Nativity Catholic School

IOWA Testing

70 years of educational research and test development

Form E

Big Picture• student’s classroom work• homework • projects• classroom assessments• portfolios

Iowa Assessments

Type: Norm referenced administered

Reading, Language, Mathematics, SocialStudies, and Science.

The tests assess both basic skills and higher order thinking skills.

Purpose: Improve instruction and student learning

Spring 2012 Form E Common CoreNorms: 1

Rationale ~ (Arch)Dioceses in Florida

Sister Seven includes St. Petersburg

• Reflects changes in Curriculum and Instruction (esp. technology)

• Greater emphasis on Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

• Common Core• Baseline for future growth• Data to inform and revise• IOWA – PARC?

Educational Use:• Identify strengths and weaknesses

• Inform• Monitor growth• Measure core standards• Implement Response to Intervention (RTI)• Inform placement decisions• Make comparisons• Evaluate programs• Predict future performance• Support accountability

NCSGR

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Accommodation Vs. Modification

National Percentile Rank (NPR)

A Percentile Rank indicating the status or relative rank of a student's score compared to a nationally representative sample of examinees.

Looking at your report!Percentile Rank For example, if a student earned a 72nd

Percentile Rank in Language, this would mean he or she scored better than 72 percent of the students in a particular norm group who were administered that same test of Language.

99 Pieces

Looking at your report!Percentile Rank

Your Report SAMPLE STUDENT

Looking at your report!

Core & CompositeLook at scores against the composite to note strength or weakness

Core TotalComposite

Grade Equivalent (GE)

*corresponding to a given score on any test indicates the grade level at which the typical student obtains this score

NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!

Core TotalComposite

NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!

Core TotalComposite

Reading 6.5

Written Expression 7.1

Conventions in Writing 7.1

Math Computation 6.7

Science 7.0

Social Studies 7.5

NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!

Core TotalComposite

NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!

Core TotalComposite

Reading 10.4

Written Expression 12.3

Conventions in Writing 11.7

Math Computation 11.5

Science 11.7

Social Studies 12.6

• Identify the class/grade overall strengthWhy you feel this is a strength?Does it correlate with what you already knew?• Identify class/grade overall weaknessWhy you feel this is a weakness?Does it correlate with what you already knew?

• List your 5 HIGHEST students in LARTS/MATHAre you meeting their needs? How?• List your 5 LOWEST students in LARTS/MATHAre you meeting their needs? How?

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