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

2. NYS Assessment Standards Definitions of Performance Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 - ELA

3. ELA Grade 3 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

4. ELA Grade 4 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

5. ELA Grade 5 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

6. ELA Grade 6 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

7. ELA Grade 7 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

8. ELA Grade 8 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

9. Grade 4 Science 2013/2014

10. NYS Assessment Standards Definitions of Performance Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 -Math

11. Math Grade 3 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

12. Math Grade 4 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

13. Math Grade 5 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

14. Math Grade 6 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

15. Math Grade 7 2013/2014 RVC compared to NYS

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

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

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

19. NWEA MAP

20. NWEA – MAP -3-5

21. NWEA – MAP - 3-5

22. NWEA – MAP - 6-8

23. NWEA – MAP -6-8

24. Another Piece of the Puzzle

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

26. “Reports of declines in proficiency rates created the erroneous impression of a collapse in student achievement in New York. This was a phantom collapse.”

27. 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.”

28. 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.”

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