Standardized TestingBrittany Arnold

http://www.peacecouncil.net/pnl/november-december-2012-pnl-819/interrupting-the-data-factory-the-ctu-vs-standardized-testing

Research Question• How do the scores of the standardized tests

in each of the three rural counties listed compare to the overall average of New York state?

• The data used is from the counties surrounding me: Lewis, Madison and Oneida

Literature Review• Everyone in the school setting has to work together to get the students at

grade level according to the state standards---including the Librarian.• From a survey:

– 22% said increased testing had helped the performance of their local schools– 36% believe testing is hurting school performance– 41% say it has made no difference

• The public is becoming more doubtful about using standardized testing for teacher evaluation

• The PDK/Gallup survey found that just 41% of respondents who had heard of the standards believe they will make the United States more competitive in the world

• 47% percent of respondents in the Associated Press poll said they believe the standards will improve the quality of education.

**From this and my observations in the schools in the counties I looked into, I predict that these rural counties, will have more students receiving passing grades than those in New York State alltogether

Works CitedBlosveren, K. k., Liben, M. m., & DeWitt, S. s. (2014). Common Core: The Challenge and the Opportunity. Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers, 89(8), 14-18.

Jorgenson, O. (2012). What We Lose in Winning the Test Score Race. Principal, 91(5), 12-15.

Maxwell, L. A. (2013). Common Core: A Puzzle to Public. Education Week, 33(2), 1-21.

Public Skeptical of Standardized Testing. (2013). American School & University, 86(1), 50.

Uecker, R. r., Kelly, S. s., & Napierala, M. m. (2014). Implementing the Common Core State Standards. Knowledge Quest, 42(3), 48- 51.

Data Sources Used

• The Data used for this project was found on the NYSed.gov website

• This included data from grades 3-8 in both Mathematics and ELA in New York State

Data Analysis• Step 1:

Copied the Data from the NTSed.gov website and pasted it into an Excel spreadsheet

• Step 2: Sort through the Data to

find only 3rd Grade ELA• Step 3:

Highlight the data that you are going to use

• Step 4: Create a pivot table using only the counties that I wanted to look into

• Step 5: Create a Bar chart to analyze the data

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Grade 3 ELA Scores

Lewis County Madison CountyOneida County State Average

• Step 6: Add the two columns (1+2) (3+4) together, using the data from the pivot table to easier compare the counties

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Lewis 73.60909091 26.43636364

Madison 73.35 26.6625

Oneida 74.11034483 25.87931034

State Average 69.83960647 30.16312282

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Grade 3 ELA Scores

Lewis County Madison County Oneida County State Average