Understanding the Results Ye Tong, Ph.D. Pearson

Topics 1 MCA Individual Student Reports 2 MTAS Individual Student Reports 3 Quiz! 2 San Antonio Open Plan

MCA ISRs

Big Picture View 4 ● Title Page ‒ Name, School, District ‒ Grade, Administration Year ● Overall Picture ‒ Performance Meter ‒ Standards ‒ State Percentile Rank ‒ Growth

Growth Score ● How are growth scores calculated? ‒ A student’s growth is derived by comparing the MCA score for this year to his or her MCA score from the previous year. ‒ Expected growth is determined by comparing the student’s MCA score this year to the scores achieved this year by Minnesota students who had the same score as the student the previous year. ‒ Scores in the vicinity of this year’s expected score reflect Average Growth. ‒ Scores that are substantially lower or higher than expectations reflect Low Growth or High Growth, respectively. 5

Overall Test Level Details ● Scale Score ‒ Derived score based on students’ performance ‒ G40 and G50 are the cut scores ‒ Can be compared across students ‒ Can be compared across years for a given grade – note the year revised standards are in place ‒ Linked to performance level requirements ● Comparative Information ‒ State Average ‒ District Average ‒ School Average 6

Within Subject Details 7

8 ● Performance level within a subject ● Statistical methodology for determining performance levels ● Learning Locator ‒ Perspective resource site ● Lexile ‒ Lexile framework and resources

Performance History and CCR 9

Growth Score and College and Career Readiness (CCR) ● What is the Goal Progress Score ‒ A student whose Progress Score is at or above the Goal Progress Score is considered on track to demonstrate career and college readiness at the end of grade 11. ‒ Grade 8 Goal Progress Scores are identified by linking the Grade 8 Progress Scores to those on a nationally recognized “pre-college” entrance exam that is predictive of performance on the nationally recognized college entrance exam used for the high school tests. ‒ The Goal Progress Scores of the lower grade MCA tests are established by MDE linking scores on those assessments to scores on the next higher grade’s MCA. ● How are progress scores calculated? ‒ Off-grade items – not contributing to on-grade level performance calculations, only to growth 10

CCR Report 11

College and Career Readiness (CCR) ● What is CCR goal score ‒ CCR Goal Scores are indicators that performance is on track to demonstrate career and college readiness on a college entrance exam at the end of grade 11. ‒ CCR Goal Scores are identified by directly linking scale scores on these tests to scores on the corresponding subject-level subtests from a nationally recognized college entrance exam 12

Science: Performance History Only ● Science ‒ Performance History Only ‒ No progress scores or CCR information ‒ Only selected grades ● Performance History ‒ Grades and school year ‒ Performance Level ‒ State percentile rank 13

MTAS ISRs 14

Big Picture Review 15 ● Overall Picture ‒ Performance Level ‒ Standards

Overall Test Level Details 16 ● Scale Score ‒ Derived score based on students’ performance ‒ Cut scores are 190 and 200 for all grades; Exceeds cut score varies by grade ‒ Can be compared across students ‒ Can be compared across years for a given grade ‒ Linked to performance level requirements ● Comparative Information ‒ State Average

Description of the Performance Standards 17 ● Performance Standards ‒ Performance Level ‒ Detailed descriptions of what the student knows and can do

Rubric Details 18 ● Scoring Rubric Information ‒ A total of 9 tasks ‒ Scores range from 0 to 3 ‒ Is the task answered correctly? ‒ Does the student respond to the task independently?

Detailed Report: Reading 19 ● Reading Report ‒ Reading area descriptions ‒ Detailed point values for each reading area ‒ Reading access of the passages ‒ State averages

Detailed Report: Math 20 ● Math Report ‒ Math area descriptions ‒ Detailed point values for each area ‒ State averages

Detailed Report: Science 21 ● Science Report ‒ Science area descriptions ‒ Detailed point values for each area ‒ State averages

Additional Information 22 ● Additional Information ‒ Where to look for additional information ‒ Quick Response Code

Quiz! 23

Question 1 ● My son was in 5 th grade two years ago and got a scale score of 560 on the MCA reading test; my daughter was in 5 th grade this year and got a scale score of 580 on the MCA reading test. Can I compare their test results? Of course! Scale scores can be compared as long as they are based on the same sets of standards. Reading revised standards were implemented in Your son and daughter took the test that was aligned to the same academic and performance standards. Their scores can be safely compared. 24

Question 2 ● One of my students had “low growth” on his ISR. Does that mean he didn’t progress at all this academic year? Low growth means his growth, compared with his peers from last year who scored similarly on the MCA, was substantially lower than expected. This does not mean he didn’t have any academic growth; it does provide an indication, however, that he was not on par with his peers with his academic achievement this year. 25

Question 3 ● Johnny is a 6 th grader. On his report, he exceeded the performance standards; he also exceeded the goal progress score by quite a bit. Does this mean he is now college and career ready? No it does not mean that Johnny is college and career ready yet. Obviously Johnny is doing really well academically, as can be reflected from his MCA scores. However, exceeding the progress score only indicates that Johnny is well on track to demonstrate college and career readiness college entrance exam by the end of grade 11. It is not an indication that Johnny is demonstrating that readiness now at the end of 6 th grade. 26

Question 4 ● Kate is a 4 th grader and received a Lexile score of 940. I have heard that for X grade, the Lexile score should be X00. Does this mean Kate is reading at the 9 th grade level? No, it does not mean Kate is reading at the 9 th grade level. Lexile scores have ranges for a given grade. For 4 th graders, 25 th to 75 th percentile range is L; for 9 th graders, the range is L. The Lexile measure provides a good indicator to help locate the right level of materials for Kate to read. 27

Question 5 ● My student took the grade 7 MTAS test and was at the Exceeds Standards level. What does that mean? Can I compare the results to MCA Exceeds Standards level? MTAS and MCA are two different assessments targeting different student populations. We can not compare their results directly. The MTAS report includes the interpretations on what it means for a given performance level. That should be the guideline for interpretations on what the student knows and can do. 28

Question 6 ● Mya is Below Expectations on Algebra. What are the additional resources can I provide her to help improve her knowledge and skills in this area? There is additional learning locator information on the score report that is linked to the students performance. It matches instructional materials and sample items with the student’s level in various content strands. You can log into the perspective site and access those materials that are matched to the student’s level in the various content strands. 29

Additional questions? 30