Christopher J. Pellettieri September 23, 2014 3-8 Assessment Overview Christopher J. Pellettieri September 23, 2014

NYS Assessment Standards Definitions of Performance Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 - ELA https://www.engageny.org/resource/performance-level-descriptions-for-ela-and-mathematics

ELA Grade 3 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

ELA Grade 4 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

ELA Grade 5 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

ELA Grade 6 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

ELA Grade 7 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

ELA Grade 8 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

Grade 4 Science 2013/2014

NYS Assessment Standards Definitions of Performance Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 -Math https://www.engageny.org/resource/performance-level-descriptions-for-ela-and-mathematics

Math Grade 3 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

Math Grade 4 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

Math Grade 5 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

Math Grade 6 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

Math Grade 7 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

Opt Out Numbers Grade ELA Math 3 36 % 42 % 4 34 % 32 % 5 33 % 35%

*Students took Regents Opt Out Numbers Grade ELA Math 6 52 % 7 60 % 61 % 8 63 % NA *Students took Regents

NYS Regents – Grade 8 Percent Passing Integrated Algebra 97% Common Core Algebra 84% Earth Science 93%

NWEA MAP https://www.nwea.org/assessments/map/

NWEA – MAP -3-5

NWEA – MAP - 3-5

NWEA – MAP - 6-8

NWEA – MAP -6-8

Another Piece of the Puzzle

This case illustrates one of the primary problems with state testing programs: They are not consistent.

“Reports of declines in proficiency rates created the erroneous impression of a collapse in student achievement in New York. This was a phantom collapse.” http://pdk.sagepub.com/content/96/2/60

Another Piece of the Puzzle “…in reality the observed drops in proficiency rates reflect an increase in the proficiency standard and not a decrease in student scores or performance. That is, the state raised the cut scores on these tests, which denote whether a student was proficient. That act made it more difficult for students to meet the new proficiency threshold.”

The phantom collapse of student achievement in New York MAP and a changed view “Because the difficulty of the cut scores relative to the NWEA scale is known, we can use student MAP results to estimate what a school system’s 2013 proficiency rate would have been if the state had not changed the proficiency cut scores.”

https://www.nwea.org/content/uploads/2008/01/New_York_Linking%20_Study2013.pdf

https://www.engageny.org/resource/interpreting-3-8-ela-mathematics-tests-results-score-reports

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