CAT TEST RESULTS Grade 6 / Fall 2012 (current grade 7) HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS Presented to the School Committee November 4, 2013 By Ellen Keane Assistant Superintendent Terra Nova California Achievement Test

Introduction The CAT Basic Battery with InView  The Terra Nova California Achievement Test (CAT) Basic Battery: Comprehensive, standardized, norm-referenced achievement test Selected response format Reading, language arts and mathematics scores 2000 norm group and consistent with national and state standards  The InView: Academic aptitude and cognitive abilities Subtests on verbal reasoning, sequences, analogies and quantitative reasoning Anticipated achievement scores compared to obtained achievement scores by combining CAT and InView HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS

CAT Results (NP of NCE*) Grade 6 Achievement Scores HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS * NP of NCE scores are National Percentiles of the Mean Normal Curve Equivalent **Indicates a positive statistically significant difference (educationally meaningful) between obtained and anticipated achievement scores Grade 6CSIReadingLanguageMathTotal Score ** ** ** **85

Grade 6 CAT Achievement Scores HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS

InView Results Percent of Students by CSI (Cognitive Skills Index) Interval Grade 6 Aptitude Scores HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS Grade 6 # of Students CSI> < %51%5% %50%2% %56%2% %59%2% %48%5% %56%1% %50%4% % 2% % 2% %50%3%

CAT and InView Results Obtained / Anticipated Scores (NP of Mean NCE) Fall 2012 HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS READING Obtained80 Anticipated76 Difference+4 LANGUAGE Obtained79 Anticipated78 Difference+1 MATH Obtained89 Anticipated81 Difference+8* TOTAL SCORE Obtained85 Anticipated80 Difference+5 * Statistically Significant Difference

Analysis of Grade 6 CAT/InView Results Fall 2012 Scores the same as 2011 in reading, math, and total score and decreased by one point in language “Obtained” scores higher than the “anticipated” achievement scores Positive statistically significant difference between “obtained” and “anticipated” math achievement scores Forty-seven percent of students scored in the 115 and above CSI category Grade CAT and InView scores consistent with recent results HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS

Improvement Steps HINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLSHINGHAMPUBLICSCHOOLS Intervention/support programs in grade 6: literacy lab and co-taught math Individual student intervention/support (CAP, 504, IEP) Curriculum/instruction revision and professional development Supervision/evaluation for consistent curriculum and effective instruction