Office of Assessment & Evaluation, Cherry Creek School District September 16, 2013

TCAP Reading Test Performance Level Scale Ranges by Grade Level Ranges are for the grades in which the tests were taken, not for

the grades in which students are currently enrolled.

Performance Range TEST Gr. 5 TEST Gr. 6 TEST Gr. 7 TEST Gr. 8 TEST Gr. 4

Unsatisfactory (US) 220-537 260-542 300-566 330-577 180-516

Partially Proficient (PP) 538-587 543-599 567-619 578-631 517-571

Proficient (P) 588-690 600-695 620-715 632-723 572-670

Advanced (A) 691-955 696-970 716-980 724-990 671-940

Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) “NT”=Student was not tested or did not have a valid test TCAP Standard Area and Sub-Content Area performance reported as “PA” (Proficient or Above) or “BP” (Below Proficient)

Middle School Reading Tests, Subtests and Test Ranges

Data Access System

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TCAP Reading Standards by Grade Level

Standards

Subcontent Are-as,

TEST Gr. 5-6

Subcontent Are-as,

TEST Gr. 7-8

Comprehension (“CMP”)

Fiction & Poetry (“Fict”)

Fiction (“Fict”)

Thinking Skills (“Thnk”)

Non-Fiction (“NFict”)

Non-Fiction (“NFict”)

Reference Skills (“Ref”)

Vocabulary (“Voc”) Vocabulary (“Voc”)

Literary Elements (“LIT”)

Poetry (“Poet”)

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) In Cherry Creek, we have for years used the following percentile-rank cutpoints to describe MAP performance ranges. Various reports from NWEA reflect somewhat differing percentile rank cutpoints from one report to another and when compared to CCSD cutpoints. NWEA is working on aligning performance range cutpoints across their reporting products. Once they have completed this alignment, we will adopt NWEA’s percentile rank cutpoints. Based on NWEA 2011 norming study.

Fall V.Lo 1-24

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GR 6 <203 203-210 211-221 222-230 >=231

GR 7 <207 207-214 215-225 226-234 >=235

GR 8 <210 210-217 218-229 230-237 >=238

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GR 8 <213 213-220 221-232 233-241 >=242

Goal 1 2 3 4

Goal Areas prior to Fall 2013

Comprehension (“Cmp”) Thinking Skills (“Thnk”) Reference Skills (“Ref”) Literary Elements (“Lit”)

Goal Areas starting Fall 2013

Literary Text “Lit” Informational Text “Info” Vocabulary and Decoding “Vocab”

EXPLORE Reading Test Scale Score Performance Levels

EXPLORE—Fall 2012

Percent of students in National Norm Group* by

“College Readiness Score Range”

Gr 8 READING

Lowest Score Range 1-12 33

13-15 31

16-19 24

20-23 9

Highest Score Range 24-25 3

Means for Nat’l Norm Group* 14.6

Nat’l Norm Group* % At or Above Benchmark 46

EXPLORE “College Readiness Benchmarks”

15 *For your information, we provide mean scores and percent of students in each performance

range for the national norm group. National normative data are based on 8th grade students

who took all four tests within standard time limits as part of a study conducted in Fall 2005.

Office of Assessment & Evaluation, Cherry Creek School District September 16, 2013

TCAP Writing Test Performance Level Scale Ranges by Grade Level Ranges are for the grades in which the tests were taken, not for

the grades in which students are currently enrolled.

Performance Range TEST Gr. 5 TEST Gr. 6 TEST Gr. 7 TEST Gr. 8 TEST Gr. 4

Unsatisfactory (US) 220-417 230-422 240-429 250-433 190-413

Partially Proficient (PP)

418-497 423-512 430-538 434-555 414-484

Proficient (P) 498-575 513-599 539-628 556-650 485-553

Advanced (A) 576-780 600-840 629-890 651-910 54-730

Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) “NT”=Student was not tested or did not have a valid test TCAP Standard Area and Sub-Content Area performance reported as “PA” (Proficient or Above) or “BP” (Below Proficient)

Data Access System

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TCAP Writing Standards by Grade Level

Standards, TEST Gr. 5-8

Subcontent Areas, TEST Gr. 5-8

Purposes & Audiences (“Purp”)

Paragraph Writing (“Para”)

Conventions (“Conv”) Extended Writing (“Ext”)

Grammar (“Grmr”)

Mechanics (“Mech”)

Middle School Writing Tests, Subtests and Test Ranges

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Goal 1 2 3 4

Goal Areas prior to Fall

2013

Topics, Ideas, Organization (“Topic”) Vocab, Revising, Editing (“Vocb”) Grammar, Sentence Types (“Grmr”)

Cap, Punc, Spelling (“Caps”)

Goal Areas starting Fall

2013

Writing: Plan, Organize, Develop, Revise, Research “Topic”

Language: Understand, Edit for Grammar, Usage “Edit”

Capitalize, Punctuate, Spell Correctly “Grmr”

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) In Cherry Creek, we have for years used the following percentile-rank cutpoints to describe MAP performance ranges. Various reports from NWEA reflect somewhat differing percentile rank cutpoints from one report to another and when compared to CCSD cutpoints. NWEA is working on aligning performance range cutpoints across their reporting products. Once they have completed this alignment, we will adopt NWEA’s percentile rank cutpoints. Based on NWEA 2011 norming study.

EXPLORE Subtests

Rhetorical Skills (“Rhet”)

Usage/Mechanics (“Use”)

EXPLORE Writing Test Scale Score Performance Levels

EXPLORE—Fall 2012

Percent of students in National Norm Group* by

“College Readiness Score Range”

Gr 8 ENGLISH

Lowest Score Range 1-12 32

13-15 29

16-19 25

20-23 12

Highest Score Range 24-25 3

Means for Nat’l Norm Group* 14.7

Nat’l Norm Group* % At or Above Benchmark 68

EXPLORE “College Readiness Benchmarks”

13

*For your information, we provide mean scores and percent of students in each performance

range for the national norm group. National normative data are based on 8th grade students

who took all four tests within standard time limits as part of a study conducted in Fall 2005.

Office of Assessment & Evaluation, Cherry Creek School District September 16, 2013

TCAP Math Test Performance Level Scale Ranges by Grade Level Ranges are for the grades in which the tests were taken, not for

the grades in which students are currently enrolled.

Performance Range

TEST Gr. 5

TEST Gr. 6

TEST Gr. 7

TEST Gr. 8

TEST Gr. 4

Unsatisfactory (US)

220-421 240-453 280-486 310-520 180-382

Partially Proficient (PP)

422-493 454-519 487-558 521-576 383-454

Proficient (P) 494-561 520-588 559-613 577-627 455-537

Advanced (A) 562-800 589-830 614-860 628-890 538-780

Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) “NT”=Student was not tested or did not have a valid test TCAP Standard Area and Sub-Content Area performance reported as “PA” (Proficient or Above) or “BP” (Below Proficient)

Data Access System

DAS BObj

TCAP Math Standards by Grade Level

Standards, TEST Gr. 5-8

Subcontent Areas, TEST Gr. 5-6

Subcontent Areas, TEST Gr. 7

Subcontent Areas, TEST Gr. 8

Number Sense/Computation (“Num”)

SCA1=Number & Operation Sense

SCA1=Number Sense

SCA1=Linear Pat-tern Representation

Algebra/Patterns (“Alg”)

SCA2=Patterns SCA2=Area & Pe-rimeter Relationships

SCA2=Proportional Thinking

Statistics/Probability (“Stat”)

SCA3=Data Displays - Gr 5 Only

SCA3=Geometry

Geometry/Measurement (“Geo”)

SCA3=Geometry - Gr 6 Only

Computation (“Cmpu”) - Gr 5 & 6 Only

Middle School Math Tests, Subtests and Test Ranges

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) In Cherry Creek, we have for years used the following percentile-rank cutpoints to describe MAP performance ranges. Various reports from NWEA reflect somewhat differing percentile rank cutpoints from one report to another and when compared to CCSD cutpoints. NWEA is working on aligning performance range cutpoints across their reporting products. Once they have completed this alignment, we will adopt NWEA’s percentile rank cutpoints. Based on NWEA 2011 norming study.

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GR 6 <209 209-217 218-229 230-238 >=239

GR 7 <215 215-223 224-236 237-246 >=247

GR 8 <219 219-227 228-241 242-251 >=252

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GR 6 <213 213-220 221-233 234-242 >=243

GR 7 <217 217-225 226-239 240-249 >=250

GR 8 <221 221-230 231-244 245-254 >=255

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GR 7 <219 219-228 229-242 243-252 >=253

GR 8 <223 223-232 233-246 247-256 >=257

Goal 1 2 3 4 6 5

Goal Areas prior to Fall 2013

Number Sense (“Num”) Algebra (“Alg”) Statistics (“Stat”) Geometry (“Geom”) Computation (“Cmpu”)

Measurement (“Meas”)

Goal Areas starting Fall 2013

Number Sense, Properties and Operations “Num”

Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Structures “AlgStr”

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability “Stat”

Shape, Dimension, and Geometric Relationships “Geo”

EXPLORE Math Test Scale Score Performance Levels

EXPLORE—Fall 2012

Percent of students in National Norm Group* by

“College Readiness Score Range”

Gr 8 MATH

Lowest Score Range 1-12 16

13-15 34

16-19 40

20-23 7

Highest Score Range 24-25 3

Means for Nat’l Norm Group* 15.5

Nat’l Norm Group* % At or Above Benchmark 36

EXPLORE “College Readiness Benchmarks”

17

*For your information, we provide mean scores and percent of students in each performance

range for the national norm group. National normative data are based on 8th grade students

who took all four tests within standard time limits as part of a study conducted in Fall 2005.

Office of Assessment & Evaluation, Cherry Creek School District September 16, 2013

TCAP Science Test Performance Level Scale Ranges by Grade Level

Ranges are for the grades in which the tests were taken, not for the grades in which students are currently enrolled.

Performance Range TEST Gr. 5 TEST Gr. 8

Unsatisfactory (US) 300-428 300-458

Partially Proficient (PP) 429-507 459-506

Proficient (P) 508-568 507-578

Advanced (A) 569-900 579-900

Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) “NT”=Student was not tested or did not have a valid test TCAP Standard Area and Sub-Content Area performance reported as “PA” (Proficient or Above) or “BP” (Below Proficient)

Data Access System

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TCAP Science Standards by Grade Level

Standards, TEST Gr. 5 & 8

Subcontent Areas, TEST Gr. 5 & 8

Scientific Investigations & Connections (Inv) Experimental Design & Investigations (Invest)

Physical Science (Phys) Results & Data Analysis (Anlyz)

Life Science (Life) Physics Concepts (Physc) - Gr 8 Only

Earth & Space Science (Earth Spa) Life Processes (Life Proc) - Gr 8 Only

Geology/Astronomy (Geol) - Gr 8 Only

Middle School Science Tests, Subtests and Test Ranges

EXPLORE Science Test Scale Score Performance Levels EXPLORE—Fall 2012

Percent of students in National Norm Group* by

“College Readiness Score Range”

Gr 8 SCIENCE

Lowest Score Range 1-12 9

13-15 26

16-19 49

20-23 12

Highest Score Range 24-25 3

Means for Nat’l Norm Group* 16.6

Nat’l Norm Group* % At or Above Benchmark 16

EXPLORE “College Readiness Benchmarks” 20

Goal Areas prior to Fall 2013

Goal Areas starting Fall 2013 Goal

Physical Science (“Phys”) Physical Science “Phys” 1

Life Science (“Life”) Life Science “Life” 2

Earth/Space (“Earth/Spa”) Earth Systems Science “ErthSys” 3

SCIENCE: General Science

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GR 6 <201 201-206 207-215 216-221 >=222

GR 7 <203 203-209 210-218 219-225 >=226

GR 8 <206 206-211 212-221 222-228 >=229

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) In Cherry Creek, we have for years used the following percentile-rank cutpoints to describe MAP performance ranges. Various reports from NWEA reflect somewhat differing percentile rank cutpoints from one report to another and when compared to CCSD cutpoints. NWEA is working on aligning performance range cutpoints across their reporting products. Once they have completed this alignment, we will adopt NWEA’s percentile rank cutpoints. Based on NWEA 2011 norming study.

*For your information, we provide mean scores and percent of students in each performance

range for the national norm group. National normative data are based on 8th grade students

who took all four tests within standard time limits as part of a study conducted in Fall 2005.

Starting in Fall 2013, there is only one Science test. Scientific

Concepts and Processes is no longer assessed.