Percentage ofStudents in

Weighted Sample

Percentage ofStudents in

Weighted Sample

Algebra?!Predict success that students will have in algebra

Teachers can use the national norms provided with confidence, knowing that the Orleans-Hanna Standardization Sample represents total U.S. enrollment.

Don’t delay! The Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test,Third Edition can help you and your students make wise decisions and improve the success of your algebra program.

To order or for more information, please call 800-211-8378 or contact your local Measurement Consultant.HarcourtAssessment.com

*National Center for Education Statistics, United States Department of Education, 1992-1993.

Percentage of Total U.S. School Enrollment

compared to Percentage of Students in Weighted

Sample for grade 7 and grade 8.

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Percentage of Total U.S. School

Enrollment*

Percentage of Total U.S. School

Enrollment*

Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 8SES Strata

Low 31.3 31.3 31.3

Middle 35.9 35.9 35.9

High 32.8 32.8 32.8

Urbanicity

Urban 31.3 26.8 26.8

Suburban 35.9 48.0 48.1

Rural 32.8 25.2 25.1

Ethnicity(85.6% Reporting)

African American 16.1 15.0 14.8

Hispanic 12.7 11.5 11.4

White 66.6 68.8 69.4

Other 4.7 4.7 4.4

Nonpublic Schools

Catholic 5.4 5.4 5.4

Private 4.9 4.9 4.9

19.6

17.0

14.6

23.8

24.5

19.9

24.1

19.2

27.0

32.4

39.2

38.6

West

Midwest

South

Northeast

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11

12 A

B C

D E

Administer the Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test, Third

Edition, in just one 50- to 60-minute class period. Five lessons

introduce information and require students to use their

reasoning skills to discover answers to the problems that follow.

A review test assesses very general middle-school mathematics

objectives.

The Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test, Third

Edition, helps confirm teachers’ opinions about a

student’s readiness for algebra, providing teachers,

counselors, students, and parents with information for making

decisions about course placement. This version includes infor-

mation to predict the success students in grades 7 through 11

will have in first-year algebra courses.

Included inthis edition:

■ Non-routine problem-

solving items (charts and

graphs similar to those

specified in the NCTM

Curriculum and Evaluation

Standards for School

Mathematics) were added

to make the test a more

accurate assessment of

students’ ability to handle

new situations.

■ Norms are based on a

large sample of 15,938

students representative of the

national school population.

■ Test validity was confirmed

by correlation of prognosis

test scores with final

algebra grades and

algebra end-of-course

achievement test scores.

}AssesswithProblem-SolvingLessons

Questions are in the format of lessons that include charts and graphs and

cover algebra topics such as expressions, exponents, and integers.

Manual

Student Report Forms give teachers a straightforward

way to explain test results to students and parents.

Test results can be used to help students, parents,

and teachers make informed decisions about

placement in pre-algebra classes, one-year,

or two-year algebra programs.

The Manual provides Expectancy Tables reporting how other

students who earned similar scores subsequently performed

in algebra and norms tables with Percentile Ranks for:

■ Students completing grade 7 mathematics

■ Students completing grade 8 mathematics

■ Students in each of these groups who complete

a one-year course in algebra the following year

Classroom teachers can use a scoring key for immediate results.

Student answer sheets include self-reported report card grades in

Mathematics, English, Science, and Social Studies. Extensive

research revealed that combining raw scores from algebra test

problems and grades in these subjects gives significantly more

accurate results than using raw scores alone. The scoring key

weights the information automatically. Harcourt Assessment’s

Central Scoring services are also available.

Student Report Forms help

students interpret their test scores and

learn how other students with the same

scores did in a first-year algebra course.

}PredictAlgebraSuccessQuickly

}InterpretandExplainResultsEasily

}MakeInformedDecisions

Assists with Career Planning

Test results can give students

an opportunity to explore

mathematics-related

occupations as they begin

planning their high school

curriculum.The test is also a

valuable component to include

in your district’s selection of

career exploration tools

because it fulfills the School to

Work law’s requirement of

exposing students to career

exploration no later than

grade seven.

Percentage ofStudents in

Weighted Sample

Percentage ofStudents in

Weighted Sample

Algebra?!Predict success that students will have in algebra

Teachers can use the national norms provided with confidence, knowing that the Orleans-Hanna Standardization Sample represents total U.S. enrollment.

Don’t delay! The Orleans-Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test,Third Edition can help you and your students make wise decisions and improve the success of your algebra program.

To order or for more information, please call 800-211-8378 or contact your local Measurement Consultant.HarcourtAssessment.com

*National Center for Education Statistics, United States Department of Education, 1992-1993.

Percentage of Total U.S. School Enrollment

compared to Percentage of Students in Weighted

Sample for grade 7 and grade 8.

Copyright © 2005 Harcourt Assessment, Inc. 999-8982-456

Percentage of Total U.S. School

Enrollment*

Percentage of Total U.S. School

Enrollment*

Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 8SES Strata

Low 31.3 31.3 31.3

Middle 35.9 35.9 35.9

High 32.8 32.8 32.8

Urbanicity

Urban 31.3 26.8 26.8

Suburban 35.9 48.0 48.1

Rural 32.8 25.2 25.1

Ethnicity(85.6% Reporting)

African American 16.1 15.0 14.8

Hispanic 12.7 11.5 11.4

White 66.6 68.8 69.4

Other 4.7 4.7 4.4

Nonpublic Schools

Catholic 5.4 5.4 5.4

Private 4.9 4.9 4.9

19.6

17.0

14.6

23.8

24.5

19.9

24.1

19.2

27.0

32.4

39.2

38.6

West

Midwest

South

Northeast

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

11

12 A

B C

D E