Criterion-Referenced Test Results

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• Criterion-Referenced Test Results
• A Report of Progress
• Selected School Districts
• Dr. Charity Smith, Assistant Director
• September 11, 2003

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Criterion-Referenced Tests

• Criterion- referenced tests are customized around
  the academic standards in the Arkansas Curriculum
  Frameworks and are developed by committees of
  Arkansas teachers.
• These criterion-referenced tests are administered
  to establish the level of student achievement
  with the expected performance levels set by the
  State Board of Education.
• The progress of all student populations is
  annually reported through the general and
  combined reports.

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Performance Levels

• Advanced Advanced students demonstrate superior
  performance well beyond proficient grade-level
  performance.
• Proficient Proficient students demonstrate
  solid academic performance for the grade tested
  and are well-prepared for the next level of
  schooling.
• Basic Basic students show substantial skills in
  reading and writing or mathematics however, they
  only partially demonstrate the abilities to
  apply these skills.
• Below Basic Below basic students fail to show
  sufficient mastery of skills in reading and
  writing or mathematics to attain the basic level.
  

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Moving Distributions

• The goal should be to enable all students to
  reach the desired levels therefore, any
  definition of progress should include success in
  reducing the number of students at the lowest
  level of achievement as well as increasing the
  number attaining and exceeding the standard.
• (National Research Council, 1999)

Note Due to rounding, some scores may vary.
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State Longitudinal Academic ProgressPrimary
Benchmark (Grade 4)
Mathematics
General Population
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Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Lee County School District
Math
General Population
7
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Winslow School District
Math
General Population
8
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Augusta School District
Math
General Population
9
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Turrell School District
Math
General Population
10
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Osceola School District
Math
General Population
11
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Stamps School District
Math
General Population
12
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Cotton Plant School District
Math
General Population
13
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4) Dermott School District
Math
General Population
14
Longitudinal Progress Primary Benchmark (Grade
4)Lakeside/Lake Village School District
Math
General Population
15
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Oak Park Elementary Pine Bluff School
District
Math
General Population
16
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)34th Avenue ElementaryPine Bluff
School District
Math
General Population
17
Longitudinal Academic Progress Primary Benchmark
(Grade 4)Belair ElementaryPine Bluff School
District
Math
General Population
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Student AchievementA Shared Responsibility

• We are extremely proud of the academic gains our
  students have made, and we appreciate the hard
  work of educational service cooperatives, local
  school boards, administrators, teachers, parents,
  and students.
• These selected examples demonstrate that when
  data is properly analyzed, and instructional
  delivery is aligned to content standards,
  achievement improves by moving the distribution
  annually.