1 Achievement, Standards, and Assessment in Iowa and in Iowa Districts
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Achievement, Standards, and Assessment in Iowa
and in Iowa Districts
Achievement, Standards, and Assessment in Iowa
and in Iowa Districts
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Presenter – Dr. Tony VanderZyl,
Assessment ConsultantIowa School Boards Foundation (ISBF)
Presenter – Dr. Tony VanderZyl,
Assessment ConsultantIowa School Boards Foundation (ISBF)
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Did you know that:• Students in Iowa are not achieving as
well as they should/could.• 20-25% of Iowa students are not meeting
the relatively low standard of proficiency on the Iowa Tests.
• Scores on the Iowa Tests have remained relatively flat for two decades.
• Only about one-third of Iowa students are proficient on the national assessment.
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Did you know that:• While Iowa’s scores on the national
assessment (NAEP) have remained relatively flat over the 15 years of testing, Iowa’s rank among the states has dropped from the top five to the middle.
• Iowa’s state standards and assessment are rated among the lowest of the states.
• The Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC) is among the most rigorous and comprehensive state standards.
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Education Week – Quality Counts
Ed Week’s Quality Counts 2011 is the 15th annual study of states’ education quality:•Iowa ranks 33rd in K-12 achievement, based on performance, improvement trends, and achievement gaps.•Iowa ranks 45th in standards, assessments, and accountability policy.
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Did you know that:• Only about one-third of Iowa districts
currently have local standards that are rigorous and comprehensive.
• Most Iowa districts do not have a comprehensive assessment plan .
• It will take significant leadership and effort for Iowa districts to implement the ICC with fidelity .
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Iowa Students’ Achievement?
Iowa Students’ Achievement?
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Iowa Student Proficiency
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PISA Mathematics Literacy 15 Year Olds, 2009(US is tied for 25th out of 34)
Korea, Republic of 546 Austria 496Finland 541 Poland 495Switzerland 534 Sweden 494
Japan 529Czech Republic 493
Canada 527United Kingdom 492
Netherlands 526 Hungary 490New Zealand 519 Luxembourg 489Belgium 515 Ireland 487Australia 514 Portugal 487
Germany 513United States 487
Estonia 512 Italy 483Iceland 507 Spain 483Denmark 503 Greece 466Slovenia 501 Israel 447Norway 498 Turkey 445France 497 Chile 421Slovak Republic 497 Mexico 419
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Iowa Testing TrendsIowa Testing Trends
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Iowa 4th Grade ITBS Reading% of Students Proficient
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2000 Norms
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Iowa 8th Grade ITBS Math% of Students Proficient
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NAEP TRENDSNAEP TRENDS
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Iowa 4th Grade NAEP Reading* Note: Intervals between testing years
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Iowa’s Rank among the States4th Grade NAEP Reading
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Iowa 4th Grade NAEP Math * Note: Intervals between testing years
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Iowa’s Rank among the States4th Grade NAEP Math
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Iowa 8th Grade NAEP Reading * Note: Iowa did not have adequate data
prior to 2003
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Iowa’s Rank among the States8th Grade NAEP Reading
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Iowa 8th Grade NAEP Math * Note: Intervals between testing years
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Iowa’s Rank among the States8th Grade NAEP Math
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ISBF Researchon
State Standards, Assessments and the
Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC)
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Standards in Iowa(Past, present, and future)
• Legislated rigorous local standards
• “Iowa Standards” adopted (2007)
• The Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC) Essential Concepts and Skills must be learned by all students (2013-14)
• “Common Core” national standards
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The ISBF Study of Local Standards
1. Many districts had trouble finding their standards.
2. Many district standards were missing significant content.
3. There was wide variation in the rigor of district standards.
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Education Week’s “Quality Counts”Ratings of Education Policy in the
States
1. Iowa ranks 45th in standards, assessment, and accountability policy.
2. Key deficiencies noted are the lack of grade and course-specific standards and the lack of rigorous assessment items.
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The ISBF Study of State Standards
1. There is considerable variability in the quality of state standards, assessment, and accountability.
2. Iowa’s state standards and assessment are less rigorous than most states.
3. There is a significant relationship between states’ standards, assessment, and accountability and student achievement gains and gap closure on NAEP.
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The ISBF Study of the ICC
1. We focused on the rigor and comprehensiveness of the ICC.
2. Rigor requires a mix of levels of cognitive demand (Bloom’s Taxonomy, rev. 2001).
3. Comprehensiveness requires strands specified in national standards/reports.
4. Structured review process.
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Findings on the ICC
• In general, the ICC is significantly more rigorous and comprehensive than the Iowa Standards.
• ICC is roughly as rigorous as the state standards of the states we identified as strong in improving achievement and closing gaps.
• No major areas of content are missing from the ICC.
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Relationship between Ed Week’s QC Ratings and
NAEP Gains
The scattergram on the following slide shows Ed Week’s QC ratings and NAEP gain for each of the fifty states
There is a significant positive relationship (r = 0.51) between higher QC ratings and greater NAEP gains
On average, each 1 point gain in QC rating is associated with 2 points in NAEP score gain
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Relationship between QC Ratings and NAEP Score Gains (4th & 8th Reading & Math Ave., All 50 States)
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Math Standards Rigor by State (Bloom's Taxonomy)
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Literacy Standards Rigor by State (Bloom's Taxonomy)
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Dr. Tony VanderZyl, ISBF Assessment [email protected]
800.795.4272
Dr. Tony VanderZyl, ISBF Assessment [email protected]
800.795.4272
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Achievement, standards, and assessment in Iowa
and in Iowa districts
Achievement, standards, and assessment in Iowa
and in Iowa districts