Report on Student Achievement 20002001

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Report on Student Achievement2000-2001

• Instruction Assessment
• September 13, 2001

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Comprehensive Student Assessment Program

• SAT and ACT
• High School
• ITBS
• Grades 3 and 6
• ITED
• Grade 9
• WASL
• Grades 4, 7, 10

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MIHS ACT Scores
ACT Scale 1-36
Scores continue to rise slightly.
MIHS continues to outperform the state, and the
state continues to outperform the nation both of
which remain unchanged.
143 MIHS seniors (38) took the ACT.
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MIHS SAT Verbal Scores
SAT Scale 200-800
Recovery and substantial gain over the last two
years while the state has gained slightly
and national scores have remained flat.
310 MIHS seniors (83) took the SAT.
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MIHS SAT Math Scores
SAT Scale 200-800
Recovery and substantial gain over the last two
years. State and national scores have risen
slightly over 5 years.
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Norm Referenced Testing

• Iowa Test of Basic Skills
• Grade 3 since 1998-1999
• Grade 6 since 1999-2000
• Iowa Test of Educational Development
• Grade 9, began in 2000-2001
• Key indicator is percentile score
• Scale of 1-99
• Indicates percent of students in national sample
  with lower scores.
• 50th percentile considered normal academic
  achievement based on the national sample

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Spring 2001 Norm Referenced Test Results Mean
Percentile Scores
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ITBS Trend Data Grade 3 (State scores shown in
red.)
88
88
86
81
81
81
64
63
60
57
56
55
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ITBS Trend Data Grade 6 (State scores shown in
red.)
83
82
79
75
56
56
54
53
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ITED Results Grade 9 (State scores shown in red.)
87
84
83
82
81
81
60
59
54
54
53
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Norm Referenced TestingPreliminary Findings

• All grades continue to be well above the norm and
  well above the state.
• Gr. 3 scores have not changed significantly over
  the last 3 years
• Gr. 6 gained in Reading
• Gr. 9 need to watch Math trend

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Washington AssessmentofStudent Learning

• Criterion referenced
• Reading, Math, Writing, Listening tests
• Comparison of performance to a standard, not to
  performance of others
• Content tied to state learning goals
• Key indicator is of students reaching standard
  on each test and meeting standard on all 4
  tests
• Proposed graduation requirement for class of 2008

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2001 WASL RESULTS Grades 4, 7, 10 Percent of
Students Meeting Standard
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Distribution of WASL Scores
On the WASL reading, math, and listening tests, a
score of 400 on the 100-700 scale is considered
meeting standard. On the WASL writing test, a
score of 9 on the 1-12 scale meets standard.
Number of Students
400
700
100
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MISD 2001 Grade 4 WASL Percent of Students
Meeting Standards
The criteria for scoring writing changed in 1999,
so comparisons to previous years are not valid.
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MISD 2001 Grade 7 WASL Percent of Students
Meeting Standards
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MISD 2001 Grade 10 WASL Percent of Students
Meeting Standards
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MISD WASL Percent of Students Meeting 4 of 4
Standards
Although the states accountability plan is based
on just reading and math, by 2008 students will
need to reach standard on all four tests to get a
Certificate of Mastery and graduate.
State 2001 26.7
19.5 29.5
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WASL 2001Preliminary Observations

• Gr. 4
• Gain in math, drop in reading and writing
• Gr. 7
• Strong gain in writing, gain in math, drop in
  reading
• Gr. 10
• Small gains in writing and math, small drop in
  reading
• Continued gain in students meeting all 4
  standards at all grade levels.

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To be continued . . .