1. West Virginia Parent Report for General Summative Assessment Results
Spring 2019 Test Administration

2. Annual Training ELA and MATHEMATICS
The WV Parent Report for ELA & Mathematics is a four-page report to be distributed to parents in the Fall. The 1st page of the report lists the student’s demographic information, an introductory letter from Dr. Paine, and lists the website url for additional assessment information. The 2nd page is all about the student’s ELA score. The 3rd page is about the student’s mathematics score. And, finally, the last page offers Lexile/Quantile Measures and Frequently Asked Questions.
ELA and MATHEMATICS

3. Annual Training SCIENCE INSERT - GRADES 5 and 8 ONLY
The WV Parent Report Science Insert is a two-page report to be distributed to parents in the Fall. The 1st page of the report lists the student’s demographic information, an introductory letter from Dr. Paine, and lists the website url for additional assessment information. The 2nd page is all about the student’s science score.
SCIENCE INSERT - GRADES 5 and 8 ONLY

4. What is the West Virginia General Summative Assessment?
The West Virginia General Summative Assessment (WVGSA) is a standardized test designed to provide a snapshot of student progress toward college- and career-readiness in the tested content areas. The WVGSA tests students Grades 3-8 in English language arts and mathematics. It also tests students in Grades 5 and 8 in science.
WVGSA

5. Who takes the West Virginia General Summative Assessment?
The WVGSA is taken by students in Grades 3-8.
WVGSA

6. When is the West Virginia General Summative Assessment administered?
The WVGSA is administered annually in the spring of the school year and results are shared with parents in the fall of the next school year.
WVGSA

7. How much time does the West Virginia General Summative Assessment take?
The WVGSA takes about 4.5 hours to administer. The times vary as the test is untimed and students may take more or less time to finish.
WVGSA

8. How are the results from the West Virginia General Summative Assessment used?
The results from the WVGSA are used for long-range planning and for state accountability.
WVGSA

9. West Virginia Parent Report for General Summative Assessment Results
Let’s look at the report page-by-page.
Page 1

10. Annual Training
Student
Information
Page 1 of the Parent Report gives Student Information and a greeting from State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Steven L. Paine.
Dr. Paine’s Greeting
REPORT – PAGE 1

11. West Virginia Parent Report for General Summative Assessment Results
Page 2 – ELA Scores

12. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s ELA score and achievement level
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 12

13. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s ELA score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 13

14. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s ELA score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
The average ELA scores for your student’s grade at the school level, the district/county level, and the state level
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 14

15. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for ELA (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Reading Literary Text
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 15

16. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for ELA (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Reading Literary Text
Reading Informational Text
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 16

17. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for ELA (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Reading Literary Text
Reading Informational Text
Writing and Language
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 17

18. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for ELA (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Reading Literary Text
Reading Informational Text
Writing and Language
Suggested next steps for you and your student to complete at home for each of these reporting categories
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 18

19. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the three scoring components of the essay portion of the ELA assessment
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 19

20. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the three scoring components of the essay portion of the ELA assessment
Purpose, Focus, & Organization
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 20

21. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the three scoring components of the essay portion of the ELA assessment
Purpose, Focus, & Organization
Evidence and Elaboration
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 21

22. YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE
Page 2 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s English language arts score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the three scoring components of the essay portion of the ELA assessment
Purpose, Focus, & Organization
Evidence and Elaboration
Conventions of Standard English
YOUR STUDENT’S ELA SCORE 22

23. West Virginia Parent Report for General Summative Assessment Results
Page 3 - Mathematics

24. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s mathematics score and achievement level
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 24

25. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your STUDENT’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s mathematics score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 25

26. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s mathematics score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
The average mathematics scores for your student’s grade at the school level, the district/county level, and the state level
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 26

27. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for mathematics (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 27

28. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for mathematics (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten & Fractions
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 28

29. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for mathematics (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten & Fractions
Measurement, Data and Geometry
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 29

30. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for mathematics (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten & Fractions
Measurement, Data and Geometry
Modeling and Problem Solving
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 30

31. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for mathematics (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten & Fractions
Measurement, Data and Geometry
Modeling and Problem Solving
Use Mathematical Reasoning
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 31

32. YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE
Page 3 of the Parent Report is all about your student’s mathematics score.
You will find:
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for mathematics (Note: this is a 5th grade example; reporting categories for your student’s grade may be different.)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten & Fractions
Measurement, Data and Geometry
Modeling and Problem Solving
Use Mathematical Reasoning
Suggested next steps for you and your student to complete at home for each of these reporting categories
YOUR STUDENT’S MATHEMATICS SCORE 32

33. West Virginia Parent Report for General Summative Assessment Results
Page 4

34. Page 4 of the Parent Report contains information about your student’s Lexile and Quantile Measures. You will be receiving a separate report on Lexiles and Quantiles which will give detailed information on these two measures and what to do with your student’s scores.
PAGE 4 – LEXILES & QUANTILES

35. LEXILES & QUANTILES

36. Page 4 of the Parent Report also contains trend graphs illustrating your student’s progress toward proficiency in ELA and mathematics. If your student took the WVGSA last year, you will have performance information for last year and this year. If your student did not take the assessment last year, you will only have information for this year.
PAGE 4 – TREND GRAPHS

37. Page 4 also contains some Frequently Asked Questions.
PAGE 4 – FAQs

38. West Virginia Parent Report for General Summative Assessment Results
Science Insert – Front

39. The front page of the Science Insert contains:
Student demographic information
A greeting from Dr. Paine
Frequently Asked Questions
SCIENCE INSERT - FRONT

40. West Virginia Parent Report for General Summative Assessment Results
Science Insert – Back

41. YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE
The back of the Science Insert is all about your student’s science score.
You will find:
Your student’s science score and achievement level
YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE 41

42. YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE
The back of the Science Insert is all about your student’s science score.
You will find:
Your student’s science score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE 42

43. YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE
The back of the Science Insert is all about your STUDENT’s science score.
You will find:
Your student’s science score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
The average science scores for your student’s grade at the school level, the district/county level, and the state level
YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE 43

44. YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE
The back of the Science Insert is all about your student’s science score.
You will find:
Your student’s science score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
The average science scores for your student’s grade at the school level, the district/county level, and the state level
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for science
Life Sciences
YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE 44

45. YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE
The back of the Science Insert is all about your student’s science score.
You will find:
Your student’s science score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
The average science scores for your student’s grade at the school level, the district/county level, and the state level
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for science
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE 45

46. YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE
The back of the Science Insert is all about your student’s science score.
You will find:
Your student’s science score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
The average science scores for your student’s grade at the school level, the district/county level, and the state level
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for science
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Earth and Space Sciences
YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE 46

47. YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE
The back of the Science Insert is all about your student’s science score.
You will find:
Your student’s science score and achievement level
Your student’s achievement level description
The average science scores for your student’s grade at the school level, the district/county level, and the state level
Your student’s performance in the different reporting categories for science
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Earth and Space Sciences
Suggested next steps for you and your student to complete at home for each of these reporting categories
YOUR STUDENT’S SCIENCE SCORE 47