State Report Card
Statewide Assessment Results
View/download statewide assessment
results for elementary, middle, and high schools (PDF format, 22
KB)
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
These bar graphs that show the assessment scores on the Spring 2002
state
tests: the New Standards Reference Examinations, the RI Writing, and
the RI
Health Education tests. The NSRE in mathematics contains three
subtests,
which are: Skills, Concepts, and Problem Solving. The NSRE in
English
Language Arts contains four subtests, which are: Reading: Basic
Understanding,
Reading: Analysis and Interpretation, Writing: Effectiveness, and
Writing:
Conventions. Particular items from the entire test, which is taken
over the course
of three days, are grouped in various ways to form the subscale
scores. Some
items are used in more than one subscale. The 100-point scale
represents all of the children who were eligible to participate
in the assessments at each school level. The two bands above the
white band
on the bars show the percentage of students who met or exceeded the
state’s
standard for proficiency on each subtest. The bottom band on the
bars, labeled
“no score” in the legend, shows the percentage of eligible
test-takers who did not
complete the testing.
The triangle below each bar indicates the percentage of all
students who met or
exceeded the state standard, including those children who are not
eligible to take
the state tests because they are beginning English-language
learners. Those
students whose Individual Education Program (IEP) calls for them to
take the
state’s Alternate Assessment are included in the proficiency
calculations. The SAT is not part of the RI assessment program.
Students who so choose pay
to take the tests to fulfill college-admissions requirements. The
scores shown
are only for seniors, representing the highest score each senior
attained (some of
which had been attained while they were still juniors). The
participation rate is
derived by taking the fall 2001 enrollment divided by the number of
seniors who
have an SAT score. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
The state’s
long-term goal is for all students to meet or exceed the standard in
all
subtests—100 percent proficiency across the board. Like all other
states, we are
years away from reaching that goal. For the 2001-02 school year, the
state has
identified schools as high performing if half their students
achieved the standard.
So a number of 50 in any triangle would mean that the state as a
whole is high
performing, at least at that grade level and in that subject area.
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