Meridian School District

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Meridian School District

• Achievement Level Tests

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Why Level Testing?

• Curriculum-based assessment
• External comparison
• Measures growth toward standards
• Informs instruction
• Clearly communicates/easily understood

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Curriculum-based Assessment

• Tests designed to reflect Meridian School
  District curriculum
• TESTING WHAT IS TO BE TAUGHT
• Revision of curriculum to align with national and
  state standards
• Move to MAP test Idaho aligned version

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Growth Measurement
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Reading
Fall 1999 Spring 2000
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Mathematics
Fall 1999 Spring 2000
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Are all students growing?
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Student Growth by Quartile Fall 1999 - Spring 2000
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Student Growth by Quartile Fall 1999 - Spring 2000
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Standards
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Reading Standard
RIT 220
Spring of 8th Grade
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High School Reading Course
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Reading Standard
This chart shows the spring scores of students in
the high school reading class. After completing
the course, 75 of the students met the reading
standard of 220. Number of students 203
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End of Course Testing

• Reading
• Mathematics
• Pre-Algebra
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Algebra II
• Science
• All except earth science (1 year out)
• Field testing questions in social studies

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Inform Instruction
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Math Placement Criteria
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Fourth Grade
Fall to Spring Analysis
Fifth Grade
Fall to Spring Analysis
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MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Achievement Level Test Results
School 119
TREND REPORT
Grade 5
Detailed Test Results
Previous Tests
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Program Decisions
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Track Study
Pioneer Elementary Chaparral Elementary Spalding
Elementary Seven Oaks Elementary
Reading 5th Grade
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Track Study
Pioneer Elementary Chaparral Elementary Spalding
Elementary Seven Oaks Elementary
Math 5th Grade
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Special Education

• Valid testing for students who have never been
  successfully tested previously
• 99 of Meridian students in tested grades
• Driving the development of IEPs
• Growth in regular curriculum

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Clear Communication of Data

• Variety of Reports
• Easily understood
• Parents are in the instructional loop

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Why Level Testing?

• Curriculum-based assessment
• External comparison
• Measures growth toward standards
• Informs instruction
• Clearly communicates/easily understood