District Assessment Report Rory McCourt – District Testing Coordinator Westwood Regional School District December 16, 2010.

District Assessment Report

Rory McCourt – District Testing Coordinator

Westwood Regional School District

December 16, 2010

Assessment

“Assessment has more to

do with helping students

grow than cataloging their

mistakes.” - Carol Ann Tomlinson

Forms of Assessment

• Formative vs. summative• Essays• Tests / quizzes• Questioning• Presentations• Projects• NJASK / HSPA

More about the NJASK & HSPA

• Compare similar districts in terms of DFG

• NCLB and federal funding• Total population and sub-

groups• Adequate Yearly

Progress (AYP)• Not a growth model

MathematicsTOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level) 11876543

State MathProficient & Advanced

74.168.564.371.878.877.078.1

DFG MathProficient & Advanced

83.277.972.779.386.284.585.7

Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced

82.173.977.584.388.679.684.3

GENERAL ED.

11876543


82.777.472.579.185.282.582.6


90.185.580.786.592.089.989.8

Westwood MathProficient & Advanced

90.983.589.589.295.188.691.3

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


32.728.726.438.451.355.462.5


43.135.029.941.058.661.869.6

Westwood MathProficient & Advanced

42.932.323.146.222.245.557.1

*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG

Language Arts LiteracyTOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level)11876543

State LALProficient & Advanced

87.182.569.265.363.059.659.7

DFG LALProficient & Advanced

93.490.278.975.572.569.368.8

Westwood LALProficient & Advanced

92.192.580.774.871.370.463.6

GENERAL ED.

11876543


94.390.678.173.770.966.966.5


98.096.187.283.980.477.275.9


99.498.892.882.577.480.173.4

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


56.347.728.726.828.729.432.5


70.658.635.131.434.434.537.3


61.170.925.715.416.729.528.6


Science 4 & 8TOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level)84

GENERAL ED.

84

State ScienceProficient & Advanced

82.993.4

State Science

Proficient & Advance89.896.1

DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced

90.296.9

DFG Science

Proficient & Advanced95.298.7

Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced

92.496.4

Westwood Science

Proficient & Advanced97.799.5

SPECIAL ED.

84

State ScienceProficient & Advanced

54.684.8

DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced

64.090.2

Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced

74.284.5

TOTAL STUDENTS(grade level)

11

GENERAL ED.

11

SPECIAL ED.

11

StateProficient & Advanced

55.9


63.2


21.4

DFGProficient & Advanced

68.0


75.0


26.9

WestwoodProficient & Advanced

65.5


77.5


18.2

Biology End of Year


LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY (Total Students)LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY (Total Students)

YEAR DFG/DISTRICT PP P AP

08-09 DFG 28.2 64.0 7.8

08-09 District 36.3 57.6 6.1

09-10 DFG 31.2 61.3 7.5

09-10 District 36.4 60.4 3.2

GRADE 4GRADE 4


08-09 DFG 27.6 63.1 9.3

08-09 District 29.6 65.5 4.9

09-10 DFG 30.7 56.6 12.7

09-10 District 29.6 63.2 7.2

GRADE 5GRADE 5


08-09 DFG 24.1 63.6 12.2

08-09 District 24.3 65.0 10.6

09-10 DFG 27.5 60.6 11.9

09-10 District 28.7 62.9 8.4

GRADE 3GRADE 3

New Jersey Algebra I ResultsNumber of Students

% Below Basic

% Basic % Proficient% Adv

Proficient

A 15,706 74% 16% 9% 1%

B 10,630 62% 23% 14% 1%

CD 10,981 56% 25% 18% 2%

DE 17,290 50% 27% 21% 3%

FG 13,166 43% 26% 26% 5%

GH 18,36838% 26% 30% 5%

WWRSD = 35.2%WWRSD =

33.9%WWRSD =

29.5% WWRSD = 1.3%

I 21,058 25% 26% 38% 11%

J 1,420 11% 17% 47% 25%

State 47% 24% 24% 5%

Jr./Sr. High School

SAT Update:• Class of 2009 mean score - 1523• Class of 2010 mean score - 1540 (+17 points)• Class of 2011 mean score - 1563 (+23 points)Critical Reading Math Writing

2009 485 539 4992010 499 536 5052011 504 544 515

Jr./Sr. High School

HSPA Score

• Special Review Assessment / AHSA for students who scored partially proficient– 2007: 4 students– 2008: 5 students– 2009: 5 students – 2010: 7 students– 2011: 7 students

Short-term Solutions

• NJASK / HSPA Action-plans

• Staff development• Explicit test-preparation• Building-based focus• Lesson plans & formal

observations• Incentive programs• Cultural change

Long-term Solutions

• Increasing academic rigor = transfer of content knowledge and skills

• Revising curriculum K-12 to the Common Core Standards

• Continued focus on best-practice instructional strategies

• Explicit test preparation

Westwood Elementary Schools

• Data analysis• Curriculum mapping• NJASK preparation in

grades 2-5 (NJASK Primer)

• Monthly timed assessments

• Co-teaching

• Data-driven decision-making

• Flexibility and collaboration of school-wide plan

• “Mock” NJASK days• Specialized plans for

BSI and special education students

Westwood Regional Middle School

• Timed writing prompts• Math Connects• Test preparation

materials• “Do Now” activities

that are NJASK focused

• Co-teaching

• Cross-curricular• Administrative NJASK

sessions• Data analysis at

faculty meetings• Higher-order thinking

skills (objective writing)

• Culture changing

Jr./Sr. High School• Problem of the Day - modeling questions to HSPA,

NJASK, SAT, ACT, AP, & College Board subject tests• Co-teaching• Test preparation materials• EXPLORE & PLAN for 9th and 10th grades• Data analysis in terms of student progress on interim

assessments• Educational Proficiency Plans (EPP)• Math Pre-HSPA diagnostic test for 9th and 10th graders• Incentive programs

Upcoming Dates

NJASK Parent Forum

Thursday, April 7, 20117:00 P.M.

Brookside Elementary School

HSPA

March 1st, 2nd, 3rd

NJASK

Grade 3-5: May 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Grade 6-8: May 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th

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Suggested Websites• New Jersey Department of Education

www.state.nj.us/education/

• Office of State Assessments www.nj.gov/education/assessment/

• Office of Academic Standards www.nj.gov/education/aps

• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/

• Measurement, Inc. www.measinc.com/njask

• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Writing Frameworks

http://nagb.org/publications/frameworks.htm

Questions

If you have questions, please contact

Rory McCourt at [email protected] or please contact your building principal.

District Assessment Report Rory McCourt – District Testing Coordinator Westwood Regional School District December 16, 2010.

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