75 497 215 1.2 7.37 322

207 4.3 7.78 592 216 1.2 7.72 364

208 4.0 7.76 668 217 0.8 7.84 392

209 3.8 7.79 760 218 1.0 7.64 423

210 3.7 7.80 851 219 0.7 7.37 402

211 3.6 7.65 913 220 0.2 6.96 403

212 3.1 7.44 970 221 0.3 7.02 375

213 2.7 7.01 1,024 222 0.1 6.95 390

214 2.2 7.10 1,107 223 0.3 6.63 369

215 2.1 6.86 1,213 224 -0.4 6.75 402

216 1.7 7.20 1,328 225 -0.6 6.58 387

217 1.5 7.07 1,410 226 -0.8 6.74 359

218 1.3 7.00 1,447 227 -1.4 6.54 294219 1.2 6.79 1,442 228 -1.7 6.83 259

220 0.7 7.03 1,447 229 -1.7 6.78 238

221 0.5 7.22 1,407 230 -1.6 7.13 214

222 0.1 7.20 1,379 231 -1.6 6.50 181

223 0.1 6.80 1,313 232 -1.5 6.16 150

224 -0.1 6.60 1,300 233 -1.2 5.79 123

225 0.0 6.49 1,239 ---

226 -0.1 6.61 1,206

227 -0.3 6.81 1,086

228 -1.0 6.77 992

229 -1.5 6.61 883

230 -1.8 6.38 808

231 -1.6 6.33 697

232 -1.5 6.33 589233 -1.5 6.44 468

234 -1.7 6.72 377

235 -2.3 6.57 293

236 -2.2 6.17 231

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 10 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.37

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 2 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N167 13.4 6.91 157 167 15.4 5.87 98

168 13.4 6.52 202 168 15.2 5.82 179

169 12.7 6.54 284 169 14.9 6.35 253

170 12.5 6.32 332 170 14.3 6.56 275

171 12.0 6.64 372 171 14.0 6.58 299

172 11.7 6.47 423 172 13.2 6.32 343

173 11.1 6.45 490 173 12.6 6.50 419

174 10.5 6.20 575 174 11.7 6.61 504

175 9.7 6.37 634 175 10.9 6.76 565

176 9.2 6.50 689 176 10.5 6.61 615

177 8.8 6.42 707 177 10.1 6.39 623

178 8.8 6.40 708 178 10.3 6.23 609

179 8.2 6.24 679 179 9.9 6.28 586

180 7.8 6.31 648 180 9.7 6.60 580

181 7.5 6.24 608 181 9.0 6.64 563

182 7.3 6.07 604 182 8.6 6.39 543

183 7.0 5.85 629 183 8.2 6.36 536

184 6.4 5.80 621 184 7.7 6.42 510

185 5.9 6.15 600 185 7.7 6.86 502

186 5.2 6.55 565 186 7.3 6.76 474

187 5.0 6.57 566 187 6.8 7.23 494

188 5.0 6.42 552 188 6.1 7.01 498

189 4.7 6.34 517 189 5.7 7.33 484

190 4.1 6.70 473 190 5.4 6.83 436

191 3.4 6.56 456 191 5.0 6.77 410

192 3.1 6.28 400 192 4.8 6.24 354

193 3.2 6.29 354 193 4.5 6.81 312194 2.9 6.20 286 194 4.3 7.08 262

195 2.3 6.65 265 195 3.7 7.45 249

196 2.3 6.22 234 196 3.9 6.98 213

197 2.1 6.78 189 197 3.3 6.92 171

198 1.8 6.54 153 198 2.5 7.25 131

199 1.5 6.69 117 199 2.1 7.20 109

200 0.7 6.87 112 ---

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* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 2 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.38

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 3 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N167 15.4 6.93 105 212 -2.2 7.52 192 168 16.8 7.11 103 213 -2.0 7.42 234

168 15.3 7.32 163 213 -3.0 7.97 143 169 15.8 7.48 151 214 -2.3 7.85 190

169 14.4 7.19 225 214 -3.3 8.12 121 170 14.9 7.45 213 215 -3.2 8.29 149

170 13.2 7.29 311 171 14.2 7.38 274 216 -2.6 7.25 118

171 12.4 6.89 388 172 13.6 7.18 391

172 12.2 6.88 534 173 12.3 7.23 539

173 11.6 6.88 699 174 11.2 6.91 721

174 10.7 6.89 915 175 10.6 6.83 897

175 10.1 6.76 1,148 176 10.7 6.94 1,050

176 9.7 6.94 1,350 177 10.6 7.03 1,242

177 9.6 7.09 1,541 178 10.3 7.08 1,435

178 9.4 7.03 1,667 179 9.8 7.03 1,621

179 9.0 6.88 1,797 180 9.6 6.98 1,714

180 8.5 6.69 1,904 181 9.2 6.84 1,840

181 8.1 6.67 2,086 182 9.1 6.82 1,956

182 7.9 6.60 2,239 183 8.6 6.87 2,100

183 7.6 6.59 2,367 184 8.3 6.94 2,192

184 7.2 6.51 2,412 185 7.7 6.93 2,323

185 6.6 6.52 2,568 186 7.3 6.80 2,521

186 6.4 6.55 2,795 187 6.9 6.81 2,714

187 6.2 6.50 3,056 188 6.8 6.87 2,834

188 5.9 6.60 3,161 189 6.5 6.99 2,933

189 5.5 6.64 3,224 190 6.2 6.83 3,006

190 5.1 6.71 3,271 191 6.0 6.72 3,075

191 4.9 6.63 3,297 192 5.6 6.69 3,088

192 4.8 6.52 3,245 193 5.4 6.86 3,101

193 4.6 6.49 3,181 194 5.1 6.87 3,054194 4.2 6.52 3,038 195 5.0 6.78 2,973

195 3.8 6.47 2,909 196 4.7 6.69 2,844

196 3.5 6.54 2,700 197 4.5 6.69 2,662

197 3.3 6.57 2,477 198 4.2 6.60 2,458

198 3.2 6.55 2,254 199 3.9 6.47 2,254

199 3.0 6.34 2,008 200 3.5 6.53 2,168

200 2.6 6.27 1,930 201 3.2 6.54 1,995

201 2.4 6.55 1,775 202 3.0 6.58 1,829

202 2.0 6.68 1,630 203 2.9 6.51 1,607

203 2.0 6.63 1,367 204 2.6 6.65 1,415

204 1.7 6.48 1,109 205 2.0 6.76 1,236

205 1.4 6.58 937 206 1.6 6.87 1,041

206 1.0 6.83 760 207 1.3 7.12 892

207 0.9 6.89 635 208 0.7 7.23 727208 0.2 7.18 488 209 0.6 7.23 586

209 0.1 7.02 401 210 0.1 7.15 479

210 -0.5 7.09 330 211 -0.1 6.93 371

211 -0.4 6.70 242 212 -1.2 6.88 309

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 3 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.39

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 4 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N171 12.9 8.33 118 216 -1.7 6.80 362 172 13.0 8.19 108 217 -1.0 6.92 407

172 12.2 8.01 150 217 -2.4 6.78 281 173 11.5 7.85 156 218 -2.0 6.94 321

173 12.0 8.26 219 218 -3.1 7.47 220 174 11.6 7.50 225 219 -2.7 6.48 243

174 12.4 8.43 289 219 -3.5 7.58 168 175 11.6 7.52 309 220 -3.5 6.95 219

175 11.6 8.08 399 220 -4.5 7.46 145 176 11.7 7.65 426 221 -3.3 7.39 169

176 11.3 7.99 505 177 11.5 7.70 541 222 -3.4 7.67 143

177 10.3 7.53 621 178 10.8 7.39 661

178 10.3 7.40 765 179 10.5 7.16 713

179 9.8 7.21 823 180 9.7 7.34 797

180 9.6 7.16 941 181 9.2 7.33 879

181 8.7 7.12 1,026 182 8.6 7.21 985

182 8.5 7.11 1,199 183 8.4 6.94 1,132

183 8.0 7.07 1,364 184 8.2 6.87 1,309

184 7.6 7.04 1,563 185 8.0 6.97 1,496

185 7.1 6.83 1,747 186 7.7 6.92 1,698

186 6.8 6.75 1,966 187 7.3 7.10 1,890

187 6.6 6.74 2,174 188 6.7 7.05 2,096

188 6.4 6.85 2,383 189 6.5 7.07 2,322

189 6.2 6.83 2,635 190 6.2 6.95 2,501

190 5.8 6.80 2,837 191 5.8 7.00 2,733

191 5.4 6.69 3,061 192 5.5 6.94 2,922

192 5.1 6.80 3,215 193 5.4 6.96 3,107

193 4.9 6.87 3,365 194 5.4 6.96 3,273

194 4.6 6.88 3,513 195 5.3 6.98 3,395

195 4.2 6.79 3,561 196 5.1 6.95 3,508

196 4.0 6.61 3,633 197 4.9 6.90 3,505

197 3.8 6.52 3,608 198 4.6 6.96 3,496198 3.7 6.37 3,583 199 4.4 7.06 3,486

199 3.5 6.53 3,495 200 4.2 7.04 3,490

200 3.1 6.60 3,405 201 4.0 6.88 3,413

201 2.8 6.59 3,257 202 3.7 6.74 3,318

202 2.6 6.51 3,112 203 3.4 6.79 3,099

203 2.5 6.55 2,845 204 3.3 6.80 2,900

204 2.3 6.65 2,629 205 3.2 6.79 2,670

205 2.0 6.59 2,329 206 3.0 6.76 2,500

206 2.0 6.74 2,118 207 2.8 6.82 2,261

207 1.7 6.79 1,866 208 2.4 6.82 2,021

208 1.4 6.89 1,633 209 2.2 6.67 1,762

209 1.0 6.77 1,424 210 1.8 6.70 1,536

210 0.5 6.86 1,192 211 1.6 6.97 1,261

211 0.1 6.89 981 212 1.0 7.05 1,060212 -0.4 6.95 818 213 0.5 6.87 886

213 -0.7 6.87 677 214 -0.1 6.33 790

214 -1.0 6.87 569 215 -0.3 6.29 664

215 -1.4 6.70 445 216 -0.6 6.73 543

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 4 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.40

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 5 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N173 13.3 7.59 113 218 -0.8 6.94 837 175 11.8 8.34 128 220 -1.5 7.33 456

174 12.9 7.91 142 219 -1.5 6.95 680 176 11.6 8.94 151 221 -2.3 7.55 356

175 12.4 8.06 197 220 -2.3 6.77 557 177 11.0 8.69 202 222 -2.9 7.82 276

176 10.8 8.30 237 221 -2.9 6.73 439 178 10.7 8.45 218 223 -3.3 7.39 202

177 10.6 7.92 299 222 -3.3 7.11 352 179 10.4 8.11 256 224 -3.4 7.24 160

178 9.8 7.82 329 223 -3.9 7.16 257 180 9.5 7.96 303 225 -3.6 6.99 133

179 10.1 7.70 381 224 -4.5 7.40 203 181 9.6 8.05 399 226 -4.2 7.43 113

180 9.8 7.47 474 225 -4.8 6.93 161 182 9.3 7.93 465

181 9.9 7.43 605 226 -5.0 6.87 130 183 8.8 8.00 520

182 9.6 7.35 709 184 8.4 8.16 606

183 9.1 7.33 787 185 7.9 8.26 690

184 8.8 7.24 919 186 7.5 8.07 807

185 8.4 7.27 1,066 187 6.7 7.60 941

186 8.2 7.13 1,249 188 6.4 7.60 1,089

187 7.5 7.23 1,455 189 6.3 7.73 1,225

188 7.3 7.13 1,663 190 6.3 7.89 1,389

189 6.9 7.24 1,912 191 6.1 7.57 1,555

190 6.7 7.02 2,098 192 5.9 7.53 1,817

191 6.5 6.89 2,348 193 5.6 7.42 1,995

192 6.1 6.79 2,620 194 5.4 7.49 2,148

193 5.8 6.77 2,913 195 5.1 7.47 2,237

194 5.6 6.74 3,142 196 4.9 7.56 2,391

195 5.5 6.62 3,305 197 4.6 7.47 2,569

196 5.3 6.58 3,474 198 4.5 7.37 2,711

197 5.0 6.59 3,576 199 4.4 7.16 2,758

198 4.6 6.67 3,772 200 4.0 7.12 2,881

199 4.3 6.62 3,805 201 3.6 7.11 2,993200 4.1 6.67 3,977 202 3.3 7.14 3,107

201 3.8 6.72 4,013 203 3.3 7.23 3,114

202 3.6 6.75 4,137 204 3.4 7.26 3,090

203 3.4 6.59 4,170 205 3.2 7.31 3,006

204 3.2 6.50 4,139 206 3.0 7.39 2,928

205 2.9 6.54 4,048 207 2.8 7.37 2,723

206 2.6 6.69 3,929 208 2.6 7.41 2,533

207 2.4 6.64 3,663 209 2.3 7.28 2,285

208 2.1 6.60 3,340 210 2.0 7.23 2,052

209 1.7 6.45 2,944 211 1.9 7.15 1,853

210 1.4 6.46 2,580 212 1.7 7.13 1,672

211 1.1 6.57 2,313 213 1.3 7.25 1,456

212 1.1 6.58 2,038 214 1.0 7.37 1,273

213 0.7 6.69 1,792 215 0.6 7.38 1,052214 0.5 6.68 1,552 216 0.4 7.18 968

215 -0.2 6.67 1,339 217 0.1 7.00 827

216 -0.4 6.67 1,194 218 -0.2 7.04 720

217 -0.5 6.74 994 219 -0.7 7.10 582

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 5 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.41

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 6 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N175 11.5 9.00 119 220 -2.2 7.05 934 176 12.4 9.54 109 221 -1.0 7.16 641

176 11.2 8.87 153 221 -2.5 7.08 792 177 12.9 9.69 139 222 -1.9 7.46 544

177 10.9 8.86 184 222 -3.0 7.17 701 178 12.3 9.57 163 223 -2.3 7.19 431

178 10.6 8.50 218 223 -3.5 7.06 567 179 11.6 9.34 191 224 -3.3 7.21 331

179 10.5 7.83 256 224 -4.0 6.74 435 180 10.6 8.57 201 225 -3.4 6.90 262

180 9.4 7.87 273 225 -4.4 6.62 329 181 9.8 7.89 238 226 -3.8 7.67 198

181 9.1 7.97 342 226 -4.8 6.79 248 182 8.6 7.69 291 227 -4.2 7.80 159

182 8.4 8.20 417 227 -5.6 7.02 190 183 8.5 7.79 361 228 -5.4 7.81 120

183 8.5 7.58 499 228 -5.3 6.66 141 184 8.4 7.77 424

184 8.4 7.43 573 229 -5.6 6.40 103 185 8.2 7.64 467

185 8.3 7.37 633 186 8.4 7.58 513

186 8.0 7.69 724 187 7.4 7.85 583

187 7.1 7.62 795 188 6.6 7.84 667

188 6.8 7.63 915 189 6.1 7.73 775

189 6.2 7.68 1,066 190 6.0 7.66 872

190 6.0 7.66 1,213 191 6.1 7.78 1,013

191 5.7 7.75 1,365 192 5.7 7.78 1,188

192 5.4 7.52 1,595 193 5.4 7.69 1,394

193 5.2 7.32 1,866 194 5.3 7.57 1,581

194 5.2 7.15 2,143 195 5.3 7.62 1,680

195 5.2 7.08 2,305 196 4.9 7.63 1,866

196 4.8 7.03 2,530 197 4.6 7.65 1,949

197 4.5 6.97 2,657 198 4.2 7.70 2,133

198 4.2 7.03 2,877 199 4.2 7.61 2,236

199 4.0 7.06 3,019 200 4.2 7.50 2,425

200 3.8 7.08 3,241 201 3.9 7.47 2,555

201 3.4 7.01 3,389 202 3.5 7.49 2,694202 3.1 6.98 3,587 203 3.2 7.51 2,848

203 2.9 6.86 3,779 204 3.1 7.39 2,910

204 2.8 6.80 3,811 205 3.1 7.45 2,945

205 2.6 6.72 3,819 206 2.8 7.36 2,975

206 2.3 6.81 3,778 207 2.8 7.29 2,902

207 2.0 6.76 3,697 208 2.6 7.30 2,801

208 1.9 6.80 3,587 209 2.5 7.32 2,627

209 1.7 6.76 3,395 210 2.1 7.35 2,527

210 1.5 6.86 3,229 211 2.0 7.32 2,351

211 1.2 6.93 2,920 212 1.9 7.33 2,121

212 1.0 6.81 2,633 213 1.8 7.27 1,916

213 0.8 6.82 2,387 214 1.4 7.15 1,737

214 0.2 6.81 2,160 215 0.8 7.17 1,557

215 -0.2 7.02 1,909 216 0.4 7.32 1,378216 -0.6 6.95 1,680 217 0.1 7.39 1,183

217 -0.8 6.94 1,453 218 -0.1 7.36 1,016

218 -1.4 6.86 1,282 219 -0.1 7.24 859

219 -1.8 7.04 1,071 220 -0.6 7.09 745

* Starting RIT Level is always based on grade 6 performance.Shaded cells indicate that starting RIT was outside the percentile range of 1-99.

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Table 5.42

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 7 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N176 11.3 8.81 103 221 -1.7 6.82 1,579 178 12.2 9.54 118 223 -0.8 7.25 982

177 10.4 9.05 118 222 -2.1 6.72 1,356 179 11.9 9.94 154 224 -0.9 6.84 815

178 9.6 8.96 139 223 -2.3 6.75 1,174 180 11.5 9.30 176 225 -1.3 6.67 669

179 10.0 9.62 189 224 -2.2 6.82 968 181 10.6 8.95 187 226 -1.8 6.90 536

180 10.0 9.05 226 225 -2.2 6.91 805 182 9.8 8.79 204 227 -2.6 7.22 427

181 10.1 8.63 254 226 -2.5 6.97 661 183 9.5 8.82 239 228 -3.1 7.08 341

182 9.8 8.37 278 227 -3.1 7.01 523 184 9.7 8.88 310 229 -3.7 6.72 269

183 9.4 8.62 336 228 -3.6 6.77 418 185 8.8 8.51 349 230 -3.9 6.34 191

184 8.8 8.55 403 229 -4.0 6.55 340 186 8.9 8.33 430 231 -4.5 6.10 139

185 8.3 8.08 449 230 -4.6 6.76 242 187 8.5 8.08 471

186 8.0 8.08 518 231 -5.4 6.46 187 188 8.2 8.06 545

187 7.9 8.21 593 232 -6.0 6.32 130 189 7.6 8.30 617

188 7.8 8.05 700 233 -6.3 6.87 108 190 7.1 8.46 742

189 7.1 7.81 806 191 6.8 8.41 868

190 6.4 7.80 944 192 6.8 8.09 978

191 6.4 7.63 1,108 193 6.5 7.89 1,118

192 6.5 7.73 1,234 194 6.2 7.98 1,268

193 6.4 7.51 1,417 195 5.9 7.93 1,458

194 5.7 7.64 1,575 196 5.6 7.84 1,622

195 5.2 7.36 1,798 197 5.5 7.66 1,770

196 4.9 7.48 2,004 198 4.9 7.74 1,922

197 4.9 7.33 2,171 199 4.7 7.73 2,041

198 4.6 7.53 2,393 200 4.3 7.64 2,206

199 4.4 7.38 2,551 201 4.3 7.49 2,328

200 4.0 7.40 2,782 202 4.0 7.45 2,510

201 3.9 7.31 2,990 203 3.9 7.54 2,731

202 3.6 7.25 3,255 204 3.8 7.56 2,912203 3.5 7.29 3,542 205 3.7 7.48 3,084

204 3.4 7.15 3,707 206 3.6 7.36 3,138

205 3.3 7.16 3,838 207 3.4 7.37 3,244

206 3.1 6.99 3,898 208 3.1 7.46 3,260

207 2.8 7.03 3,998 209 2.9 7.47 3,220

208 2.6 7.12 3,983 210 2.7 7.40 3,115

209 2.4 7.13 3,917 211 2.4 7.42 3,018

210 2.1 7.05 3,788 212 2.3 7.47 2,927

211 1.7 6.80 3,702 213 2.1 7.47 2,776

212 1.5 6.91 3,564 214 1.9 7.26 2,618

213 1.4 6.93 3,376 215 1.4 7.18 2,416

214 1.1 6.95 3,188 216 1.2 7.07 2,266

215 0.7 6.78 2,943 217 0.9 7.12 2,052

216 0.4 6.83 2,744 218 0.5 7.10 1,836217 0.0 6.88 2,487 219 0.2 7.27 1,611

218 -0.4 6.91 2,251 220 -0.2 7.41 1,399

219 -0.9 6.89 2,001 221 -0.4 7.56 1,280

220 -1.1 6.95 1,738 222 -0.6 7.51 1,117

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Table 5.43

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 8 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N177 10.8 9.49 101 222 -1.3 6.64 2,067 --- 231 -4.7 7.40 116

178 10.8 10.07 125 223 -1.6 6.61 1,910 187 7.7 9.59 115 ---

179 10.8 10.75 157 224 -1.9 6.74 1,725 188 8.0 8.84 132

180 10.5 11.01 175 225 -2.0 6.73 1,496 189 7.3 8.81 158

181 10.0 10.13 200 226 -2.1 6.67 1,265 190 7.4 9.03 176

182 9.5 9.29 204 227 -2.3 6.37 1,001 191 6.5 9.19 223

183 9.5 8.90 224 228 -2.8 6.44 796 192 6.5 8.89 255

184 9.0 9.10 268 229 -3.2 6.15 632 193 6.2 8.78 286

185 8.4 8.85 315 230 -3.6 6.21 520 194 6.5 8.63 315

186 8.0 8.69 367 231 -4.1 6.34 427 195 6.2 8.72 331

187 7.4 8.43 394 232 -5.0 6.83 348 196 6.0 8.39 362

188 7.3 8.43 435 233 -5.7 6.75 264 197 5.7 8.36 413

189 7.0 8.19 527 234 -6.4 6.77 210 198 4.8 8.27 466

190 6.8 8.25 618 235 -6.1 6.61 151 199 4.7 8.20 546

191 6.7 8.35 775 236 -7.4 6.93 105 200 3.9 8.19 600

192 6.5 8.34 900 201 4.2 7.92 646

193 6.3 8.29 1,022 202 3.8 7.64 739

194 6.3 8.34 1,161 203 3.8 7.38 840

195 6.0 8.24 1,305 204 3.3 7.73 964

196 5.6 8.13 1,444 205 3.0 7.96 1,035

197 5.0 7.84 1,562 206 2.8 8.26 1,071

198 4.9 7.75 1,690 207 3.1 8.19 1,126

199 4.7 7.77 1,896 208 3.0 8.25 1,177

200 4.4 7.71 2,153 209 3.1 7.75 1,206

201 4.1 7.70 2,370 210 2.7 7.66 1,203

202 4.0 7.50 2,660 211 2.6 7.35 1,190

203 3.8 7.22 2,854 212 2.3 7.65 1,208204 3.7 7.09 3,178 213 2.2 7.51 1,212

205 3.5 7.16 3,331 214 2.0 7.46 1,178

206 3.3 7.37 3,541 215 1.6 7.34 1,117

207 3.0 7.25 3,673 216 1.3 7.03 1,092

208 2.8 7.26 3,843 217 0.9 7.06 1,050

209 2.6 7.14 3,896 218 1.1 6.88 998

210 2.4 7.32 3,886 219 0.6 7.04 918

211 2.4 7.24 3,836 220 0.4 6.95 810

212 2.0 7.23 3,876 221 -0.3 7.03 713

213 1.8 7.05 3,793 222 -0.6 6.98 620

214 1.3 6.80 3,672 223 -1.0 7.17 555

215 1.3 6.69 3,452 224 -1.4 7.20 489

216 0.9 6.70 3,348 225 -1.4 7.14 399

217 0.7 6.75 3,232 226 -1.2 6.84 334218 0.2 6.75 3,061 227 -1.6 6.54 275

219 -0.1 6.72 2,819 228 -2.3 6.85 224

220 -0.5 6.87 2,516 229 -3.2 6.58 178

221 -0.9 6.79 2,285 230 -4.3 7.41 140

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Table 5.44

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 9 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N--- 232 -4.3 5.86 225 --- 233 -4.4 7.26 123

188 8.3 9.49 107 233 -4.9 5.76 187 189 6.7 9.50 110 ---

189 7.9 9.37 116 234 -5.3 6.38 146 190 6.7 8.93 130

190 6.6 9.37 151 235 -6.2 6.84 106 191 7.2 9.17 160

191 6.6 9.29 177 192 7.5 9.00 188

192 6.5 9.10 200 193 7.3 9.13 219

193 6.7 8.87 229 194 6.5 9.33 230

194 6.5 8.76 245 195 5.4 9.04 253

195 6.2 8.44 289 196 5.1 8.60 295

196 5.0 8.41 343 197 4.5 8.35 354

197 4.5 8.37 419 198 4.6 8.05 396

198 4.2 8.27 468 199 4.1 8.27 414

199 4.0 8.20 515 200 3.9 8.46 439

200 3.9 7.91 547 201 3.7 8.19 489

201 3.9 8.00 611 202 3.5 8.25 576

202 4.0 7.96 679 203 3.7 7.81 664

203 3.6 8.08 788 204 3.4 8.00 740

204 3.7 7.91 872 205 3.3 7.97 820

205 3.3 7.70 992 206 3.1 8.23 877

206 3.0 7.64 1,080 207 3.0 8.14 992

207 2.5 7.53 1,224 208 2.9 7.95 1,061

208 2.3 7.34 1,301 209 2.6 7.65 1,120

209 2.1 7.54 1,356 210 2.1 7.64 1,175

210 1.9 7.60 1,396 211 2.0 7.71 1,236

211 1.8 7.56 1,420 212 1.9 7.63 1,247

212 1.7 7.16 1,476 213 1.9 7.44 1,243

213 1.5 6.99 1,523 214 1.5 7.34 1,231214 1.3 6.98 1,571 215 1.3 7.54 1,284

215 1.0 7.11 1,595 216 1.1 7.66 1,237

216 0.8 7.15 1,560 217 1.0 7.69 1,195

217 0.4 7.14 1,516 218 0.6 7.71 1,142

218 0.2 7.01 1,464 219 0.2 7.69 1,126

219 -0.4 6.94 1,417 220 -0.2 7.64 1,063

220 -0.8 7.01 1,366 221 -0.4 7.36 966

221 -0.9 6.95 1,285 222 -0.8 7.36 863

222 -1.2 6.92 1,182 223 -0.9 7.17 764

223 -1.2 6.63 1,057 224 -1.2 7.03 690

224 -1.6 6.71 949 225 -1.1 6.57 649

225 -1.6 6.56 874 226 -1.6 6.65 579

226 -2.0 6.71 786 227 -1.8 6.37 500

227 -2.3 6.54 670 228 -2.5 6.84 385228 -2.6 6.37 538 229 -2.6 6.92 299

229 -3.0 6.37 442 230 -2.7 7.49 226

230 -3.3 6.26 358 231 -3.2 6.93 173

231 -3.8 6.51 283 232 -3.6 6.90 153

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Table 5.45

SCIENCE CONCEPTS and PROCESSES - Grade 10 Term-to-Term Mean Growth, Standard Deviations

(SD) and Numbers of Students (N) by Starting RIT*

Fall-to-Spring Fall-to-FallStart Start Start Start

RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N RIT Mean SD N--- ---

193 5.2 10.86 113 202 1.6 8.66 112

194 5.4 10.59 139 203 2.0 8.56 134

195 5.5 9.36 167 204 2.4 8.24 136

196 5.2 9.03 179 205 2.4 7.97 151

197 5.0 8.78 183 206 2.4 7.74 152

198 4.7 8.65 206 207 2.3 7.74 178

199 5.2 8.77 225 208 2.4 7.87 204

200 5.2 9.18 266 209 2.3 7.75 234

201 4.7 9.40 318 210 2.2 8.03 261

202 4.0 9.06 366 211 2.4 8.16 257

203 3.8 8.55 429 212 1.8 8.14 246

204 3.7 8.44 494 213 1.6 7.68 227

205 3.6 8.46 556 214 0.7 8.56 244

206 3.1 8.46 624 215 1.1 8.05 280

207 3.1 8.07 684 216 0.3 8.08 312

208 3.3 7.94 833 217 0.6 6.96 316

209 3.3 7.80 920 218 0.4 7.03 301

210 3.0 7.71 979 219 0.5 7.27 291

211 2.7 7.49 1,026 220 -0.1 7.93 290

212 2.3 7.14 1,075 221 -0.4 8.10 276

213 2.5 7.16 1,144 222 -0.7 7.69 254

214 2.2 6.93 1,144 223 -0.9 7.16 243

215 2.2 7.00 1,201 224 -1.3 7.23 226

216 1.6 7.02 1,226 225 -1.5 7.75 221

217 1.5 7.22 1,244 226 -1.3 7.23 195

218 1.3 7.12 1,220 227 -0.7 7.15 166219 1.1 7.06 1,227 228 -0.7 6.72 134

220 0.7 6.98 1,176 ---

221 0.5 6.76 1,092

222 -0.1 6.76 1,001

223 -0.6 6.87 984

224 -1.0 7.14 984

225 -1.1 6.81 935

226 -1.5 6.60 845

227 -1.9 6.65 722

228 -2.1 7.05 633

229 -2.2 6.84 514

230 -2.7 7.22 444

231 -3.2 6.94 359

232 -3.8 7.16 310233 -4.1 6.54 231

234 -4.3 6.74 166

235 -4.5 6.41 122

236 -4.6 6.13 110

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CHAPTER 6

Achievement Growth: Observed and

Modeled

Sound estimates of achievement growth depend on a few fundamental elements. These include:

• A measurement scale that spans the time period of interest (commonly called a vertical

scale). The five major RIT scales are examples of this element.

• Test content that is at least aligned to the content standards of the declared curriculum, if

not the instructed curriculum

• Tests that minimize the measurement error in each score. Kingsbury and Hauser (2004)

suggest that when the ratio of the standard error of measurement to the standard deviation

does not exceed .3, a reasonable level of precision is present in the measure.

• A standardized method of accounting for time between measurement occasions. Ideally,

the method would establish a unit of time that best balances intuitive interest of consumers

of the data, the amount of change that might be expected within a single unit, and flexibility

of use.

These elements certainly don’t guarantee growth will be estimated well, but in the absence of any

one of them, the quality of estimates will be adversely affected, regardless of the analytic modelused to make them.

As indicated earlier, this study departs from the practice in previous NWEA norm studies of using

simple difference scores as estimates of student growth. Rather growth norms were created by

modeling changes on achievement as a function of time. The impetus for this shift owes nothing to

historic and persistent arguments that difference scores are inherently unreliable and unfair. These

arguments were revealed as longstanding myths by the work of Rogosa (1995) and his colleagues

Rogosa & Willett (1983), Rogosa, Brant, & Zimowski (1982). What did provide impetus for this shift

was foreshadowed in Chapter 5: change over two points in time limits our frame of reference for

using growth estimates in establishing growth expectations for individual students and in evaluating

growth against those expectations.

When student achievement growth is aggregated for a group of students sharing a general proxy

variable for “experience,” such as grade level, it normally shows a positive trend over a single year

and over multiple years. It is very unusual when large samples are involved for a later grade to

show more growth than the grade immediately preceding it. While we understand, intellectually,

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that this is not always true for individual students, it can be difficult to explain when we see much

less growth one year than they made the previous year. In fact, both positive and negative

changes in growth and achievement estimates for individual students are commonplace in most

large datasets of longitudinal student performance. This is illustrated well in Figure 6.1.

Figure 6.1. Reading growth trajectories for students ending grade 2 in three different

positions in the achievement distribution.

Shown in the figure are the score histories of 300 students. All students represented were

randomly selected from those who had a RIT score in at the end of grade 2 that was within two RIT

points of either the 15 th, 50 th, or 85 th percentile rank in reading. In addition, each student had a

beginning-of-year and an end-of-year test score for all grades 3 through 6. Instructional weeks

were determined in the manner described in Chapter 2. The small rectangle close to the Y-axis of

each panel represents the range of initial RIT scores from the end of grade 2. The trend line in

each panel is the result of fitting a quadratic growth model to the data.In each panel there is an ascending growth curve across the 140 instructional week period. If we

focus in each panel on the differences from the green box to the points located at zero instructional

weeks, we see the great variability in scores from the end of one school year to the beginning of

the next; a variability that is largely mimicked throughout the panel. Moving across panels, from

lower to higher levels of initial status, the occasion-to-occasion variability shrinks somewhat.

15 th percentile 50 th percentile 85 th percentile

Instructional Weeks

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However in each panel, for any period that would constitute an instructional year of, for example,

36 instructional weeks, see a great deal of variability.

What do we gain (or lose) by modeling achievement growth rather than using observed

difference scores?

In view of the variability of scores from occasion to occasion, this is a reasonable question.

Modeling growth over longer time spans will not reduce variability in longitudinal data but it will help

us to determine growth expectations and evaluate growth as students move through the time span.

Using the growth trajectories of many students who have been grouped within a small range of

initial RIT scores, the growth models determine the rate at which students grow across the range of

interest. Similar to the use of two points in time difference scores to determine mean growth for a

group of similar students, the use of growth models assumes that the group of students used to

determine growth estimates for the norms will grow in much the same way that future students whoshare the same characteristics will grow. The differences lie in the data used to make the

estimates and how time is used. In terms of results, the difference score method yields a single

estimate while the modeled growth method can yield an estimate for any number of time units

(instructional weeks) from the beginning of the time span of interest.

It is also reasonable to ask what differences would be expected between the two methods. The

panels in Figures 6.2 through 6.4 provide these differences for reading, language usage and

mathematics, respectively. The observed growth appearing in each panel was calculated by

subtracting the initial RIT score from the score from the same student that appeared 24 to 35

weeks later. The growth model was the one used for the same grade and target RIT level that was

presented in the “beginning of yr to end of yr ( ≈ 32 instructional weeks)” sub-tables presented in

Chapter 5. The series labeled “2005” are the RIT point growth norms taken from the 2005 norm

study. The figures all show a similar picture. When the initial RIT scores are at the lower

achievement levels in the earlier grades, growth estimates based on differences scores (observed)

are slightly higher than the corresponding (same initial RIT level) estimates that are based on the

growth model. The 2005 series tend to fall between the observed and the modeled series and tend

to be more consistent with the modeled growth series. For initial RIT scores that are much higher

in the grade level, modeled growth series tend to be slightly higher than the observed series but

there is little consistency in the differences between these series and the 2005 series. We can

point to several factors that are likely to have contributed to these differences. Chief among them

are:

• Test inclusion criteria – the criteria in this study were more restrictive in terms of

individual score validity than was the case in the 2005 study

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Figure 6.1. Observed and modeled growth in reading by grade and initial RIT score.

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Figure 6.1 (cont.) Observed and modeled growth in reading by grade and initial RIT score.

• Time between test occasions – the time between test occasions used to calculate

difference scores in this study was held to a fairly narrow range (24 to 35 weeks), while

in the 2005 study the actual time between test occasions was left free to vary and was

bound only by occurrence in a term

• Sampling differences – the current study was restricted to school districts with known

calendars; this was not a restriction for the 2005 study

• Modeling growth – when time is included as a continuous factor in a growth model,growth estimates will be based on the relationship between achievement estimates and

time. The further test series extend beyond the initial test, the more likely it is that the

(modeled) growth estimates will differ from (shorter term) observed growth estimates.

Differences are likely to be greatest when the data are initially most variable (lower initial

RIT scores).

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Figure 6.2. Observed and modeled growth in language usage by grade and initial RITscore.

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Figure 6.2 (cont.) Observed and modeled growth in language usage by grade and initialRIT score.

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Figure 6.3. Observed and modeled growth in mathematics by grade and initial RIT score.

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left to the student and the student’s teacher. Individual, aspirational growth goals are still

encouraged.

• Previous suggestions regarding the plausibility of unexpected growth (NWEA, 2005)

remain unchanged. Further, the suggestion for evaluating odd or unexpected growth using

the standard errors of the RIT scores, , canbenefit by using target values of 4.7 for reading and language usage and 5.0 for

mathematics (Kingsbury & Hauser, 2007; Hauser, Kingsbury & Wise, 2008). Change

errors that exceed these values will generally involve a test event with low individual

validity.

• The set time period over which growth can be estimated is linked only to instructional

weeks. The time periods can be specified for any reasonable time period (e.g.,

instructional weeks ≤ 110 for grades 2 through 8; ≤ 75 for grades 9 and 10).

• The expected growth component of the Hybrid Success Model (Kingsbury & McCall, 2006)

can be set with greater confidence when an achievement status target is two to four yearsin the future.

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RIT Score to Percentile Rank ConversionTables for Reading, Language Usage,

Mathematics, Upper Level Mathematics,

General Science Topics, and Science

Concepts and Processes

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile1 138 140 156 162 166 170 173 174 176 177 178 181 1

2 138 142 158 164 170 175 178 180 183 184 186 187 23 139 143 158 166 172 178 181 184 187 188 191 191 34 139 144 159 168 174 180 184 187 190 192 193 194 45 139 144 160 169 176 182 186 190 193 194 196 197 56 139 145 160 170 177 184 188 191 195 196 199 199 67 140 146 161 171 179 185 189 193 197 198 201 201 78 140 146 161 172 180 186 191 195 198 199 202 203 89 140 147 162 173 181 187 192 196 200 201 203 204 9

10 140 147 163 174 182 188 193 197 201 202 204 205 1011 140 148 163 175 183 189 194 198 202 203 205 207 1112 141 148 164 175 184 190 195 199 203 204 207 207 1213 141 149 164 176 184 191 196 200 204 205 208 209 1314 141 149 165 177 185 192 197 201 204 206 209 210 1415 141 149 165 177 186 193 198 202 205 207 210 211 15

16 141 150 166 178 186 194 199 202 206 207 210 211 1617 141 150 166 178 187 194 199 203 207 208 211 212 1718 141 150 167 179 188 195 200 204 207 209 212 213 1819 142 151 167 179 188 196 200 204 208 209 213 213 1920 142 151 168 180 189 196 201 205 208 210 213 214 2021 142 151 168 180 189 197 202 205 209 210 214 215 2122 142 152 168 181 190 197 202 206 210 211 214 215 2223 142 152 169 181 190 198 203 206 210 212 215 216 2324 142 152 169 182 191 198 203 207 211 212 215 216 2425 142 153 170 182 191 199 204 207 211 213 216 217 2526 143 153 170 183 192 199 204 208 212 213 216 217 2627 143 153 170 183 192 200 204 208 212 214 217 218 2728 143 154 171 184 193 200 205 209 212 214 217 218 2829 143 154 171 184 193 200 205 209 213 214 218 219 29

30 143 154 172 184 194 201 206 210 213 215 218 219 3031 143 154 172 185 194 201 206 210 214 215 219 220 3132 143 155 172 185 195 202 207 210 214 216 219 220 3233 144 155 173 186 195 202 207 211 214 216 219 221 3334 144 155 173 186 196 202 207 211 215 217 220 221 3435 144 156 174 186 196 203 208 212 215 217 220 222 3536 144 156 174 187 196 203 208 212 216 217 220 222 3637 144 156 174 187 197 204 208 212 216 218 221 222 3738 144 156 175 188 197 204 209 213 216 218 221 223 3839 144 157 175 188 197 204 209 213 217 219 222 223 3940 145 157 176 188 198 205 210 213 217 219 222 224 4041 145 157 176 189 198 205 210 214 217 219 222 224 4142 145 157 176 189 199 205 210 214 218 220 223 224 4243 145 158 177 189 199 206 211 214 218 220 223 225 4344 145 158 177 190 199 206 211 215 218 220 224 225 4445 145 158 177 190 200 206 211 215 219 221 224 225 4546 146 158 178 191 200 207 212 215 219 221 224 226 4647 146 159 178 191 200 207 212 216 219 221 225 226 4748 146 159 179 191 201 207 212 216 220 222 225 226 4849 146 159 179 192 201 208 213 216 220 222 225 227 4950 146 160 179 192 201 208 213 217 220 222 226 227 50

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile51 146 160 180 192 202 208 213 217 221 223 226 228 51

52 147 160 180 193 202 209 214 217 221 223 226 228 5253 147 160 180 193 202 209 214 218 221 223 227 228 5354 147 161 181 193 203 209 214 218 222 224 227 229 5455 147 161 181 194 203 210 214 218 222 224 228 229 5556 147 161 181 194 203 210 215 219 222 225 228 229 5657 147 161 182 195 204 210 215 219 223 225 228 230 5758 148 162 182 195 204 210 215 219 223 225 229 230 5859 148 162 183 195 204 211 216 220 223 226 229 230 5960 148 162 183 196 204 211 216 220 224 226 229 231 6061 148 163 183 196 205 211 216 220 224 226 229 231 6162 148 163 184 196 205 212 217 221 224 227 230 231 6263 149 163 184 197 205 212 217 221 225 227 230 232 6364 149 163 184 197 206 212 217 221 225 227 231 232 6465 149 164 185 197 206 213 218 222 225 228 231 232 6566 149 164 185 198 206 213 218 222 226 228 231 233 6667 150 164 186 198 207 213 218 222 226 228 232 233 6768 150 165 186 198 207 214 219 223 226 229 232 233 6869 150 165 186 199 208 214 219 223 227 229 232 234 6970 150 165 187 199 208 214 219 223 227 229 233 234 7071 150 166 187 200 208 215 220 224 228 230 233 234 7172 151 166 188 200 209 215 220 224 228 230 233 235 7273 151 166 188 200 209 215 220 224 228 231 233 235 7374 151 167 189 201 209 216 221 225 229 231 234 236 7475 152 167 189 201 210 216 221 225 229 231 234 236 7576 152 167 189 201 210 216 221 226 229 232 235 236 7677 152 168 190 202 210 217 222 226 230 232 235 237 7778 152 168 190 202 211 217 222 226 230 232 235 237 7879 153 168 191 203 211 218 223 227 231 233 236 237 7980 153 169 191 203 212 218 223 227 231 233 236 238 8081 153 169 192 203 212 218 223 228 231 234 236 238 8182 154 170 192 204 212 219 224 228 232 234 237 238 8283 154 170 193 204 213 219 224 229 232 234 237 239 8384 154 171 193 205 213 220 225 229 233 235 238 239 8485 155 171 194 205 214 220 225 230 233 235 238 240 8586 155 172 195 206 214 221 226 230 234 236 238 240 8687 155 172 195 206 215 221 226 231 234 236 239 241 8788 156 173 196 207 215 222 227 231 235 237 239 241 8889 156 173 196 208 216 222 228 232 235 237 240 242 8990 157 174 197 208 217 223 228 232 236 238 241 242 9091 157 175 198 209 217 223 229 233 236 238 241 243 9192 158 176 199 210 218 224 230 234 237 239 242 243 9293 159 177 199 211 219 225 230 234 238 240 242 244 9394 159 177 200 211 219 226 231 235 238 240 243 245 9495 160 178 201 212 220 227 232 236 239 241 244 245 9596 162 180 203 214 222 228 233 237 240 242 245 247 9697 163 181 204 215 223 229 235 238 241 243 246 248 9798 166 183 206 217 225 231 236 240 243 245 248 249 9899 170 185 210 220 228 234 239 242 245 247 250 252 99

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile1 138 143 159 164 169 171 174 175 177 178 180 181 12 138 145 160 167 173 176 179 182 184 185 186 186 23 139 146 162 170 175 180 183 186 189 190 191 192 34 140 147 163 171 178 183 186 189 192 193 194 195 45 141 148 164 173 179 185 188 191 195 196 198 198 56 141 149 165 174 181 186 190 193 197 198 200 200 67 141 150 166 175 182 188 192 195 199 199 201 202 78 141 151 167 176 183 189 193 196 200 201 202 203 89 142 151 168 177 184 191 194 198 201 202 203 205 9

10 142 152 168 178 186 192 196 199 202 203 204 205 1011 142 153 169 179 186 193 197 200 203 204 205 206 1112 143 153 170 180 187 194 198 201 204 205 208 208 1213 143 154 170 180 188 195 198 202 205 206 209 209 1314 143 154 171 181 189 195 199 203 206 207 210 210 1415 143 155 171 182 190 196 200 203 207 208 211 211 1516 144 155 172 182 190 197 201 204 208 209 212 212 16

17 144 156 173 183 191 197 201 205 208 209 212 212 1718 144 156 173 184 192 198 202 205 209 210 213 213 1819 145 157 174 184 192 199 202 206 210 210 214 214 1920 145 157 174 185 193 199 203 207 210 211 214 215 2021 145 157 175 185 193 200 204 207 211 211 215 215 2122 145 158 175 186 194 200 204 208 211 212 215 216 2223 145 158 176 186 194 201 205 208 212 213 216 216 2324 146 159 176 187 195 201 205 209 212 213 216 217 2425 146 159 177 187 195 202 206 209 213 214 217 218 2526 146 159 177 188 196 202 206 210 213 214 217 218 2627 147 160 177 188 196 203 207 210 214 214 218 219 2728 147 160 178 189 197 203 207 211 214 215 218 219 2829 147 160 178 189 197 203 208 211 214 215 219 220 2930 147 161 179 190 198 204 208 211 215 216 219 220 30

31 147 161 179 190 198 204 208 212 215 216 220 221 3132 148 161 179 190 199 205 209 212 216 217 220 221 3233 148 162 180 191 199 205 209 213 216 217 220 222 3334 148 162 180 191 199 205 210 213 216 217 221 222 3435 148 162 181 192 200 206 210 213 217 218 221 222 3536 149 162 181 192 200 206 210 214 217 218 222 223 3637 149 163 182 192 201 207 211 214 218 219 222 223 3738 149 163 182 193 201 207 211 214 218 219 222 224 3839 149 163 182 193 201 207 211 215 218 219 223 224 3940 149 164 183 194 202 208 212 215 219 220 223 224 4041 150 164 183 194 202 208 212 216 219 220 224 224 4142 150 164 183 194 202 208 212 216 219 221 224 225 4243 150 165 184 195 203 209 213 216 220 221 224 225 4344 150 165 184 195 203 209 213 217 220 221 225 226 4445 150 165 185 195 203 209 213 217 220 222 225 226 4546 151 166 185 196 204 210 214 217 221 222 226 227 4647 151 166 185 196 204 210 214 218 221 222 226 227 4748 151 166 186 197 204 210 214 218 221 223 226 227 4849 151 166 186 197 205 211 215 218 222 223 227 227 4950 151 167 186 197 205 211 215 219 222 223 227 228 50

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile51 152 167 187 198 205 211 215 219 222 224 227 228 5152 152 167 187 198 206 211 216 219 223 224 228 229 5253 152 168 187 198 206 212 216 220 223 224 228 229 5354 152 168 188 198 206 212 216 220 223 225 228 229 5455 153 168 188 199 206 212 217 220 224 225 229 230 5556 153 169 188 199 207 213 217 220 224 225 229 230 5657 153 169 189 199 207 213 217 221 224 226 229 230 5758 153 169 189 200 207 213 218 221 225 226 230 231 5859 153 169 190 200 208 214 218 222 225 227 230 231 5960 154 170 190 200 208 214 218 222 225 227 230 232 6061 154 170 190 201 208 214 218 222 226 227 231 232 6162 154 170 191 201 209 215 219 223 226 228 231 232 6263 154 170 191 202 209 215 219 223 226 228 231 232 6364 154 171 191 202 209 215 219 223 227 228 232 233 6465 155 171 192 202 210 215 220 224 227 229 232 233 6566 155 171 192 203 210 216 220 224 228 229 232 233 66

67 155 172 192 203 210 216 220 224 228 229 233 234 6768 155 172 193 203 211 216 221 225 228 230 233 234 6869 156 172 193 204 211 217 221 225 229 230 233 235 6970 156 173 194 204 211 217 221 225 229 231 234 235 7071 156 173 194 204 212 217 222 226 229 231 234 235 7172 156 173 194 205 212 218 222 226 230 231 234 236 7273 157 174 195 205 212 218 223 227 230 232 235 236 7374 157 174 195 205 213 218 223 227 230 232 235 236 7475 157 174 195 206 213 219 223 227 231 232 235 236 7576 158 175 196 206 214 219 224 228 231 233 235 237 7677 158 175 196 207 214 219 224 228 232 233 236 237 7778 158 175 197 207 214 220 225 229 232 233 236 237 7879 159 176 197 207 215 220 225 229 232 234 237 237 7980 159 176 198 208 215 221 225 229 233 234 237 238 80

81 159 177 198 208 215 221 226 230 233 235 237 238 8182 160 177 198 209 216 222 226 230 233 235 238 239 8283 160 177 199 209 216 222 227 231 234 235 238 239 8384 161 178 199 210 217 222 227 231 234 236 238 239 8485 161 178 200 210 217 223 228 232 235 236 239 239 8586 162 179 201 211 218 223 228 232 235 237 239 240 8687 162 179 201 211 218 224 229 233 236 237 240 240 8788 163 180 202 212 219 224 229 233 236 238 240 241 8889 163 180 202 212 219 225 230 234 237 238 241 241 8990 164 181 203 213 220 226 231 234 237 239 241 242 9091 164 181 204 213 221 226 231 235 238 240 242 242 9192 165 182 204 214 221 227 232 236 238 240 242 243 9293 166 182 205 215 222 228 233 236 239 241 243 244 9394 167 183 206 216 223 229 234 237 240 242 244 244 9495 168 184 207 217 224 230 235 238 241 243 245 245 9596 169 185 208 218 225 231 236 239 242 244 246 246 9697 171 186 210 220 227 232 237 240 243 245 247 247 9798 173 187 212 222 228 234 238 242 245 247 248 249 9899 177 189 215 225 231 237 241 244 247 249 251 251 99

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile1 138 143 160 165 169 172 174 175 177 178 181 181 12 138 146 163 169 174 177 180 182 184 185 186 187 23 139 149 164 171 177 181 183 186 189 190 191 192 34 140 150 166 173 179 184 186 189 192 193 194 195 45 141 152 167 175 181 186 189 191 195 196 198 199 56 141 153 168 176 183 188 191 193 197 198 200 200 67 142 154 169 178 184 189 192 195 199 199 201 202 78 142 155 170 179 185 191 194 197 200 201 202 203 89 143 156 171 180 186 192 195 198 202 202 204 205 9

10 143 157 172 181 187 193 197 199 203 203 206 206 1011 144 157 173 182 188 194 198 200 204 205 207 207 1112 144 158 173 182 189 195 199 201 205 205 208 208 1213 145 159 174 183 190 196 199 202 206 206 209 209 1314 145 159 175 184 191 197 200 203 207 207 210 210 1415 146 160 175 185 192 198 201 204 207 208 211 211 1516 146 161 176 185 193 198 202 205 208 209 212 212 16

17 146 161 177 186 193 199 202 205 209 210 212 212 1718 147 162 177 187 194 200 203 206 209 210 213 213 1819 147 162 178 187 195 200 204 207 210 211 214 214 1920 147 162 178 188 195 201 204 207 211 212 214 215 2021 148 163 179 188 196 201 205 208 211 212 215 215 2122 148 163 179 189 196 202 205 208 212 213 215 216 2223 148 164 180 189 197 202 206 209 212 213 216 216 2324 149 164 180 190 197 203 206 209 213 214 216 217 2425 149 165 181 190 198 203 207 210 213 214 217 218 2526 149 165 181 191 198 204 207 210 214 215 217 218 2627 149 165 181 191 199 204 208 211 214 215 218 219 2728 150 166 182 192 199 205 208 211 215 216 218 219 2829 150 166 182 192 199 205 209 212 215 216 219 220 2930 150 167 183 193 200 206 209 212 216 217 219 220 30

31 151 167 183 193 200 206 210 213 216 217 220 221 3132 151 167 184 194 201 206 210 213 216 217 221 221 3233 151 168 184 194 201 207 210 213 217 218 221 222 3334 151 168 184 194 201 207 211 214 217 218 221 222 3435 152 168 185 195 202 207 211 214 217 219 222 222 3536 152 169 185 195 202 208 211 215 218 219 222 223 3637 152 169 186 196 203 208 212 215 218 220 222 223 3738 152 169 186 196 203 209 212 215 219 220 223 224 3839 153 170 186 196 203 209 213 216 219 220 223 224 3940 153 170 187 197 204 209 213 216 219 221 224 224 4041 153 170 187 197 204 210 213 216 220 221 224 225 4142 153 171 187 197 204 210 214 217 220 221 224 225 4243 154 171 188 198 205 210 214 217 220 222 224 225 4344 154 171 188 198 205 211 214 217 221 222 225 226 4445 154 171 188 198 205 211 215 218 221 223 225 226 4546 154 172 189 199 206 211 215 218 221 223 226 227 4647 155 172 189 199 206 212 215 218 222 223 226 227 4748 155 172 189 199 206 212 215 219 222 224 226 227 4849 155 173 190 200 207 212 216 219 222 224 227 227 4950 155 173 190 200 207 212 216 219 223 224 228 227 50

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67 160 178 196 206 212 218 222 225 229 230 233 234 6768 160 178 196 206 213 218 222 226 229 231 234 234 6869 161 179 197 206 213 218 222 226 229 231 234 235 6970 161 179 197 207 213 219 223 226 230 231 234 235 7071 161 179 198 207 214 219 223 227 230 232 235 235 7172 162 179 198 207 214 219 223 227 230 232 235 236 7273 162 180 198 208 214 220 224 227 231 233 235 236 7374 162 180 199 208 215 220 224 228 231 233 236 236 7475 163 180 199 209 215 220 225 228 231 233 236 236 7576 163 181 199 209 216 221 225 228 232 234 236 237 7677 164 181 200 209 216 221 225 229 232 234 237 237 7778 164 181 200 210 216 222 226 229 232 234 237 237 7879 164 182 201 210 217 222 226 230 233 235 237 238 7980 165 182 201 210 217 222 227 230 233 235 238 238 80

81 165 182 201 211 217 223 227 230 234 235 238 238 8182 166 183 202 211 218 223 227 231 234 236 238 239 8283 166 183 202 212 218 224 228 231 234 236 239 239 8384 167 183 203 212 219 224 228 232 235 237 239 239 8485 167 184 203 213 219 225 229 232 235 237 240 240 8586 168 184 204 213 220 225 229 233 236 238 240 240 8687 168 185 204 214 220 226 230 233 236 238 240 241 8788 169 185 205 214 221 226 230 234 237 239 241 241 8889 169 185 205 215 221 227 231 234 237 239 241 242 8990 170 186 206 215 222 227 231 235 238 240 242 242 9091 171 186 207 216 223 228 232 235 238 240 243 243 9192 172 187 207 217 223 229 233 236 239 241 243 243 9293 173 187 208 217 224 229 233 237 240 241 244 244 9394 174 188 209 218 225 230 234 237 240 242 244 245 9495 175 188 210 219 226 231 235 238 241 243 245 245 9596 176 189 211 220 227 232 236 239 242 244 246 247 9697 178 190 212 222 229 233 237 240 243 245 247 248 9798 180 191 214 224 230 235 239 242 245 247 249 249 9899 183 192 217 227 233 237 241 244 247 249 251 252 99

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2 163 167 172 176 180 182 186 186 187 191 23 164 169 174 179 183 186 190 192 192 195 34 164 170 176 181 186 190 193 193 195 197 45 164 171 177 183 188 192 195 196 197 199 56 165 172 179 185 190 194 197 198 199 202 67 165 173 180 187 192 195 199 199 201 203 78 165 173 181 188 193 197 200 201 202 204 89 166 174 183 189 194 198 201 202 203 206 9

10 166 175 184 190 195 199 202 203 204 207 1011 166 176 185 191 196 200 203 204 205 208 1112 167 176 185 192 197 201 204 205 207 209 1213 167 177 186 193 198 201 205 206 207 209 1314 167 178 187 194 199 202 205 206 208 210 1415 168 178 188 195 199 203 206 207 209 211 1516 168 179 188 195 200 204 207 208 210 211 1617 168 180 189 196 201 204 207 208 210 212 1718 169 180 189 196 201 205 208 209 211 213 1819 169 181 190 197 202 205 208 209 212 213 1920 169 181 190 198 202 206 209 210 212 214 2021 170 182 191 198 203 206 210 211 213 214 2122 170 182 192 199 203 207 210 211 213 215 2223 171 183 192 199 204 207 210 211 214 215 2324 171 183 193 199 204 208 211 212 214 216 2425 171 184 193 200 205 208 211 212 215 216 2526 172 184 194 200 205 208 212 213 215 217 2627 172 185 194 201 205 209 212 213 216 217 2728 172 185 194 201 206 209 213 214 216 217 2829 173 185 195 202 206 210 213 214 216 218 2930 173 186 195 202 207 210 213 214 217 218 3031 173 186 196 202 207 210 214 215 217 219 3132 174 187 196 203 207 211 214 215 217 219 3233 174 187 196 203 208 211 214 216 218 220 3334 175 187 197 203 208 211 215 216 218 220 3435 175 188 197 204 208 212 215 216 218 220 3536 175 188 198 204 209 212 216 217 219 221 3637 176 189 198 204 209 212 216 217 219 221 3738 176 189 198 205 209 213 216 217 220 221 3839 176 189 199 205 210 213 217 218 220 222 3940 177 190 199 205 210 213 217 218 220 222 4041 177 190 199 206 210 214 217 218 220 222 41

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1 165 168 171 174 175 181 182 183 184 187 1

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10 172 181 188 194 198 202 204 204 206 209 1011 172 182 189 195 199 202 205 205 207 210 1112 173 183 190 196 200 203 206 206 208 211 1213 173 183 191 197 201 204 206 206 209 212 1314 174 184 192 197 201 205 207 207 209 213 1415 174 185 192 198 202 205 208 208 210 213 1516 175 185 193 199 203 206 208 208 211 214 1617 175 186 194 199 203 206 209 209 211 214 1718 176 187 194 200 204 207 209 209 212 215 1819 176 187 195 200 204 207 210 210 212 215 1920 177 188 195 201 205 208 211 211 213 216 2021 177 188 196 201 205 208 211 211 213 216 2122 178 189 196 202 206 209 211 212 214 217 2223 178 189 197 202 206 209 212 212 214 217 2324 179 189 197 203 207 210 212 213 214 218 2425 179 190 198 203 207 210 213 213 215 218 2526 180 190 198 204 208 210 213 213 216 219 2627 180 191 198 204 208 211 214 214 216 219 2728 180 191 199 204 208 211 214 214 217 220 2829 181 192 199 205 209 211 214 215 217 220 2930 181 192 200 205 209 212 215 215 217 220 3031 182 192 200 205 209 212 215 216 218 221 3132 182 193 200 206 210 213 216 216 218 221 3233 183 193 201 206 210 213 216 216 218 221 3334 183 194 201 206 210 213 216 217 219 222 3435 183 194 201 207 211 214 217 217 219 222 3536 184 194 202 207 211 214 217 217 219 222 3637 184 195 202 207 211 214 217 218 220 222 3738 184 195 202 208 212 215 218 218 220 223 3839 185 195 203 208 212 215 218 218 221 223 3940 185 196 203 208 212 215 218 219 221 223 4041 185 196 203 209 213 216 219 219 221 223 41

42 186 196 204 209 213 216 219 219 221 224 4243 186 197 204 209 213 216 219 219 222 224 4344 186 197 204 210 214 217 219 220 222 224 4445 187 197 205 210 214 217 220 220 222 225 4546 187 198 205 210 214 217 220 220 223 225 4647 187 198 205 211 215 218 220 221 223 225 4748 188 198 205 211 215 218 221 221 223 226 4849 188 199 206 211 215 218 221 221 224 226 4950 188 199 206 211 215 218 221 221 224 226 50

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51 189 199 206 212 216 219 221 222 224 226 51

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92 206 215 221 226 230 233 235 236 237 241 9293 207 215 222 226 230 234 236 236 238 241 9394 207 216 222 227 231 234 236 237 239 242 9495 208 217 223 228 232 235 237 238 240 243 9596 209 218 224 229 232 236 238 239 241 244 9697 211 219 225 230 233 237 239 240 242 245 9798 213 221 226 231 235 238 241 241 245 246 9899 215 224 229 233 236 240 243 244 247 250 99

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10 174 184 190 196 199 202 204 204 205 208 1011 175 185 191 197 200 203 205 205 206 209 1112 176 185 192 198 201 203 206 206 207 210 1213 176 186 193 198 202 204 206 207 208 211 1314 177 187 194 199 202 205 207 207 209 211 1415 178 188 194 200 203 206 207 208 210 212 1516 178 188 195 200 204 206 208 208 210 213 1617 179 189 196 201 204 207 209 209 211 214 1718 179 189 196 202 205 207 209 210 212 214 1819 180 190 197 202 205 208 210 210 212 215 1920 181 190 197 203 206 208 211 211 213 215 2021 181 191 198 203 206 209 212 212 213 216 2122 182 191 198 204 207 209 212 212 214 217 2223 182 192 199 204 207 210 213 213 215 217 2324 183 192 199 205 208 210 213 213 215 217 2425 183 193 200 205 208 211 213 213 216 218 2526 183 193 200 205 209 211 214 214 216 218 2627 184 194 201 206 209 212 214 214 217 219 2728 184 194 201 206 209 212 215 215 218 219 2829 185 194 201 206 210 212 215 215 218 219 2930 185 195 202 207 210 213 215 216 218 220 3031 185 195 202 207 210 213 216 216 219 220 3132 186 196 202 207 211 213 216 216 219 220 3233 186 196 203 208 211 214 216 217 219 220 3334 187 196 203 208 212 214 217 217 220 221 3435 187 197 203 208 212 214 217 217 220 221 3536 187 197 204 209 212 215 218 218 220 222 3637 188 197 204 209 213 215 218 218 221 222 3738 188 198 205 209 213 215 218 219 221 222 3839 188 198 205 210 213 216 219 219 221 223 3940 189 198 205 210 214 216 219 219 222 223 4041 189 199 205 210 214 216 219 219 222 223 41

42 189 199 206 211 214 217 219 220 222 224 4243 190 199 206 211 214 217 220 220 223 224 4344 190 200 206 211 215 217 220 220 223 224 4445 190 200 207 212 215 218 220 221 223 225 4546 191 200 207 212 215 218 221 221 224 225 4647 191 201 207 212 216 218 221 221 224 225 4748 191 201 208 212 216 219 221 222 224 226 4849 192 201 208 213 216 219 222 222 225 226 4950 192 202 208 213 217 219 222 222 225 226 50

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51 192 202 209 213 217 219 222 223 225 226 51

52 193 202 209 214 217 220 222 223 225 227 5253 193 203 209 214 217 220 223 223 226 227 5354 193 203 209 214 218 220 223 223 226 227 5455 194 203 210 215 218 221 223 224 226 227 5556 194 203 210 215 218 221 224 224 226 227 5657 194 204 210 215 219 221 224 224 227 228 5758 195 204 211 215 219 221 224 225 227 228 5859 195 204 211 216 219 222 224 225 227 228 5960 195 205 211 216 219 222 225 225 227 229 6061 196 205 211 216 220 222 225 226 228 229 6162 196 205 212 217 220 223 225 226 228 229 6263 196 206 212 217 220 223 226 226 228 230 6364 197 206 212 217 221 223 226 227 229 230 6465 197 206 213 217 221 223 226 227 229 230 6566 197 206 213 218 221 224 227 227 229 231 6667 198 207 213 218 221 224 227 228 230 231 6768 198 207 214 218 222 224 227 228 230 231 6869 198 207 214 219 222 225 227 228 230 231 6970 199 208 214 219 222 225 228 228 230 232 7071 199 208 214 219 223 225 228 229 231 232 7172 199 208 215 219 223 226 228 229 231 232 7273 200 209 215 220 223 226 229 229 231 233 7374 200 209 215 220 224 226 229 230 231 233 7475 201 209 216 220 224 227 229 230 232 233 7576 201 210 216 221 224 227 229 230 232 234 7677 201 210 217 221 224 227 230 231 232 234 7778 202 210 217 221 225 228 230 231 233 234 78

79 202 211 217 222 225 228 230 231 233 235 7980 203 211 218 222 226 228 231 232 234 235 8081 203 211 218 222 226 229 231 232 234 235 8182 203 212 218 223 226 229 231 232 234 236 8283 204 212 219 223 227 229 232 233 235 236 8384 204 213 219 224 227 230 232 233 235 237 8485 205 213 220 224 227 230 233 233 236 237 8586 205 214 220 224 228 230 233 234 236 238 8687 206 214 221 225 228 231 234 234 236 238 8788 206 215 221 225 229 231 234 235 237 239 8889 207 215 221 226 229 232 234 235 237 239 8990 207 216 222 226 230 232 235 236 238 240 9091 208 216 223 227 230 233 236 237 238 240 91

92 209 217 223 227 231 233 236 237 239 241 9293 209 218 224 228 231 234 237 238 240 242 9394 210 218 224 229 232 235 237 239 240 242 9495 211 219 225 229 233 236 238 240 242 243 9596 212 220 226 230 234 237 239 241 243 244 9697 214 222 227 231 235 238 240 242 244 245 9798 215 223 229 233 236 239 242 244 246 248 9899 218 225 231 235 238 241 244 247 248 251 99

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10 139 147 167 177 187 194 199 203 207 208 211 211 1011 140 147 167 178 187 195 200 204 208 209 212 213 1112 140 148 168 178 188 196 201 205 209 210 213 214 1213 140 148 168 179 189 197 202 206 210 211 214 215 1314 140 149 168 179 190 197 202 207 210 212 215 216 1415 141 149 169 180 190 198 203 207 211 213 216 217 1516 141 150 169 180 191 198 204 208 212 214 217 218 16

17 141 151 170 181 191 199 204 209 213 215 218 219 1718 141 151 170 181 192 200 205 209 214 216 219 219 1819 141 152 170 182 193 200 206 210 215 216 220 220 1920 142 152 170 182 193 201 206 211 215 217 221 221 2021 142 153 171 182 193 201 207 211 216 218 221 222 2122 142 153 171 183 194 202 207 212 217 219 222 223 2223 142 154 171 183 194 202 208 213 217 219 223 224 2324 143 154 172 184 195 202 208 213 218 220 223 224 2425 143 155 172 184 195 203 209 214 218 220 224 225 2526 143 155 172 184 196 203 209 214 219 221 225 226 2627 143 156 173 185 196 204 210 215 220 222 225 227 2728 143 156 173 185 196 204 210 215 220 222 226 227 2829 144 156 173 185 197 204 211 216 221 223 226 228 2930 144 157 173 186 197 205 211 216 221 223 227 228 30

31 144 157 174 186 197 205 211 217 222 224 227 229 3132 144 158 174 187 198 206 212 217 222 224 228 230 3233 144 158 174 187 198 206 212 218 223 225 229 230 3334 145 158 174 187 198 206 213 218 223 226 229 231 3435 145 159 175 188 199 207 213 219 224 226 230 231 3536 145 159 175 188 199 207 214 219 224 227 230 232 3637 145 159 175 188 199 207 214 220 225 227 231 232 3738 145 160 175 189 200 208 214 220 225 228 231 233 3839 146 160 176 189 200 208 215 220 226 228 232 233 3940 146 160 176 189 200 208 215 221 226 229 232 234 4041 146 161 176 190 201 209 216 221 227 229 233 235 4142 146 161 177 190 201 209 216 222 227 229 233 235 4243 146 162 177 190 201 209 216 222 227 230 233 236 4344 147 162 177 191 202 210 217 223 228 230 234 236 4445 147 162 177 191 202 210 217 223 228 231 234 237 4546 147 163 178 191 202 210 218 223 229 231 235 237 4647 147 163 178 192 203 211 218 224 229 232 235 238 4748 148 163 178 192 203 211 218 224 230 232 236 238 4849 148 164 178 192 203 211 219 225 230 233 236 239 4950 148 164 179 192 203 212 219 225 230 233 237 239 50

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile

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67 152 169 183 198 208 218 225 232 238 240 244 247 6768 153 169 184 198 209 218 226 232 238 241 245 247 6869 153 170 184 198 209 219 226 233 239 241 245 248 6970 153 170 184 198 209 219 226 233 239 242 246 248 7071 154 170 185 199 210 219 227 234 239 242 246 249 7172 154 171 185 199 210 220 227 234 240 243 246 249 7273 154 171 185 199 210 220 228 234 240 243 247 250 7374 155 171 186 200 211 221 228 235 241 244 247 250 7475 155 172 186 200 211 221 228 235 241 244 248 251 7576 155 172 186 200 211 222 229 236 242 245 248 251 7677 156 173 187 201 212 222 229 236 242 245 249 252 7778 156 173 187 201 212 222 230 237 243 246 249 253 7879 157 173 188 201 213 223 230 237 243 246 250 253 7980 157 174 188 202 213 223 231 238 244 247 250 254 80

81 157 174 189 202 214 224 231 238 244 247 251 254 8182 158 175 189 203 214 224 232 239 245 248 252 255 8283 158 175 190 203 214 225 232 239 245 248 252 255 8384 159 175 190 203 215 226 233 240 246 249 253 256 8485 159 176 191 204 216 226 233 241 247 249 253 257 8586 160 176 191 204 216 227 234 241 247 250 254 257 8687 160 177 192 205 217 227 235 242 248 251 255 258 8788 161 178 192 205 217 228 235 243 249 251 255 258 8889 161 178 193 206 218 229 236 243 249 252 256 259 8990 162 179 193 206 219 229 237 244 250 253 257 260 9091 163 180 194 207 219 230 237 245 251 254 258 261 9192 163 180 195 208 220 231 238 246 252 255 259 262 9293 164 181 196 208 221 232 239 247 253 256 260 263 9394 165 182 197 209 222 233 240 248 254 257 261 264 9495 166 183 198 210 223 234 241 249 255 258 262 265 9596 167 185 199 212 225 236 243 250 256 260 262 267 9697 168 186 200 213 226 238 244 252 258 261 265 268 9798 170 188 202 215 229 240 246 254 260 264 267 270 9899 174 192 205 219 232 244 250 258 264 267 270 273 99

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile

1 136 140 165 171 176 179 182 184 186 187 189 190 12 137 142 167 174 180 184 188 190 192 192 195 195 23 138 144 168 175 182 187 191 193 195 196 198 200 34 138 146 169 177 184 190 193 196 198 199 202 201 45 139 147 170 178 186 191 195 198 200 202 203 204 56 139 149 171 179 187 193 197 200 202 203 205 207 67 140 150 171 180 188 194 198 201 204 205 206 209 78 140 151 172 181 189 196 199 202 205 207 208 210 89 141 152 172 182 190 197 200 204 207 208 209 212 9

10 141 153 173 183 191 197 201 205 208 209 212 213 1011 141 153 173 183 192 198 202 206 209 210 213 215 1112 142 155 174 184 193 199 203 207 210 211 214 216 1213 142 155 174 184 194 200 204 208 211 212 215 217 1314 142 156 175 185 194 201 205 208 212 213 216 218 1415 142 157 175 186 195 201 205 209 213 214 217 219 1516 143 157 175 186 195 202 206 210 214 215 218 220 16

17 143 158 176 187 196 202 207 211 214 216 219 221 1718 143 158 176 187 196 203 207 211 215 216 220 221 1819 144 159 177 188 197 203 208 212 216 217 221 222 1920 144 160 177 188 197 204 209 213 217 218 222 223 2021 144 160 177 189 198 204 209 213 217 219 223 224 2122 144 161 178 189 198 205 210 214 218 219 223 225 2223 145 161 178 190 199 205 210 215 219 220 224 226 2324 145 162 178 190 199 206 211 215 219 221 225 226 2425 145 162 179 190 199 206 211 216 220 221 225 227 2526 145 163 179 191 200 207 212 216 221 222 226 228 2627 146 163 179 191 200 207 212 217 221 223 227 229 2728 146 163 180 192 201 208 213 217 222 223 227 229 2829 146 164 180 192 201 208 213 218 222 224 228 230 2930 147 164 180 192 201 208 214 219 223 224 228 230 30

31 147 165 180 193 202 209 214 219 223 225 229 231 3132 147 165 181 193 202 209 215 219 224 225 229 232 3233 147 165 181 193 202 210 215 220 225 226 230 232 3334 148 166 181 194 203 210 216 220 225 227 231 233 3435 148 166 182 194 203 210 216 221 226 227 231 233 3536 148 167 182 194 203 211 217 221 226 228 232 234 3637 148 167 182 195 204 211 217 222 227 228 232 234 3738 149 167 182 195 204 212 217 222 227 229 233 235 3839 149 167 183 195 204 212 218 223 228 229 233 235 3940 149 168 183 196 205 212 218 223 228 229 233 236 4041 150 168 183 196 205 213 219 224 229 230 234 236 4142 150 169 184 196 205 213 219 224 229 230 234 237 4243 150 169 184 197 206 213 219 225 229 231 235 237 4344 150 169 184 197 206 214 220 225 230 231 235 238 4445 151 169 184 197 206 214 220 225 230 232 236 238 4546 151 170 185 197 206 215 221 226 231 232 236 239 4647 151 170 185 198 207 215 221 226 231 233 236 239 4748 152 170 185 198 207 215 221 227 232 233 237 240 4849 152 171 186 198 207 216 222 227 232 234 237 240 4950 152 171 186 199 208 216 222 228 232 234 238 240 50

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Italized cell entries are interpolated values.

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3 138 149 170 178 184 189 192 194 196 197 198 200 34 138 151 171 179 186 191 194 196 199 199 202 202 45 139 153 172 181 188 193 196 198 201 202 203 205 56 140 155 173 182 189 195 198 200 203 203 205 209 67 140 157 174 183 191 196 199 202 205 205 207 211 78 141 158 174 184 192 198 201 203 206 207 209 212 89 142 159 175 185 193 199 202 204 208 208 210 213 9

10 142 160 176 186 194 200 203 206 209 209 212 214 1011 143 161 176 187 195 201 204 207 210 210 213 216 1112 143 162 177 188 195 201 205 208 211 212 214 217 1213 144 162 177 188 196 202 206 209 212 213 216 218 1314 144 163 178 189 197 203 206 210 213 214 217 219 1415 145 164 178 190 197 204 207 210 214 215 218 220 1516 145 165 179 190 198 204 208 211 215 216 219 221 16

17 146 165 179 191 199 205 209 212 216 217 220 222 1718 146 166 180 191 199 205 209 213 217 218 221 223 1819 147 166 180 192 200 206 210 213 218 218 221 224 1920 147 167 181 192 200 207 211 214 218 219 222 224 2021 148 168 181 193 201 207 211 215 219 220 223 225 2122 148 168 181 193 201 208 212 216 220 221 224 226 2223 149 169 182 194 202 208 212 216 221 222 225 227 2324 149 169 182 194 202 209 213 217 221 222 225 228 2425 149 169 183 195 203 209 214 217 222 223 226 228 2526 150 170 183 195 203 210 214 218 222 224 227 229 2627 150 170 183 195 203 210 215 219 223 224 227 230 2728 150 171 184 196 204 211 215 219 224 225 228 230 2829 151 171 184 196 204 211 216 220 224 225 228 231 2930 151 171 184 197 205 211 216 220 225 226 229 232 30

31 151 172 185 197 205 212 217 221 225 226 230 232 3132 152 172 185 197 205 212 217 221 226 227 230 233 3233 152 172 185 198 206 213 218 222 226 228 231 233 3334 153 173 186 198 206 213 218 222 227 228 231 234 3435 153 173 186 198 206 214 219 223 227 229 232 234 3536 153 173 187 199 207 214 219 223 228 229 232 235 3637 154 174 187 199 207 214 219 224 228 230 233 235 3738 154 174 187 199 207 215 220 224 229 230 233 236 3839 154 174 187 200 208 215 220 225 229 231 234 236 3940 155 175 188 200 208 216 221 225 230 231 234 237 4041 155 175 188 200 208 216 221 226 230 232 235 237 4142 156 175 189 200 209 217 222 226 231 232 235 238 4243 156 176 189 201 209 217 222 227 231 233 236 238 4344 156 176 189 201 209 217 222 227 232 233 236 239 4445 157 176 189 201 210 218 223 228 232 233 237 239 4546 157 177 190 202 210 218 223 228 233 234 237 240 4647 157 177 190 202 210 219 224 229 233 234 238 240 4748 157 177 190 202 211 219 224 229 233 235 238 241 4849 158 177 191 203 211 219 225 229 234 235 239 241 4950 158 178 191 203 211 220 225 230 234 236 239 241 50

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%ile Kdgn Grd 1 Grd 2 Grd 3 Grd 4 Grd 5 Grd 6 Grd 7 Grd 8 Grd 9 Grd 10 Grd 11 %ile

51 158 178 191 203 212 220 225 230 235 236 239 242 5152 159 178 192 203 212 221 226 231 235 236 240 242 52

53 159 179 192 204 213 221 226 231 236 237 240 243 5354 159 179 192 204 213 221 227 231 236 237 241 243 5455 160 179 193 204 213 222 227 232 236 238 241 244 5556 160 179 193 204 214 222 227 232 237 238 242 244 5657 160 180 193 205 214 223 228 233 237 239 242 245 5758 161 180 194 205 214 223 228 233 238 239 242 245 5859 161 180 194 205 215 223 229 233 238 239 243 245 5960 161 181 194 206 215 224 229 234 238 240 243 246 6061 162 181 194 206 215 224 229 234 239 240 244 247 6162 162 181 195 206 216 225 230 235 239 241 244 247 6263 162 182 195 207 216 225 230 235 240 241 245 248 6364 163 182 195 207 216 225 231 236 240 242 245 248 6465 163 182 196 207 217 226 231 236 240 242 246 248 6566 163 183 196 207 217 226 231 236 241 242 246 249 66

67 164 183 196 208 218 227 232 237 241 243 247 249 6768 164 183 197 208 218 227 232 237 242 243 247 250 6869 164 184 197 208 218 227 233 238 242 244 248 250 6970 165 184 197 209 219 228 233 238 243 244 248 251 7071 165 184 198 209 219 228 233 238 243 245 248 251 7172 165 185 198 209 220 229 234 239 244 245 249 252 7273 166 185 198 210 220 229 234 239 244 246 249 252 7374 166 185 199 210 220 229 235 240 245 246 250 253 7475 167 185 199 210 221 230 235 240 245 247 250 253 7576 167 186 199 211 221 230 236 241 246 247 251 254 7677 167 186 200 211 222 231 236 241 246 248 251 254 7778 168 187 200 212 222 231 236 242 246 248 252 254 7879 168 187 200 212 223 232 237 242 247 249 252 255 7980 169 187 201 212 223 232 237 243 248 249 253 255 80

81 169 188 201 213 224 233 238 243 248 250 253 256 8182 169 188 201 213 224 233 238 244 249 250 254 257 8283 170 189 202 214 225 234 239 244 249 251 255 257 8384 170 189 202 214 225 234 239 245 250 251 255 258 8485 171 189 203 215 226 235 240 246 250 252 256 258 8586 171 190 203 215 226 235 240 246 251 253 257 259 8687 172 190 204 216 227 236 241 247 252 253 257 260 8788 172 191 204 216 228 237 242 248 252 254 258 261 8889 173 191 205 217 228 238 242 248 253 255 259 261 8990 174 192 205 218 229 238 243 249 254 256 259 262 9091 174 193 206 218 230 239 244 250 255 256 260 264 9192 175 193 207 219 230 240 245 251 255 257 261 264 9293 176 194 207 220 231 241 246 252 256 258 262 266 9394 177 195 208 221 232 242 247 253 257 260 263 266 9495 178 196 209 222 234 243 248 254 259 261 264 267 9596 179 197 210 224 235 245 249 255 260 262 266 269 9697 181 198 212 225 237 246 251 257 262 264 268 271 9798 183 200 214 227 239 249 253 259 264 267 270 274 9899 187 203 217 231 242 252 257 263 268 271 274 277 99

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10 175 179 184 187 190 193 195 197 199 1011 175 180 184 188 191 193 196 197 200 1112 175 180 185 188 191 194 196 198 200 1213 176 181 185 189 192 195 197 199 201 1314 176 181 186 189 192 195 198 200 202 1415 176 181 186 190 193 196 198 200 202 1516 176 182 186 190 193 196 199 201 203 1617 177 182 187 191 194 197 199 201 204 1718 177 182 187 191 194 197 200 202 204 1819 177 183 188 192 195 198 200 202 205 1920 177 183 188 192 195 198 201 203 205 2021 178 183 188 192 196 199 201 203 206 2122 178 184 189 193 196 199 202 204 206 2223 178 184 189 193 197 200 202 204 207 2324 178 184 189 194 197 200 203 205 207 2425 179 184 189 194 197 200 203 205 207 2526 179 185 190 194 198 201 203 205 208 2627 179 185 190 195 198 201 204 206 208 27

28 179 185 190 195 198 201 204 206 209 2829 179 186 191 195 199 202 204 207 209 2930 180 186 191 196 199 202 205 207 209 3031 180 186 191 196 199 202 205 207 210 3132 180 186 192 196 200 203 206 208 210 3233 180 187 192 196 200 203 206 208 210 3334 181 187 192 197 200 203 206 208 211 3435 181 187 192 197 201 204 207 209 211 3536 181 187 193 197 201 204 207 209 211 3637 181 188 193 198 201 204 207 209 212 3738 182 188 193 198 201 205 208 210 212 3839 182 188 193 198 202 205 208 210 213 3940 182 188 194 199 202 205 208 210 213 4041 182 189 194 199 202 206 209 211 213 4142 182 189 194 199 203 206 209 211 214 4243 182 189 195 199 203 206 209 211 214 4344 183 189 195 200 203 207 209 211 214 4445 183 189 195 200 204 207 210 212 214 4546 183 190 195 200 204 207 210 212 215 4647 183 190 196 201 204 207 210 212 215 4748 183 190 196 201 204 208 211 213 215 4849 184 190 196 201 205 208 211 213 216 4950 184 191 196 201 205 208 211 213 216 50

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78 190 198 204 209 213 217 220 222 225 7879 191 198 205 210 213 217 220 222 225 7980 191 199 205 210 214 217 221 222 225 8081 191 199 205 210 214 218 221 223 226 8182 192 199 206 211 214 218 221 223 226 8283 192 200 206 211 215 218 222 224 226 8384 193 200 207 212 215 219 222 224 227 8485 193 201 207 212 216 219 223 224 227 8586 193 201 207 213 216 220 223 225 228 8687 194 201 208 213 217 220 223 225 228 8788 194 202 208 214 217 221 224 226 229 8889 195 203 209 214 218 221 224 226 229 8990 195 203 209 215 218 222 225 227 230 9091 196 204 210 215 219 222 225 227 230 9192 197 204 211 216 219 223 226 228 231 9293 197 205 211 217 220 224 227 228 231 9394 198 206 212 217 221 224 228 229 232 9495 199 207 213 218 222 225 228 230 233 9596 200 208 214 219 223 226 229 231 234 9697 202 209 216 221 224 227 230 232 235 9798 203 211 217 222 225 229 232 234 236 9899 207 214 220 225 228 231 234 236 238 99

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78 193 201 207 211 215 218 221 223 226 7879 194 201 207 212 215 218 221 223 226 7980 194 202 208 212 215 219 222 223 226 8081 194 202 208 212 216 219 222 224 227 8182 195 202 208 213 216 219 222 224 227 8283 195 203 209 213 217 220 223 225 227 8384 196 203 209 214 217 220 223 225 228 8485 196 204 209 214 217 221 224 225 228 8586 196 204 210 215 218 221 224 226 229 8687 197 204 210 215 218 222 224 226 229 8788 197 205 211 216 219 222 225 227 230 8889 198 206 211 216 219 222 225 227 230 8990 198 206 212 217 220 223 226 228 231 9091 199 207 213 217 220 223 226 228 231 9192 200 207 213 218 221 224 227 229 232 9293 200 208 214 219 222 225 228 229 232 9394 201 209 215 219 222 226 229 230 233 9495 202 210 216 220 223 226 229 231 234 9596 203 211 217 221 224 227 230 232 235 9697 204 212 218 223 225 228 231 233 236 9798 206 214 219 224 227 230 233 235 237 9899 209 217 222 227 229 233 235 237 240 99

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1 174 177 178 180 181 181 183 184 185 12 175 178 181 182 183 185 186 186 187 23 176 179 182 184 185 187 188 188 191 34 176 180 183 186 187 188 190 190 193 45 177 181 184 187 188 189 190 191 194 56 178 182 185 188 189 191 193 193 196 67 178 182 186 189 190 192 194 194 197 78 178 183 186 189 191 192 195 195 199 89 179 183 187 190 192 193 196 196 200 9

10 179 184 188 191 192 194 197 197 200 1011 180 184 188 191 193 195 198 198 201 1112 180 185 189 192 194 195 198 198 202 1213 180 185 189 193 194 196 199 199 202 1314 181 186 190 193 195 197 200 200 203 1415 181 186 190 194 195 197 200 200 204 1516 181 186 191 194 196 198 201 201 205 1617 182 187 191 195 196 198 201 201 205 1718 182 187 191 195 197 199 202 202 206 1819 182 187 192 195 197 199 202 202 207 1920 182 188 192 196 198 200 203 203 207 2021 183 188 192 196 198 200 203 203 207 2122 183 188 193 197 199 201 204 204 208 2223 183 189 193 197 199 201 204 204 209 2324 183 189 194 198 200 202 205 205 209 2425 184 189 194 198 200 202 205 205 210 2526 184 190 194 198 200 202 206 206 210 2627 184 190 195 199 201 203 206 206 211 27

28 184 190 195 199 201 203 206 207 211 2829 185 190 195 199 201 204 207 207 211 2930 185 191 195 200 202 204 207 208 212 3031 185 191 196 200 202 204 207 208 212 3132 185 191 196 200 202 205 208 208 213 3233 186 192 196 201 203 205 208 209 213 3334 186 192 197 201 203 205 208 209 213 3435 186 192 197 201 203 206 209 210 214 3536 186 192 197 201 203 206 209 210 214 3637 187 193 198 202 204 206 209 210 215 3738 187 193 198 202 204 207 210 211 215 3839 187 193 198 202 204 207 210 211 215 3940 187 194 198 203 205 207 210 211 215 4041 187 194 199 203 205 208 211 211 216 4142 188 194 199 203 205 208 211 212 216 4243 188 194 199 203 206 208 211 212 216 4344 188 195 199 204 206 208 212 212 216 4445 188 195 200 204 206 209 212 213 217 4546 189 195 200 204 206 209 212 213 217 4647 189 195 200 204 207 209 213 213 217 4748 189 196 200 205 207 210 213 214 218 4849 189 196 201 205 207 210 213 214 218 4950 189 196 201 205 208 210 213 214 218 50

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51 190 196 201 206 208 211 214 215 219 5152 190 197 201 206 208 211 214 215 219 5253 190 197 202 206 208 211 214 215 219 5354 190 197 202 206 209 211 215 215 220 5455 190 197 202 207 209 212 215 216 220 5556 191 198 202 207 209 212 215 216 220 5657 191 198 203 207 209 212 215 216 220 5758 191 198 203 207 210 213 216 217 220 5859 191 198 203 208 210 213 216 217 221 5960 191 199 203 208 210 213 216 217 221 6061 192 199 204 208 211 214 217 218 222 6162 192 199 204 208 211 214 217 218 222 6263 192 199 204 209 211 214 217 218 222 6364 192 200 205 209 211 214 217 219 222 6465 193 200 205 209 212 215 218 219 222 6566 193 200 205 210 212 215 218 219 223 6667 193 200 205 210 212 215 218 220 223 6768 193 201 206 210 213 216 219 220 223 6869 193 201 206 210 213 216 219 220 224 6970 194 201 206 211 213 216 219 220 224 7071 194 202 207 211 213 217 220 221 224 7172 194 202 207 211 214 217 220 221 224 7273 195 202 207 212 214 217 220 221 224 7374 195 202 208 212 214 218 221 222 225 7475 195 203 208 212 215 218 221 222 225 7576 195 203 208 212 215 218 221 222 226 7677 196 203 209 213 215 219 222 223 226 77

78 196 204 209 213 216 219 222 223 226 7879 196 204 209 214 216 219 222 223 226 7980 197 204 210 214 216 220 223 224 227 8081 197 205 210 214 217 220 223 224 227 8182 197 205 210 215 217 220 223 225 227 8283 198 205 211 215 218 221 224 225 228 8384 198 206 211 216 218 221 224 225 228 8485 198 206 211 216 218 222 225 226 228 8586 199 207 212 216 219 222 225 226 229 8687 199 207 212 217 219 223 225 227 229 8788 200 208 213 217 220 223 226 227 230 8889 200 208 213 218 220 223 226 228 230 8990 201 209 214 218 221 224 227 228 231 9091 201 209 215 219 221 224 227 229 232 9192 202 210 215 220 222 225 228 229 232 9293 203 210 216 220 223 226 229 230 233 9394 204 211 217 221 223 227 229 231 234 9495 204 212 218 222 224 227 230 231 235 9596 205 213 219 223 225 228 231 232 236 9697 206 215 220 224 226 229 232 234 237 9798 208 216 221 226 228 231 234 235 238 9899 211 219 224 228 230 234 236 237 242 99

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10 170 176 182 187 190 193 195 197 198 1011 171 177 183 187 191 193 196 197 199 1112 171 177 183 188 191 194 196 198 199 1213 171 178 184 188 192 195 197 199 200 1314 171 178 184 189 192 195 198 199 201 1415 172 179 185 189 193 196 198 200 201 1516 172 179 185 190 193 196 199 200 202 1617 172 179 186 190 194 197 199 201 202 1718 172 180 186 191 194 197 200 201 203 1819 173 180 186 191 195 198 200 202 204 1920 173 181 187 192 195 198 201 202 204 2021 173 181 187 192 195 198 201 203 205 2122 173 181 188 192 196 199 201 203 205 2223 174 182 188 193 196 199 202 203 205 2324 174 182 188 193 196 200 202 204 206 2425 174 182 189 193 197 200 203 204 206 2526 174 183 189 194 197 200 203 205 206 2627 175 183 189 194 198 201 203 205 207 27

28 175 183 189 194 198 201 204 205 207 2829 175 184 190 194 198 202 204 206 208 2930 175 184 190 195 199 202 204 206 208 3031 176 184 190 195 199 202 205 206 208 3132 176 185 191 195 199 202 205 207 209 3233 176 185 191 196 200 203 205 207 209 3334 176 185 191 196 200 203 206 207 209 3435 177 185 191 196 200 203 206 208 210 3536 177 186 192 197 200 204 206 208 210 3637 177 186 192 197 201 204 206 208 210 3738 177 186 192 197 201 204 207 209 211 3839 177 186 193 197 201 204 207 209 211 3940 178 187 193 198 202 205 207 209 211 4041 178 187 193 198 202 205 208 210 211 4142 178 187 193 198 202 205 208 210 212 4243 178 187 194 199 202 205 208 210 212 4344 179 188 194 199 203 206 209 210 212 4445 179 188 194 199 203 206 209 211 213 4546 179 188 194 199 203 206 209 211 213 4647 180 188 195 200 203 207 209 211 213 4748 180 189 195 200 204 207 210 212 213 4849 180 189 195 200 204 207 210 212 214 4950 180 189 195 200 204 207 210 212 214 50

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78 188 197 203 208 212 215 219 220 222 7879 189 197 203 208 212 216 219 221 223 7980 189 197 204 209 213 216 219 221 223 8081 189 198 204 209 213 217 220 221 223 8182 190 198 204 209 213 217 220 222 224 8283 190 199 205 210 214 217 220 222 224 8384 191 199 205 210 214 218 221 223 225 8485 191 199 205 210 215 218 221 223 225 8586 191 200 206 211 215 219 222 223 226 8687 192 200 206 211 215 219 222 224 226 8788 192 201 207 212 216 220 223 224 226 8889 193 201 207 212 217 220 223 225 227 8990 193 202 208 213 217 221 224 225 227 9091 194 202 208 213 218 221 224 226 228 9192 194 203 209 214 218 222 225 227 228 9293 195 204 209 215 219 223 226 227 229 9394 196 204 210 215 220 223 227 228 230 9495 196 205 211 216 221 224 227 229 231 9596 197 206 212 217 222 225 228 230 232 9697 198 207 213 219 223 226 230 231 233 9798 200 209 215 220 224 228 231 232 235 9899 202 212 218 223 227 230 233 235 237 99

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10 173 179 185 189 191 194 196 197 199 1011 174 180 185 189 192 194 197 198 200 1112 174 180 186 190 192 195 197 199 200 1213 174 181 186 190 193 196 198 199 201 1314 174 181 187 191 193 196 199 200 202 14

15 175 182 187 191 194 197 199 201 202 1516 175 182 188 192 194 197 200 201 203 1617 175 182 188 192 195 198 200 202 203 1718 175 183 189 193 195 198 201 202 204 1819 176 183 189 193 196 199 201 203 205 1920 176 184 189 194 196 199 202 203 205 2021 176 184 190 194 196 199 202 204 206 2122 177 184 190 194 197 200 202 204 206 2223 177 185 190 195 197 200 203 204 206 2324 177 185 191 195 198 201 203 205 207 2425 178 185 191 195 198 201 204 205 207 2526 178 186 191 196 198 201 204 206 208 2627 178 186 192 196 199 202 204 206 208 2728 179 186 192 196 199 202 205 206 208 2829 179 187 192 196 199 203 205 207 209 2930 179 187 193 197 200 203 205 207 209 3031 179 187 193 197 200 203 206 207 209 3132 180 188 193 197 200 203 206 208 210 3233 180 188 193 198 201 204 206 208 210 3334 180 188 194 198 201 204 207 208 211 3435 181 188 194 198 201 204 207 209 211 3536 181 189 194 199 202 205 207 209 211 3637 181 189 195 199 202 205 207 209 212 3738 181 189 195 199 202 205 208 210 212 3839 181 189 195 199 202 205 208 210 212 3940 182 190 195 200 203 206 208 210 213 4041 182 190 196 200 203 206 209 210 213 4142 182 190 196 200 203 206 209 211 213 4243 182 190 196 201 203 206 209 211 213 4344 183 191 196 201 204 207 210 211 214 4445 183 191 197 201 204 207 210 212 214 4546 183 191 197 201 204 207 210 212 214 4647 183 191 197 202 204 208 210 212 215 4748 184 192 197 202 205 208 211 212 215 4849 184 192 198 202 205 208 211 213 215 4950 184 192 198 202 205 208 211 213 215 50

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10 175 182 187 191 192 194 197 197 199 1011 176 182 187 191 192 195 198 198 200 1112 176 183 188 192 193 196 198 199 201 1213 177 183 188 192 194 196 199 199 202 1314 177 184 189 193 194 197 200 200 202 1415 177 184 189 193 195 197 200 201 203 1516 178 185 190 194 195 198 201 201 204 1617 178 185 190 194 196 198 201 202 204 1718 178 186 191 195 196 199 202 202 205 1819 179 186 191 195 197 199 202 203 205 1920 179 186 191 195 197 200 203 203 206 2021 179 187 192 196 197 200 203 204 206 2122 180 187 192 196 198 201 203 204 207 2223 180 187 192 196 198 201 204 205 207 2324 180 188 193 197 199 201 204 205 208 2425 181 188 193 197 199 202 205 205 208 2526 181 188 193 197 199 202 205 206 209 2627 181 189 194 198 200 203 205 206 209 27

28 182 189 194 198 200 203 206 206 209 2829 182 189 194 198 200 203 206 207 210 2930 182 190 195 199 201 203 206 207 210 3031 182 190 195 199 201 204 206 207 210 3132 183 190 195 199 201 204 207 208 211 3233 183 190 195 200 202 204 207 208 211 3334 183 191 196 200 202 205 207 208 212 3435 184 191 196 200 202 205 208 209 212 3536 184 191 196 201 203 205 208 209 212 3637 184 192 197 201 203 206 208 209 213 3738 184 192 197 201 203 206 209 210 213 3839 185 192 197 201 203 206 209 210 213 3940 185 192 197 202 204 207 209 210 214 4041 185 193 198 202 204 207 210 210 214 4142 185 193 198 202 204 207 210 211 214 4243 186 193 198 202 204 207 210 211 214 4344 186 193 198 203 205 208 210 211 215 4445 186 193 199 203 205 208 211 212 215 4546 186 194 199 203 205 208 211 212 215 4647 187 194 199 203 205 208 211 212 216 4748 187 194 199 204 206 209 211 212 216 4849 187 194 200 204 206 209 212 213 216 4950 187 195 200 204 206 209 212 213 216 50

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29 241 245 250 29 79 256 262 264 7930 241 246 250 30 80 257 263 264 8031 242 246 250 31 81 257 263 264 8132 242 246 251 32 82 257 264 265 8233 242 247 251 33 83 258 264 265 8334 243 247 252 34 84 258 265 265 8435 243 247 252 35 85 259 265 266 8536 244 248 252 36 86 259 266 266 8637 244 248 252 37 87 259 266 267 8738 244 249 252 38 88 260 267 267 8839 245 249 253 39 89 260 268 268 8940 245 250 253 40 90 261 268 268 9041 245 250 253 41 91 261 269 269 9142 246 250 254 42 92 262 270 271 9243 246 251 254 43 93 263 270 270 9344 246 251 254 44 94 264 271 272 9445 247 252 254 45 95 265 272 272 9546 247 252 255 46 96 266 273 273 9647 247 252 255 47 97 267 275 276 9748 247 253 255 48 98 269 276 277 9849 248 253 255 49 99 272 278 279 9950 248 253 256 50

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APPENDIX B

Transition from 2005 to 2008 Norms

Norms created at different points in time for any behavior or type of performance are likely to vary.

This will be the case even if all procedures are identical across studies. Much of the variation from

one study to another is simply due to the fact that each study is dependent on the sample of people

it used to develop its norms. The potential sources of sample differences are not hard to identify.

They include factors such as changes in demographic makeup of school districts as well as

changes in teaching methods, testing programs or school effectiveness.

Differences between the 2008 RIT scale norming study results and those of the 2005 study can, of

course, be attributed to the same types of sample differences that we observed for other norming

studies. There is, however, an important difference between this study and the 2005 study that

was not present when moving from the 2002 study to the 2005 study. This difference was the

stratified random sampling that was used for reading, language usage, and mathematics in grades

2 through 11. In the 2005 study, all test events that were valid and met the inclusion criteria

(virtually identical to those detailed in Chapter 2) were included. In the current study, the test

events that met the inclusion criteria were further sampled to match the U.S. school-age population

with respect to ethnicity and school level percentage of students eligible for free and reduced pricelunch. In addition, the current study restricted the inclusion of test events to those that occurred in

the defined time frames for beginning, middle, and end of the year relative to the district calendar

that was in the student’s district. These are fairly dramatic changes in the way the sample for

status norms was determined compared to the procedures used for the 2005 study. In the face of

these differences in procedures, we saw little reason to speculate as to the other sources of

differences in the results. We expected to see differences between the 2008 norms and the 2005

norms that corresponded to these changes.

The differences observed were quite modest. For beginning of year (fall) reading tests across

grades 2-10, the 2008 norms were an average of .9 RITs higher (range .1 – 2.4 RITs) than the fall

2005 norms. For end of year (spring) reading tests, the 2008 norms were an average of .5 RITs

higher (range -.5 – 1.4 RITs). In language usage, the beginning-of-year and end-of-year

differences were of the same general size ( ≈ -.5 RITs) but the 2008 norms were slightly lower than

the 2005 norms. Difference in mathematics status norms followed the pattern for reading but the

average differences did not exceed .3 RITs. The grade level 2008 norms for reading and language

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usage were accompanied by 5% and 3% less variance, respectively, than the corresponding 2005

norms. Variance for mathematics between the two studies remained virtually the same across

grades.

From the standpoint of grade level distributions, the vast majority of differences between RITs at

corresponding percentile ranks (2008 minus 2005) fell between -2 RITs and +2 RITs. Larger differences were noted mostly in the lower quartile of reading and language usage for grades 2

through 4. This was also the case for mathematics but was less pronounced. In all of these

differences within the lower quartile, 2008 RITs were higher for the corresponding percentile rank.

In grades 9 and 10, the 2008 RITs were associated with somewhat lower percentiles than the 2005

RITs. These were typically below the median and ranged from 1 to 2 RITs in reading, from 3 to 5

RITs in language, and from 3 to 4 RITs in mathematics. These differences are provided in a

Microsoft Excel © file (INTERACT Percentiles 2008.xlsx & .xls) that is available from NWEA.

Average beginning-of-year to end-of-year (fall-to-spring), beginning-of-year to beginning-of-the-

next-year (fall-to-fall), and end-of-year to end-of-the-next-year (spring-to-spring) growth differences

were all less than .65 RITs across grades and were most frequently below .25 RITs. Within

individual grade-content area combinations, the largest difference observed was 1.44 RITs for end-

of-grade 8 to end-of-grade 9 mathematics; growth was higher in the 2005 study.