2009 Preliminary End-of-Grade (EOG) Results
Presented to the
WSFCS Board of Education
June 23, 2009
End-of-Grade (EOG)
• Over 22,000 WSFCS students tested in grades 3 – 8
Math: Grades 3 – 8 (4th year on current edition)
Reading: Grades 3 – 8 (2nd year on current edition)
Science: Grades 5 & 8 (2nd year on the current edition)
Changes to Testing
• In January 2009, the State Board of Education (SBE) approved the use of Retest 1 scores for calculating ABC performance composites and AYP results for the 2008-09 school yearReading and Math – grades 3-8Science – grades 5 and 8
Eligibility for Retesting
• Any student in grades 3-8 who did not score an Achievement Level III or higher in reading, math, and/or scienceParents of students who scored an
Achievement Level I had the option to waive retesting
• Students on alternate assessments were also required to retest under same conditions
RETESTING NUMBERS
• Schools had approximately a week to remediate students who were not proficient on the retest
• Of the ~55,000 assessments given in grades 3 – 8, 21,000+ of them were below Achievement Level III (~20,000 were retested)
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
20082009:
BEFORE RETEST
2009 (BEFORE RETEST)
– 2008
2009: AFTER
RETEST
AFTER RETEST
– BEFORE RETEST
2009 (AFTER
RETEST) – 2008
READING(GRADES 3 - 8) 54.0 56.4 +2.4 65.5 +9.1 +11.5
MATH(GRADES 3 - 8) 69.1 71.3 +2.2 79.0 +7.7 +9.9
SCIENCE(GRADES 5 & 8) 44.0 52.5 +8.5 62.2 +9.7 +18.2
MATH EOG: BY GRADE7
3.3
73
.6
70
.9
66
.9
63
.2
66
.2
69
.176
.9
72
.9
72
.8
68
.6
68
.7
66
.6
71
.383
.3
80
.1
80
.4
76
.8
75
.7
79
.0
76
.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
EOG3 EOG4 EOG5 EOG6 EOG7 EOG8 ALL
PR
OF
ICIE
NC
Y
2008 2009: BEFORE RETEST 2009: AFTER RETEST
MATH BY SUBGROUPS
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0
2006 2007 2008 2009(BEFORE)
2009 (AFTER)
Pe
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ge
Pro
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White
African-American
Hispanic
EDS
LEP
ALL
READING EOG: BY GRADE5
2.9 58
.9
54
.4
57
.5
47
.8
52
.5
54
.0
55
.9
58
.3
57
.4
59
.5
52
.6
54
.4
56
.463
.6
66
.5
67
.4
68
.9
63
.9
65
.5
62
.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
EOG3 EOG4 EOG5 EOG6 EOG7 EOG8 ALL
PR
OF
ICIE
NC
Y
2008 2009: BEFORE RETEST 2009: AFTER RETEST
READING BY SUBGROUPS
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
2008 2009 (BEFORE) 2009 (AFTER)
Pe
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nta
ge
Pro
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t
White
African-American
Hispanic
EDS
LEP
ALL
SCIENCE EOG: BY GRADE
39
.1 49
.0
50
.1 54
.961
.7
62
.6
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
EOG5 EOG8
PR
OF
ICIE
NC
Y
2008 2009: BEFORE RETEST 2009: AFTER RETEST
SCIENCE BY SUBGROUPS
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
2008 2009 (BEFORE) 2009 (AFTER)
Pe
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nta
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Pro
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White
African-American
Hispanic
EDS
LEP
ALL
UPCOMING
• All data are finalized June 30, 2009
• Preliminary AYP results will be released July 21, 2009
• The SBE is expected to approve ABC and AYP results at the August 6 board meeting
SNEAK PEEK:
END-OF-COURSE (EOC) RESULTS
Make-up window is still open through the end of this week
Overall increase of almost 5 percentage points across all EOCs
Demographic data not yet available
Subject N 2008 N 2009* Difference
ALGEBRA I (2007) 4342 58.2 4440 60.2 +2.0
ALGEBRA II (2007/2008) 2970 55.3 2902 65.5 +10.2
BIOLOGY (2008)
3304 64.2 4020 64.6 +0.4
CHEMISTRY (2008) 2275 62.7 1866 71.7 +9.0
CIVICS & ECON. (2006) 3872 62.9 3885 66.7 +3.8
ENGLISH 1 (2007) 4112 70.3 4007 71.7 +1.4
GEOMETRY (2007) 3402 56.0 2786 65.2 +9.2
PHYSICAL SCI. (2008) 1516 38.7 1604 47.8 +9.1
PHYSICS (2008) 602 76.9 604 75.3 -1.6
US HISTORY (2006) 3345 63.5 3409 69.7 +6.2
COMPOSITE 60.9 65.7 +4.8* DATA NOT COMPLETE
PRELIMINARY EOCS
QUESTIONS?