PTA State Assessment Review 2013 September 12 th, 2013

2013 K-8 Assessments Westchester CountyRank Chappaqua CSD1 Briarcliff Manor UFSD2 Byram Hills CSD3 Scarsdale UFSD4 Bronxville UFSD5 Ardsley UFSD6 Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD7 Rye City SD8 Edgemont UFSD9

2013 K-8 Assessments New York StateRank Putnam CSD1 Jericho UFSD2 Chappaqua CSD3 Fire Island UFSD4 Briarcliff Manor UFSD5 Fayetteville-Manlius CSD6 Byram Hills CSD7 Scarsdale UFSD8 Quogue UFSD9

Sample Question - 3 th Grade Math Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking Item: MC Two groups of students from Douglas Elementary School were walking to the library when it began to rain. The 7 students in Mr. Stem’s group shared the 3 large umbrellas they had with Ms. Thorn’s group of 11 students. If the same number of students were under each umbrella, how many students were under each umbrella?

Alignment & Analysis Aligned CCLS: 3.OA.8, 3.OA.2 Commentary: This question aligns to CCLS 3.OA.8 and assesses the student’s ability to solve a two-step word problem using addition and division of whole numbers. It also aligns to 3.OA.2 because it assesses the ability to partition a number into equal groups. Rationale: The total number of students in the two groups is 18 (7 + 11), so 18 must be divided into 3 equal groups; therefore, 6 students are in each group. Selecting Options B and D could indicate relating of the numbers in the problem with incorrect operations (adding 7 and 3 in B and multiplying 7 and 3 in D) and therefore a lack of understanding of the problem. Selecting Option C indicates that a student had knowledge of how to begin the problem, by adding the two groups together, but then forgot to divide the students into 3 equal groups.

Sample Question - 8 th Grade Math Domain: Functions Item: CR A trainer for a professional football team keeps track of the amount of water players consume throughout practice. The trainer observes that the amount of water consumed is a linear function of the temperature on a given day. The trainer finds that when it is 90°F the players consume about 220 gallons of water, and when it is 76°F the players consume about 178 gallons of water. – Part A: Write a linear function to model the relationship between the gallons of water consumed and the temperature. – Part B: Explain the meaning of the slope in the context of the problem.

Alignment & Analysis Aligned CCLS: 8.F.4 Commentary: This question aligns to CCLS 8.F.4 because it assesses a student’s ability to construct a function that models a linear relationship from a description of a relationship between two values (x,y) and interpret the rate of change. Rationale: The correct answer indicates the ability to construct a function to model a linear relationship. Given that water consumption is a function of temperature, the values cited in the problem are understood as coordinate pairs that can be related by a linear function.

2013 K-8 Assessments 2013ELA 4ELA 5ELA 6ELA 7ELA 8Math 4Math 5Math 6Math 7Math 8Average pct rank ELA 3ELA 4ELA 5ELA 6ELA 7Math 3Math 4Math 5Math 6Math 7Average pct rank change Rank Change Report for Briarcliff Manor UFSD: Statewide Change in Percentile Rank on Mean Scale Score for Reported District (offset by cohort/grade)

Regents Assessment (2012 Cohort data) Westchester CountyRank Pocantico Hills CSD1 Briarcliff Manor UFSD2 Blind Brook-Rye UFSD3 Bronxville UFSD4 Chappaqua CSD5 Byram Hills CSD6 Edgemont UFSD7 Rye Neck UFSD8 Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD9 Scarsdale UFSD10

Regents Assessment (2012 Cohort data) New York StateRank Greenwood Lake UFSD1 Montauk UFSD2 Menands UFSD3 Springs UFSD4 Briarcliff Manor UFSD5 Blind Brook-Rye UFSD6 East Moriches UFSD7 Fishers Island UFSD8 Bronxville UFSD9 Byram Hills CSD10

Regents Assessment (Special Education) New York StateRank Blind Brook-Rye UFSD1 Jericho UFSD2 Briarcliff Manor UFSD3 Manhasset UFSD4 Holland CSD5 Cold Spring Harbor CSD6 Port Jefferson UFSD7 Tioga CSD8 Bronxville UFSD9 Locust Valley CSD10

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