User's Guide: Field
4
Performance by Student Characteristics
What you are looking
at
This graph shows the achievement data from some of
the subtests as Field #2 broken out by groups of students with similar characteristics.
The bar represents the percentage of children who attained the level of proficiency or
above.
What you are looking
for
You are looking for the shortfalls between the 100% goal and
the actual attained proficiency of children with certain comparable characteristics. You
are also looking for gaps between the achievement of groups of students with different
characteristics. Again, the Regents' goal is for all children to become fully proficient
in all tested subjects. Equipped with the knowledge of its shortfalls, a school can begin
to target strategies and resources to close the gaps.
Poverty/non poverty
Poverty is defined as any child who is eligible for free- or reduced-price lunch. This
year the poverty indicator is published at the elementary level only. The information
comes from the student cover sheets for the New Standards English Language Arts
assessment, which are completed by the test administrator.
Note the extra field:
Other: On the assessments, students are asked to
complete their own demographic information with six options of specific ethnic
identifications. Students who check more than one option are included in those options as
well as in "other." On the whole, few students listed more than one
option. The few students who checked no option were also included in
"other."
Specific to the Web
The web version of this field includes the achievement data for students who did not reach
the standard. These data are also broken out by students with certain characteristics and
divided into the three performance levels below "achieved the standard."
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