Post on 03-Jan-2016
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
• Self-assessment
WWRSD Plans• WWRSD curriculum based “shared”
assessments– K-5 Reading– Pre/mid/post assessments in mathematics– 6-12 mid-term and final exams
• TerraNova reading assessments in grades 2, 5, and 8
• Test of Cognitive Skills in grades 2, 3, 4, 5
• Action-plans in every building
• Examining student writing at grade-level meetings and increasing academic rigor
MathematicsTOTAL STUDENTS
(grade level) 11876543
State MathProficient & Advanced
72.771.266.370.977.472.975.2
DFG MathProficient & Advanced
8380.575.578.784.879.783.7
Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced
81.285.481.180.785.482.878
GENERAL ED.
11876543
State MathProficient & Advanced
81.880.374.778.583.378
79.7
DFG MathProficient & Advanced
90.288.583.386.190.184.887.9
Westwood MathProficient & Advanced
91.193.791.591.591.587
84.4
SPECIAL ED.
11876543
State MathProficient & Advanced
29.430.428.436.151.352.457.4
DFG MathProficient & Advanced
41.538
34.939.358.857.665.9
Westwood MathProficient & Advanced
44.748.834.542.555.952
57.4
*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG
Language Arts LiteracyTOTAL STUDENTS
(grade level)
11876543
State LALProficient & Advanced
83.682
71.969.865.863
62.7
DFG LALProficient & Advanced
91.490
81.979.575.872.471.8
Westwood LALProficient & Advanced
89.890.488.185
75.670.463.7
GENERAL ED.
11876543
State LALProficient & Advanced
91.890
80.778.274.170.169.3
DFG LALProficient & Advanced
96.996.189.687.583.579.878.4
Westwood LALProficient & Advanced
97.998.995.296.684
75.671.9
SPECIAL ED.
11876543
State LALProficient & Advanced
46.547.232.230.930.132.834.9
DFG LALProficient & Advanced
62.359.442.636.738.439.243
Westwood LALProficient & Advanced
60.556.155.242.535.340
36.1
*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG
Science 4 & 8TOTAL STUDENTS
(grade level)84
GENERAL ED.
84
State ScienceProficient & Advanced
84.291
State ScienceProficient & Advance
90.494
DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced
90.995.1
DFG Science
Proficient & Advanced95.797.5
Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced
95.598
Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced
98.998.9
SPECIAL ED.
84
State ScienceProficient & Advanced
58.179.9
DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced
6885.5
Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced
80.592
TOTAL STUDENTS11
GENERAL ED.11
SPECIAL ED.11
State Raw Score34.5
State Raw Score
36.6
State Raw Score25.4
DFG Raw Score37.8
DFG Raw Score
37.3
DFG Raw Score28.4
Westwood Raw Score37.5
Westwood Raw Score39.5
Westwood Raw Score
30.1
Biology End of Year
*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG
Short-term Solutions
NJASK Action-plans• Areas in need of attention• Instructional strategies• Curricular or program
changes • Leveraging of resources
District-wide “Do Nows”
Long-term Solutions
• Increasing academic rigor = transfer of content knowledge and skills
• Better linking curriculum to the revised standards
• Continued focus on best-practice instructional strategies
• Explicit test preparation
Jr.-Sr. High School
SAT Update for Class of 2009
Bergen Record: 88 students (senior year)
Mean: 1511
Naviance: 108 students tested in total
Mean: 1523
Class of 2010: 124 students tested
Mean: 1553
Jr.-Sr. High School
• HSPA Scores– Special Review Assessment/AHSA for
students who scored partially proficient– 2007- 4 students = 3%– 2008- 5 students = 3%– 2009- 5 students = 3%– 2010- 7 students = 4%
Jr.-Sr. High School
• Problem of the Day - modeling questions to HSPA, NJASK, SAT, ACT, AP, & SAT subject tests
• Question of the Day from ACT • Test preparation materials• EXPLORE & PLAN for 9th and 10th grades• Data Analysis Committee
Brookside Elementary School
• Timed writing prompts• Math Connects• Test preparation
materials• “Do Now” activities
that are NJASK focused
• Lesson plans• Writing across the
subject areas• Data analysis at
faculty meetings• Academic rigor
Berkeley Elementary School
• Data analysis• Curriculum mapping• Problem of the day• Cross-content
opportunities• Monthly timed
assessments in LAL and mathematics
• Data-driven decision making
• Flexibility and collaboration of school-wide plan
Upcoming Dates
NJASK Parent Forum
Tuesday, March 16, 20107:00 P.M.
Brookside Elementary SchoolTo register, visit our website at www.wwrsd.org
HSPA
March 2nd, 3rd, & 4th
NJASK
Grade 3: May 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
Grade 4: May 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
Grades 5-6: May 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Grades 7-8: April 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th
Questions
If you have questions, please contact
Rory J. McCourt at rmccourt@wwrsd.org or please contact your building principal.
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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