Interpreting Your Child’s CRCT, ITBS, & CogAT Scores:

It’s About Improving Achievement!

Beaver Ridge ES2012-2013

Elementary Major Tests

K GKids

1 CogAT

2

3 ITBS CogAT Writing (local)

Assessment

4 CRCT

5 ITBS CogAT Writing (state) Assessment

End-of-Year Assessments

Reading Grades 1 - 8English/Language Arts Grades 1 - 8Mathematics Grades 1 - 8Science Grades 3 - 8Social Studies Grades 3 - 8

C riterion

R eferenced

C ompetency

T est

Georgia Performance Standards

Scores

CRCT also reports student achievement in terms of performance levels(1-3):

Exceeds Standard (3) 850 & ↑ Meets Standard (2) 800 - 849

Does Not Meet Standard(1) Below 800

What is CogAT?

Test of Cognitive Ability Norm-base test of aptitude in problem solving specific to three areas:

• Verbal• Quantitative• Nonverbal

CogAT – Verbal Aptitude

Verbal Aptitude

VocabularyVerbal

ReasoningSentence

Completion

CogAT – Quantitative Aptitude

QuantitativeAptitude

QuantitativeRelations

Number Series

EquationBuilding

CogAT – Nonverbal Aptitude

NonverbalAptitude

FigureClassification

FigureAnalogies

FigureAnalysis

What types of scores appear on a student’s CogAT report?

NumItems

RawScore

SAS NPR S

Verbal 65 51 89 68 4

Quantitative 60 32 74 31 2

Nonverbal 65 41 88 47 3

Composite 84 47 3

Standard Age Score(SAS)

Cognitive Level SAS Range

Very High 132-150+

Above Average 112-131

Average 88-111

Below Average 72-87

Very Low 50-71

National Percentile Rank(NPR)

Cognitive Level NPR

Very High 96-99

Above Average 76-95

Average 25-75

Below Average 5-24

Very Low 1 - 4

Stanine (S)

Cognitive Level S

Very High 9

Above Average 7 & 8

Average 4, 5, & 6

Below Average 2 & 3

Very Low 1

Three Primary Uses of CogAT Scores

• Help teachers adapt instructional goals, methods and materials to the individual needs of students

• Measure of each student’s level of cognitive development

• Identify student whose level of academic achievement differs from what would be expected on their CogAT scores

What is ITBS?

The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is a norm-referenced test

developed by the University of Iowa. It tests mastery of the academic skills found

in the elementary curriculum.

The purpose of these tests is to provide information about student progress in a curriculum that expands in breadth and depth with each additional grade level.

ITBS Core Subtests

Reading

VocabularyReading

Comprehension

Math

Concepts &Estimation

Problem Solving &

Data Interpretation

Computations

Language

Spelling Capitalization PunctuationUsage &

Expression

What types of Scores forITBS Appear on a Student

Report?• Standard Score (SS)• Grade Equivalent (GE)• National Percentile Rank (NPR)

Percentile Rank(PR)

AchievementLevel

NPR

Very High 96-99

Above Average 76-95

Average 25-75

Below Average 5-24

Very Low 1 - 4

Grade Equivalent (GE)

• Grade equivalents are reported in decimal format. The number in front of the decimal is the grade level and the number after the decimal represents months. (e.g. 3.4 represents third grade, fourth month)

• GE does not indicate a student’s instructional level.

• GE allows for comparison of growth over time.

GE Growth ComparisonsLow Performing student – less than 20 months gain in

two years

Fall grade 5 – 4.2 Fall grade 7 – 5.6

Average Performing student – about a 20 month gain in two years

Fall grade 5 – 5.2 Fall grade 7 – 7.2

High Performing student – more than 20 month gain in two years

Fall grade 5 – 6.2 Fall grade 7 – 8.8

What Can Parents Do to Help Improve Scores?

Playword games

Teach words

in context

Discuss new

or unusualwords

Emphasize meaning of words

Vocabulary

Follow upwith writingor drawing

Follow upwith writingor drawing

Retell storiesRetell stories

Make predictions

Make predictions

Identify similarities

anddifferences

Identify similarities

anddifferences

Repeated readings of

favorite books

Repeated readings of

favorite books

Read withyour child

Read withyour child

Relate storiesto personalexperiences

Relate storiesto personalexperiences

ReadingComprehension

ReadingComprehension

Find new wordswhile

reading

Play spellingtype games

Practice spelling

conventions

Point outwords with

similarspellings

Spelling

Encouragecreativeproblemsolving

Use graphs,charts,

timetables,diagrams

Use estimationand mental

math

Look forpatterns in

everydayitems

Ask if ananswer is

reasonable

Use reallife math

Read math-type

stories

Math

Students log on to the Online Assessment System

From the Welcome screen, students can choose to take Student Tests

To take a student test, click View Student Tests

The OAS provides pre-constructed tests for each subject area. Select a subject.

Highlight a test and click Take Test

Students answer the multiple choice questions, clicking on Next Question to go to the next page or Grade My Test when

finished

After completing

the test, the

student sees the results of

the test ….

…and decides whether to send the test to a teacher, to save the test, or to discard it

To view results from Student Tests that have been saved, choose View Student Tests

Any Questions??