|
Overall Statewide
Assessments Results
Download the overall statewide
assessments results for elementary, middle and high
schools in PDF (20 KB)
What you are looking
at:
You are looking at a graphic representation of all
eligible test-takers’ assessment scores on the Spring
2001 state tests. The 100-point scale indicates 100% of
the children who were eligible to be tested at this
grade level. The dark band at the top of the bar
represents the percentage of the highest scoring
students. The dark gray band near the bottom shows the
percentage of the lowest scorers. The black band at the
bottom shows those students eligible to take the tests
who, for whatever reason, did not receive a score (e.g.,
absence, unwillingness to attempt the test). The two
bands above the white are the percentage of students who
have met or exceeded the Regents’ proficiency standard.
The triangle shows the percentage of all children’s
proficiency including those not eligible to take the
test (see below). What
you are looking for: You
are hoping to see that all children have met or exceeded
the standard and are represented only in the top two
blocks.
The All Kids agenda
Some states do not require schools or districts to
account for every child eligible to take the state tests
which, in effect, excuses absences, encourages
low-performers not to take the test and ultimately skews
the results in favor of overall proficiency. RI makes
every effort to capture the achievement of every
eligible child and reports the absences and no-shows in
the ‘no-score’ band of the assessment graphs.
‘No Scores’ remain high
at the high school level
This year, about 3.5% of the elementary test-takers and
8.5% of the middle schoolers were eligible to take the
state tests, but did not for whatever reasons. Last year
the numbers were 9% at elementary and 12% at the middle
level. We assume that this improvement results from
Information Works! making the issue public and thus
important, discouraging lackadaisical policies toward
getting all children to take the tests.
High schools experienced 16.5% ‘no scores,’ which is not
much better than the 17% last year. Between drop-out
rates, absenteeism and ‘no scores,’ many high schools
are signaling that they have not yet won the trust and
support of many of their students.
Students exempt from the state exams
Two categories of children are exempt from taking the
standard state exams. One group is comprised of children
who are so recently arrived in this country that their
English is too limited to be included, as yet, in the
testing mainstream – called Limited English Proficient
Level One (LEP I) students. Information Works!
accounts for these beginning English language learners
to help ensure that their instruction prepares them for
the mainstream as soon as possible. In the past, some of
these children have languished overly long in
non-mainstream programs.
The other group consists of those children in special
education whose Individual Education Plan (IEP) requires
they be given an alternate assessment tailored to their
special education needs.
Back to Table of Contents
|
