district assessment report

District Assessment Report

Patricia Eckel– District Testing Coordinator

Westwood Regional School DistrictOctober 29, 2013

NJ ASK Update

• The Office of Assessments had been working on transitioning the NJ ASK for the past two years (NJCCCS to CCSS)

• The 2013 NJ ASK measured the CCSS within the current NJ ASK blueprint. These assessments are called “transitional” because they are not be able to measure the full range of the CCSS until the next generation assessments are developed. (PARCC-Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers- is currently developing the next generation to be administered in 2015).

CCSS Key Instructional Shifts

• In ELA – historically included text dependent constructed-response items in reading and multiple writing prompts in every grade level.

• The CCSS shifts in ELA are: increasing text complexity and emphasis on academic vocabulary; building knowledge through content-rich informational text; text-dependent reading questions to elicit responses grounded in specific evidence from the text.

Instructional Shifts – cont’d

• In Mathematics, the CCSS shifts are significant because new content was added per grade level.

• NOTE: the NJ ASK math grades 6 through 8 will transition to the CCSS in 2013-2014.

• During the transitional years, math instruction is beginning to connect the content standards with the mathematical practices.

Science Assessment

• The Science Assessment in grades 4 and 8 will continue to measure the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS).

• The score categories and the content on the assessment will remain the same.

• NOTE: Next Generation Science Standards may change this assessment down the road!

Language Arts Literacy (10-11)TOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level)11876543

State LALProficient & Advanced

89.582.263.366.760.962.763.0

DFG LALProficient & Advanced

94.489.674.375.571.572.472.1

Westwood LALProficient & Advanced

95.992.875.581.570.876.473.5

GENERAL ED.

11876543


96.190.172.075.068.370.069.8


98.595.982.983.879.480.278.7


99.498.982.289.980.684.981.9

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


61.747.624.329.129.933.837.3


74.057.729.233.235.238.844.5


80.066.724.019.032.642.946.3

*Yellow indicates areas where the WRSD outperformed the DFG




91.582.261

64.562.158.566.7


95.589.672.275

72.768.876.8


96.792

77.776.982.372.579.9

GENERAL ED.

11876543


97.390.169.672.67066

74.3


9995.781

83.780.876.284


99.395.784.689.793.481

85.6

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


66.747.221.728.129.128.239.3


77.757.926.832.635.935.547.1


84.862.515.822.239.540

51.7





91.681.965.266.261.359.466.4


95.889.475.877.373.671.576.2


97.589.676.084.881.277.373.0

GENERAL ED.

11876543


97.289.973.974.968.867.173.4


99.195.784.885.981.379.282.8


99.396.089.792.687.183.079.1

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


67.846.326.028.129.429.440.0


79.657.432.335.138.338.949.1


85.048.020.448.654.344.837.0


Mathematics (10-11)TOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level) 11876543

State MathProficient & Advanced

75.271.565.777.380.679.378.9

DFG MathProficient & Advanced

84.280.274.983.787.686.687.3

Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced

83.882.875.487.583.690.193.4

GENERAL ED.

11876543


83.680.473.784.486.684.483.7


91.388.482.790.693.391.491.4

Westwood MathProficient & Advanced

93.193.380.193.992.095.497.6

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


34.531.329.146.155.560.963.1


44.537.033.949.062.267.671.5


33.438.137.533.452.268.676.2





79.371.663.278.883.377.478.4


8781.272.485.789.685.587.2


87.484.477.786.992.388.392.7

GENERAL ED.

11876543


87.680.77186

89.382.583.7


93.789.280.293.194.790

91.6


9290.984.695.197

93.294.4

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


38.430.627.546.158.558.361.4


49.437.431.749.566.866.171


66.633.310.551.173.769.286.2





79.769.363.578.979.978.377.7


86.979.172.785.588.186.286.7


90.179.266.986.788.089.889.7

GENERAL ED.

11876543


88.378.071.886.586.583.683.6


93.987.181.392.494.090.991.7


96.586.979.993.792.993.294.8

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


38.229.525.845.853.058.258.2


47.735.830.550.961.568.468.1


45.028.014.254.262.873.455.5


Science 4 & 8 (10-11)

TOTAL STUDENTS(grade level)

84

GENERAL ED.

84

State ScienceProficient & Advanced

87.290.0

State Science

Proficient & Advance88.494.6

DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced

88.195.1

DFG Science

Proficient & Advanced94.097.9

Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced

93.793.9

Westwood Science


SPECIAL ED.

84


50.577.7


59.185.0


78.685.8

*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG

TOTAL STUDENTS

GENERAL ED.

State BiologyProficient & Advanced

57.3

State BiologyProficient & Advance

65.0

DFG BiologyProficient & Advanced

69.3


76.9

Westwood BiologyProficient & Advanced

79.2


87.4

SPECIAL ED. State BiologyProficient & Advanced

20.4


26.6


48.5

Biology Competency Test (10-11)

Science 4 & 8 (11-12)

TOTAL STUDENTS(grade level)

84

GENERAL ED.

84


81.991.3

State Science

Proficient & Advance89

94.7


89.495.9

DFG Science

Proficient & Advanced95

98.2


93.497.1

Westwood Science


SPECIAL ED.

84


51.980.1


61.687.8


66.687.5


TOTAL STUDENTS

GENERAL ED.


59.2


66.6


69.4


76.5


86.7


91.3


23.6


29.9


50


Science 4 & 8 (12-13)TOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level)84

GENERAL ED.

84


79.089.5

State Science

Proficient & Advance86.693.0


87.395.0

DFG Science



90.598.6

Westwood Science


SPECIAL ED.

84


46.677.6


55.286.2


56.090.0


TOTAL STUDENTS

GENERAL ED.


58.4


65.9


69.6


76.9


85.7


91.3


23.2


30.4


57.3


HSPATotal Students-Math State Math

Proficient and Advanced DFG MathProficient and Advanced

Westwood MathProficient and Advanced

2010-2011 75.2 84.2 83.8

2011-2012 79.3 87.0 87.4

2012-2013 79.7 86.9 90.1

Total Students-LAL State LALProficient and Advanced

DFG LALProficient and Advanced

Westwood LALProficient and Advanced

2010-2011 89.5 94.4 95.9

2011-2012 91.5 95.5 96.7

2012-2013 91.6 95.8 97.5

% of Total AP Students with Scores of 3+

A Few Highlights

• Jr./Sr. H.S: AP tests – 80.6% scoring 3 or higher, 55.9% scoring 4 or higher (up 8% over last year)

• +16.8% increase in advanced proficiency for 3rd graders at Berkeley School in Mathematics (68.8%)

• +18.5% increase in passing rate in ELA for 5th graders from when they were in 4th grade in Berkeley. 15.4% increase at Washington School, and 8.2% increase overall for the district

• 11.6% increase in passing rate in ELA for 8th graders from when they were in 7th grade.

Next Steps• Cycle II and Students’ scores

in teachers hands for analysis.• Action plans to improve in key

areas in math and ELA • Cross Content Literacy• New Evaluation System for

teachers and administrators based on student growth.

• Curriculum aligned to the CCSS.

• PARCC readiness – Field testing in the Spring

What is a True Measure of Authentic Student Achievement?

• Standardized tests (NJASK, HSPA, SATs, AP tests, etc.) = limitations

• Reading assessments• Internal benchmark

assessments• Authentic real-world

assessments/projects• Student performances• Student portfolios

Questions

If you have questions, please contact

Pat Eckel at [email protected] or please contact your building principal.

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