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Learning and Achievement: Assessments
Assessment Results: Elementary and Middle Schools
These charts show the assessment scores on the Fall 2005, Fall 2006, and Fall 2007 state tests, the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP). The results are shown for each grade tested in the school. Grades 3-8 are tested in reading and mathematics; grades 5 and 8 are tested in writing.
The bars are placed along a horizontal line so that the percent that achieved proficiency (and proficiency with distinction) lies above the line and the percent that did not achieve proficiency lies below the line.
For another look at this data, see the NECAP Reports on the RIDE Web site.
Note: Early-grade schools (highest grade is Grade 1) take only the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA). The DRA results from these schools are reported on bar graphs similar the high-school NSRE graphs (see below).
Assessment Results: High Schools
These charts show the assessment scores on the Spring 2007 state tests. The 100-point scale represents 100% of the children at this grade level.
- The dark, colored band at the top of the bar shows the percentage of the highest scoring students.
- The dark gray band near the bottom indicates the percentage of the lowest scorers.
- The black band at the bottom shows those students who should have been tested but were not.
High-school students (Grade 11) took the New Standards Reference Exams (NSREs) in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics for the last time in the Spring of 2007. In the Fall of 2007, high-school students took the NECAP assessments.
Some students with disabilities – less than 1 percent of the student population – take the state’s Alternate Assessment. They, too, are assessed on the same scale, and the results of those assessments are incorporated into this report.
The two numbers below each bar show the percentage of students who met or exceeded the standard in this school and the percentage of students who met or exceeded the standard in the state as a whole at the high-school level.
No Score
The lowest band on the assessment bars, labeled “no score” in the legend, shows the percentage of eligible test-takers who were absent or did not complete the multiple-day testing. To achieve 100% participation by eligible test-takers, some schools need to reduce the extent to which their students either don’t come to school, won’t come because of poor school climate, or do not complete the test sufficiently to obtain a score.
Test subscales
The NSRE in English language arts contains four subtests:
- Reading: Basic Understanding
- Reading: Analysis and Interpretation
- Writing: Effectiveness
- 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.
For another look at NSRE assessments for high schools, see the RIDE School Report Cards. On the high-school cards, go to “For Test Results.”
The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
The SAT is not part of the Rhode Island assessment program. Students who so choose pay to take the tests to fulfill college-admissions requirements. The scores shown in Information Works! 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 2006 enrollment divided by the number of seniors who have an SAT score.
For additional information about each school’s performance on the 2006-07 assessments, particularly for information about how well various groups of students within the school performed, see the RIDE Report Cards.