State Ed: Test scores show improvement
NORWICH – According to a report issued by the State Education Department Tuesday, statewide testing showed an overall increase in scores.
Improvement is most recognizable in middle school grade levels 6 through 8. Grade 6 increased by 2.8 percent, grade 7 improved by 1.4 percent, and grade 8 increased by 7.7 percent state wide. Also, statewide fewer students are showing academic hardship in all except third grade.
Results for students with disabilities overall shows an improvement.
“This year’s improvement in every grade of middle school is encouraging,” State Education Commissioner Richard Mills said. “Why did this happen? Successful school leaders tell us they have high expectations for all children, focus on reading in every class, use proven practices that work, and act quickly to give extra help to students as they need it.”
Students receive a specific scale score on the tests, which falls into one of four levels. To show progress, each student should score a level three or four. Level one shows serious academic problems, level two partially meets the learning standards or meets part of the learning standards, level three meets the learning standards and level four exceeds the learning standards.
Norwich City School District Superintendent Gerard O’Sullivan says the data that is currently available is not the official readings. “The state released information, but they are all raw calculations,” he said. Until the scores are configured and calculated completely, O’Sullivan says the outcome is still unknown.
Norwich Middle School is currently on the Schools in Need of Improvement list (SINI) regarding the No Child Left Behind act, meaning the school itself has not made adequate yearly progress in both mathematics and English, language arts. Months ago, it was said by school administrators depending on the outcome of the spring testing, the school may by taken off of that list for mathematics.
State testing official scores, O’Sullivan said, are expected to be ready in June at the earliest. “Until we have the final data, we cannot make the assumption we made significant progress,” he said.
However, O’Sullivan said from the raw scoring he has seen, it looks good. “It shows that we have made growth in a lot of areas,” he said. “I am confident we are moving in the right direction.”
To view updated test scoring results and 2006 report card data per school district go to www.nysed.gov, after opening the home page go to summary results for 2007 English language arts assessments grades 3-8. Report cards are available on the home page on one of the main links as well.
Improvement is most recognizable in middle school grade levels 6 through 8. Grade 6 increased by 2.8 percent, grade 7 improved by 1.4 percent, and grade 8 increased by 7.7 percent state wide. Also, statewide fewer students are showing academic hardship in all except third grade.
Results for students with disabilities overall shows an improvement.
“This year’s improvement in every grade of middle school is encouraging,” State Education Commissioner Richard Mills said. “Why did this happen? Successful school leaders tell us they have high expectations for all children, focus on reading in every class, use proven practices that work, and act quickly to give extra help to students as they need it.”
Students receive a specific scale score on the tests, which falls into one of four levels. To show progress, each student should score a level three or four. Level one shows serious academic problems, level two partially meets the learning standards or meets part of the learning standards, level three meets the learning standards and level four exceeds the learning standards.
Norwich City School District Superintendent Gerard O’Sullivan says the data that is currently available is not the official readings. “The state released information, but they are all raw calculations,” he said. Until the scores are configured and calculated completely, O’Sullivan says the outcome is still unknown.
Norwich Middle School is currently on the Schools in Need of Improvement list (SINI) regarding the No Child Left Behind act, meaning the school itself has not made adequate yearly progress in both mathematics and English, language arts. Months ago, it was said by school administrators depending on the outcome of the spring testing, the school may by taken off of that list for mathematics.
State testing official scores, O’Sullivan said, are expected to be ready in June at the earliest. “Until we have the final data, we cannot make the assumption we made significant progress,” he said.
However, O’Sullivan said from the raw scoring he has seen, it looks good. “It shows that we have made growth in a lot of areas,” he said. “I am confident we are moving in the right direction.”
To view updated test scoring results and 2006 report card data per school district go to www.nysed.gov, after opening the home page go to summary results for 2007 English language arts assessments grades 3-8. Report cards are available on the home page on one of the main links as well.
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