Report on Student Achievement 20062007

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Report on Student Achievement2006-2007

• Washington Assessment of Student Learning
• TerraNova Mathematics Assessment

October 5, 2006
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Washington StateLarge Scale Assessment Program

• Gr. 2 Reading Fluency
• Gr. 3, 5, 6, 8 Washington Assessment of Student
  Learning (WASL) Reading, Math
• Gr. 4, 7, HS WASL Reading, Writing, Math
• Gr. 5, 8, HS WASL Science

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Mercer Island School DistrictDistrict Assessment
Program

• Gr. 5, 6, 7, 8 TerraNova Multiple Assessments -
  Math
• TerraNova Algebra
• Gr. 4 TerraNova Multiple Assessments Math
  (Currently by nomination only for accelerated gr.
  5 math)
• (Starting in spring 2007)
• One grade per level (To be determined fall 2006)
  District Writing Assessment

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Report on Student Achievement 2006-2007

• Washington Assessment of Student Learning

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Each year of taking the WASL a greater percentage
of the class of 2008 have met standard in all
three areas except reading at grade 7.
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WASL Score Details

• School Summary Report
• Strand summary and score distribution
• Change in percent of students at each level of
  the WASL

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No Child Left Behind

• The following chart shows the yearly targets all
  Washington schools and districts need to meet in
  fourth grade on the reading and math WASL in
  order to make annual yearly progress as defined
  by the US Dept. of Education. The targets
  increase every three years reaching 100 in 2014.
• Mercer Island as a district and each school
  individually continue to exceed the targets in
  all grades and subjects. Generally our scores
  meet the targets for 2010-2012.

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Disaggregation of WASL Scores

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Skill Strands

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GRADE 4
GRADE 7
GRADE 10
Within a small district some changes over time
are expected, but we do not see any sustained
gender gap in reading at any grade level.
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GRADE 4
GRADE 7
GRADE 10
At grades 4 and 7 we see a gender gap in favor of
girls in writing. This is consistent with
national trends. The gap closes by 10th grade.
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GRADE 4
GRADE 7
GRADE 10
Within a small district some changes over time
are expected, but we do not see any sustained
gender gap in math at any grade level.
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Charts for each grade and content area are in the
appendix. In almost all cases they show
performance moving steadily into level 4.
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Note There were less than 10 students of any
other ethnicity who took the WASL at any grade
level.
Our Asian students constitute about 5 of our
population. There is no meaningful difference in
their WASL scores compared to Caucasian students.
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How many Mercer Island Students are Not at
Standard on the WASL?
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MIHS students performed as well as or better than
all of the districts identified in the 2005-06
Benchmark Study with the exception of Bellevue
International School which is a magnet school and
not comparable in student population.
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Report on Student Achievement 2006-2007

• TerraNova Mathematics Assessment

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All students were tested on the math curriculum
they studied in 2005-06. TerraNova scores for
regular grade level are comparable to ITBS scores
in previous years. This is despite the fact that
the ITBS included all students at a grade level
whereas these scores do not include accelerated
math students. Their scores are presented in the
next table.
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Whereas the TerraNova scores for regular grade
level are comparable to ITBS scores in previous
years, our accelerated students had much higher
scores than expected. The District Assessment
Advisory Committee will consider the implications
of this finding.
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Placement of Students in Accelerated Math
Classes Fall 2006
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Percentage of Students Placed in Accelerated Math
at IMS Over Time