Smarter Balanced 6 th and 9 Grade Distance From Standard...Oct 15, 2019 · 2528 2552 2567 2586 2600 2639 2663 2690 2400 2450 2500 2550 2600 2650 2700 2750 5 (2016) 6 (2017) 7 (2018)

SmarterBalanced6th and9th GradeDistanceFromStandard

ChristopherKolar,AnneBrown,andSharonOfek

October15,2019

DistancefromStandardReview

•DistancefromStandard(DFS)isthedistanceastudentscoresaboveorbelowtheminimumStandardMet(Level3)scalescore.•UnderstandingDFSwillallowustobetterdescribestudentgrowthandquantifyperformancegapsinthedistrict.

2SmarterBalanced6th and9th GradeDistanceFromStandard

● TocalculatetheDFS,thestudent'sscoreiscomparedtothe“StandardMet”thresholdforthatgradelevel.

● Forexample,thefollowingstudentscored2502ontheSmarterBalancedassessment.Thisis29pointsbelowthelowestpossiblescoreforLevel3.TheDFSforthestudentis-29points.

3SCCOE:Equity|Diversity|Inclusion|Partnership

DistancefromStandardReview

Overview• SmarterBalancedAssessment(SBA)cohortdataincludesEnglish/LanguageArts(ELA)andMathematicsresultsfromthe2015,2016,2017,2018,and2019administrations.• Currentninthgradeclass(withtheir5th,6th,7th,and8th gradeaveragescalescoreresults).• Currentsixthgradeclass(with3rd,4th,and5th gradeaveragescalescoreresults).

• PAUSDgradelevelscalescoreresultsarechartedagainstCA“StandardMet”(Level3).• Allscoresare“matched,”meaningthedatacontainsstudentswhoattendedandtestedallyearsinPAUSD.• BecausethenumberofBlack/AfricanAmericanstudentsdidnotmeetthestatereportingthreshold,theyarenotdisaggregatedforthisreport.• Golddottedlinesareforstudentcurrentlyin7th and10th grades,sogrowthtrajectoriesmaybecompared.

PaloAltoUnifiedSchoolDistrict 4

ElementaryCohortstestedingrades3-5


Current6th GradeELA,n=709

2432

2473

25022482

2537

2584

2350

2400

2450

2500

2550

2600

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)

CA"StandardMet" gr6 gr7

DistanceFromStandard(DFS)

+50 +64 +82

Current6th GradeMath,n=725

2436

2485

2528

2503

2558

2591

2350

2400

2450

2500

2550

2600

2650

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)



+67 +73 +63

ELA– Current6th GradeLatinoStudents,n=98

2432

2473

2502

2403

2457

2492

2340

2360

2380

2400

2420

2440

2460

2480

2500

2520

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)



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Math– Current6th GradeLatinoStudents,n=98

2436

2485

2528

2421

2477

2505

2360

2380

2400

2420

2440

2460

2480

2500

2520

2540

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)



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ELA– Current6th GradeLatino+SED,n=56

2432

2473

2502

23722419

2457

2300

2350

2400

2450

2500

2550

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)



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Math– Current6th GradeLatino+SED,n=56

2436

2485

2528

2396

2454 2475

2300

2350

2400

2450

2500

2550

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)

CA"StandardMet" g6 g7


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ELA– Current6th GradeSED,n=87

2432

2473

2502

2393

2443

2485

2320

2340

2360

2380

2400

2420

2440

2460

2480

2500

2520

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)



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Math– Current6th GradeSED,n=87

2436

2485

2528

2418

2471

2496

2360

2380

2400

2420

2440

2460

2480

2500

2520

2540

3(2017) 4(2018) 5(2019)



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ElementaryActivities

•SaturdayAcademicBoostandEnrichment(SABE)—mathandELAattheelementarylevel•PrincipalPLC- ContinuefocusonLiteracyandaddafocuson5th Grademath•RtI programateachschoolforreadingandmath•DyslexiascreeningforallK- 3•UseofInterimAssessmentBlocks(IABs)•KidByKiddiscussions


SecondaryCohorttestedingrades4-8


2502

25312552

2567

25952618

26412650

2400

2450

2500

2550

2600

2650

2700

5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)


ELA– Current9th GradeStudents,n=759


+93 +87 +89 +83

25282552

25672586

2600

26392663

2690

2400

2450

2500

2550

2600

2650

2700

2750

5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)


Math– Current9th GradeStudents,n=764


+72 +87 +96 +104

ELA– Current9th GradeLatinoStudents,n=149


+25 +8 -2 -13

2502

2531

2552

2567

2527

25392550

2554

2460

2480

2500

2520

2540

2560

2580

5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)


2528

2552

2567

2586

2529

2546

25542566

2480

2500

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2560

2580

2600

5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)


Math– Current9th GradeLatinoStudents,n=113


+1 -6 -13 -20

ELA– Current9th GradeSED+Latino,n=56

2502

2531

2552

2567

24762488

2501

2503

2474

25122516

2521

2420

2440

2460

2480

2500

2520

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2560

2580

5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)



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Math– Current9th GradeSED+Latino,n=56

2528

25522567

2586

2497

2506 25122511

2484

2498 2496

2519

2420

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2500

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2600

5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)



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ELA– Current9th GradeSED,n=108

2502

2531

2552

2567

2495

25112526

2522

2503

2539

2550

2540

2440

2460

2480

2500

2520

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5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)



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Math- Current9th GradeSEDStudents,n=83

2528

2552

2567

2586

2514

25312542 2541

2554

2460

2480

2500

2520

2540

2560

2580

2600

5(2016) 6(2017) 7(2018) 8(2019)



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MiddleSchoolActivities

2018

• SABEspring2019atFletchergrades6-8(SaturdayAcademicBoostandEnrichment)—mathandELA• PilotDreambox inspring2019—math

2019• Examinemiddleschoolmathpathwaysandinstructionalpractices• Reviewmiddleschoolinterventionprograms• SABEexpandedtoallthreemiddleschoolsinthefallandspring• UseofInterimAssessmentBlocks(IABs)inSABE• DatadiveintoCAASPP,NWEApilot,SABE,mathworkshoptoidentifybestpractices


AdditionalInformation



SBACELA/LiteracyScaleScoreRanges

CADefinitionofSocioeconomicallyDisadvantaged

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Socioeconomicallydisadvantaged(SED)studentsaredefinedas:●Migrant,foster,homeless,or● EligibleforFreeorReduced-PricedMeal(FRPM)

ProgramorhaddirectcertificationforFRPMl,or● Bothparentshavenotreceivedahighschooldiploma.

DataareextractedfromCALPADSbytheCDE.

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