End of Grade Test Understanding the Score Report

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End of Grade TestUnderstanding the Score Report
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EOG Background

• The EOG is given to students in grades 3-8.
• The test has two parts Reading Comprehension
  and Math.
• Given over a three day period Reading
  Comprehension, Math Calculator Inactive, and Math
  Calculator Active.
• This test is aligned to the NCSCS.
• www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eog
  

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Features of the Score Report

• Scale Score
• Developmental Scale Score
• Level
• Description of the Achievement Level
• Graph of Student Performance as it Relates to
  school, school system, and state.
• Percentile Rank
• Reading Categories
• Number of Questions
• Students Lexile Score
• Gateways (grades 3, 5, and 8)
• NCDPI Division of Accountability Services

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Scale Score
A students raw score is converted to a
developmental scale score. This score is used to
compare the students end-of-grade scores from
one year to the next. NCDPI Division of
Accountability Services
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Achievement Levels
There are four achievement levels in relation to
the scale score. The levels range from Level I
through Level IV. Levels III and IV are
indicators of mastery of skills for that grade.
These are predetermined performance standards
that allow for comparison of performance to grade
level expectations. NCDPI Division of
Accountability Services
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Percentile Rank
The percentile compares the students performance
to all other North Carolina students who took the
test in the norming year. This rank shows that
the student performed at a level equal to or
better than the stated percent of students. The
higher the percentile, the better a student
performed in relation to other students in that
grade. NCDPI Division of Accountability Services
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Reading Categories/Math Goals
The reading comprehension report list the reading
categories which show the types of items on the
reading test. The math report list the math
goals from the four mathematics strands. Note
that the report does not show how many problems
the student missed in each area, only the number
of problems that are included on the test for
that category or strand. This makes planning for
future instruction difficult. NCDPI Division of
Accountability Services
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Reading Categories

• Cognition- initial strategies a reader uses to
  understand the selection. Refers to the purpose
  and organization of the selection. Includes the
  application of context clues to determine
  meaning, summarizing, and identifying the purpose
  of text features.
• Interpretation- requires the reader to develop a
  more complete understanding of the text. It may
  ask students to clarify, explain the
  significance, extend, and adapt ideas.
• Critical Stance- refers to questions that ask the
  reader to look at the selection objectively.
  This requires the reader to apply processes like
  comparing/contrasting and understanding the
  impact of literary elements.
• Connections- refers to connecting knowledge from
  selection to other information and experiences.
  Requires the reader to relate the selection to
  events outside the story.
• NCDPI Division of Accountability Services

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Math Strands

• Number Sense, Numeration and Numerical Operations
• Spatial Sense, Measurement, and Geometry
• Patterns, Relationships, and Functions
• Data, Probability, and Statistics
• NCSCS, NCDPI Division of Accountability Services

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References
Understanding the Individual Score Report for the
North Carolina End of Grade Tests-Grades 3, 4,
and 5. NCDPI Division of Accountability
Services 2005 Pretest Grade 3 Reading
Comprehension Mathematics. June 20, 2005 Vol.
10, No. 1. NCDPI Division of Accountability
Services. Understanding the North Carolina End
of Grade Testing. March 1, 2004 Volume 5, No.
3. NCDPI Division of Accountability Services