PAT Reading Comprehension 2013 · · 2013-03-31Progress and Achievement Test (PAT) Reading Comprehension 2013 Achievement Results with Student Performance being compared to National

Progress and Achievement Test (PAT)

Reading Comprehension 2013

Achievement Results with Student Performance being compared to National Norms

With

Indicative National Standard Results for Year 6, 7 and 8

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Equivalent End of Year Performances for Years 4,5,6,7 and 8

Waikanae School Reading Comprehension Progress and Achievement Test Analysis Page 2

About this Assessment

• PAT Reading Comprehension Stanines enable a student’s achievement to be compared against National Norms. They also enable teachers and parents

to compare student performance across cohort groups.

• Stanines and their associated test scores have been scaled and ‘normed’ to fit the ‘Bell Curve of Normal Distribution’.

• This test became available in its current form to schools in 2008.

• This test assesses a student’s level of reading comprehension. This is the sixth time that this test has been used at Waikanae School and it provides excellent insights

into the next steps for learning and teaching.

• As the Ministry of Education have supplied the Scaled Score match to National Standards we are able provide the Indicative National Standards grades of Well

Below, Below, At, and Above for Years 6 to 8. This has been treated as an end of year (EOY) summative assessment for 2012 due to the fact that students still have

10 months of learning to undertake in their relevant Year Group.

• As a result of these Ministry Scaled Score Matches we are also able to supply Comparisons to Equivalent Year Group End of Year Performance. It is important to

note with this graphs that students still have 10 months of learning to get to the appropriate Year level Performance


Description of Ethnic Groupings

Category

Number of

Students in Test

Group

Percentage of Test

Group Description Notes

Asian 16 5% All students identified upon enrolment as

Asian

Maori 27 9% All students identified upon enrolment as

Maori

MELAA 9 3% All students identified upon enrolment as

Middle Eastern , Latin American or, American

New Zealand

European 234 79%

All students identified upon enrolment as New

Zealand European

Pacific Peoples 11 4%

This category includes all students identified

upon enrolment as being Samoan, Fijian, Cook

Island Maori or Other Pacific Peoples

6 of these students are English Language

Learners.

All 297 100% All students tested from Year 4 to Year 8


Achievement Summary

1. Overall performance across the school is above National Norms. We have 72% of our students at or above Stanine 5. (Norm =60%). This performance is

12% above the National Norm.

2. Overall performance stays relatively consistent over the five year groups, beginning at 73% in Year 4 and finishing at 72% by year 8.

3. In comparison to National Norms our ‘tail’ is small. The tail being the 13% students with Stanine Result 1, 2, or 3 (Norm= 23%). This performance is

10% better than the National Norm.

4. Maori Performance is above National Norms and matches or exceeds other ethnic cohorts within the school. We have 73% of our Maori students at

or above Stanine 5 (Norm =60%). This performance is 13% above the National Norm for all ethnicities.

5. Pacific Peoples are well below National Norms with only 40% of students at or above Stanine 5 (Norm =60%) This performance is 20% below the

National Norm.

It is important to note that this group contains only 11 students or 4% of the test population. 6 of the students are English Language Learners. Staff and

management are well aware of this issue and are taking all practical steps to lift the achievement of these students to a level commensurate with others.

Interventions include:

• individualised tutoring for oral language and reading

• Use of Lexia programme

• Use of differentiated leaning task and class groupings and programmes etc.

• ELLP used to guide assessment practices and next learning steps

• This student group will feature in our School Targets for 2013 (see 2013 Charter)

6. Indicative National Standards results show that 83% of students in Year 6, 7 and 8 are ‘At or Above the Standard’ when the results are interpreted as

summative assessment for 2012. See page 8.

7. Results over time are trending up. With upward shifts of up to 6%for Maori, Pacific Peoples and All from 2011 to 2013. See page 9.

8. All cohorts have made pleasing progress from one year to the next. See Equivalent Year Group Graphs on pages 18-22.


Stanine 1 Stanine 2 Stanine 3 Stanine 4 Stanine 5 Stanine 6 Stanine 7 Stanine 8 Stanine 9

Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 2% 3% 8% 15% 18% 20% 19% 10% 5%

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February 2013 Stanine Comparisons to National Norms


Asian Maori MELAA NZ Euro Pacific Peoples All

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%

Performance 69% 73% 78% 73% 40% 72%

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February 2013 Comparison to National Norms

Percentage of Students at or Above Stanine 5


Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 All

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%

Performance 73% 73% 66% 77% 71% 72%

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February 2013 Comparison to National Norms



Well Below Below At Above

Year 6 12% 10% 21% 57%

Year 7 3% 10% 15% 72%

Year 8 3% 13% 24% 60%

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PAT Reading Comprehension by YearIndicative Performance against the National Standards as an

EOY Summative for 2012 for Year 6, 7, and 8 Students only


2011 2012 2013

Norm 60% 60% 60%

All 67% 67% 72%

Maori 66% 69% 73%

Pacific Peoples 38% 35% 40%

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2011, 2012 and 2013 Comparison to National Norms




Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 2% 12% 13% 13% 19% 25% 10% 6%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 4% 0% 6% 16% 20% 20% 16% 10% 6%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

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Performance 0% 3% 5% 21% 19% 18% 24% 6% 3%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance Girls 1% 3% 4% 15% 20% 20% 21% 12% 5%

Performance Boys 3% 3% 11% 15% 17% 20% 17% 9% 5%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 4% 4% 4% 15% 27% 4% 12% 27% 4%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 30% 10% 0 20% 20% 10% 10% 0% 0%

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EYG 3 and Below Year 4 EYG 5 EYG 6 EYG 7 EYG 8 EYG 9 EYG 10 and above

2013 31% 13% 37% 6% 8% 2% 4% 0%

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Comparisons to the Equivalent Year Group End of Year Performance in 2013



2012 46% 17% 22% 4% 4% 4% 4% 0%

2013 16% 16% 29% 22% 10% 4% 2% 0%

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Showing progress overtime when compared to the Equivalent Year Group End of Year Performance in

2012 and 2013



2012 32% 12% 14% 26% 12% 0% 4% 0%

2013 12% 10% 21% 29% 16% 7% 3% 2%

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2012 3% 9% 20% 31% 15% 9% 8% 5%

2013 0% 3% 10% 15% 33% 10% 26% 3%

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2012 0% 6% 7% 24% 24% 10% 24% 6%

2013 0% 0% 3% 13% 24% 19% 31% 10%

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PAT Reading Comprehension Year 8 Cohort 2013 Showing progress overtime when compared to the Equivalent Year Group End of Year Performance in

2012 and 2013





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