IOWA TEST OF BASIC SKILLS ITBS

1
IOWA TEST OF BASIC SKILLS (ITBS)

• FALL ADMINISTRATION 2006
• Office of Accountability, Research, Evaluation
  and Assessment

2
ITBS FALL 2006

• Administered to students in grades 3, 5, and 8
  during the month of October 2006.
• Unlike Georgias Criterion-referenced Competency
  Tests (CRCT), ITBS is nationally normed and
  administered throughout the country.
• Includes separate assessments in reading,
  language, mathematics, social studies, science,
  and sources of information.
• Provides an overall measure of achievement
  referred to as the composite score.

3
Subject Areas
4
BEST PRACTICES

• Port Wentworth Elementary School Significant 1-
  and 3-year gains at both the 3rd and 5th grade
  levels in all areas
• Charles Ellis Montessori Academy
• Significant 1- and 3-year gains at the 3rd grade
  level in all areas
• DeRenne Middle School
• Significant 1-year gains at the 8th grade level
  in all areas

5
Chart 1 National Percentile Rank by Grade and
Subject AreaFall 2006 (Grades 3, 5, and 8)
6
Chart 3 National Average Percentile Rank
3-Year Comparisons by SchoolFall 2004 - 2006
(Grades 3, 5, and 8)
7
Chart 4 National Average Percentile Rank
3-Year Comparisons by SchoolFall 2004 - 2006
(Grades 3, 5, and 8)
8
Chart 2a National Average Percentile Rank
Changes by Grade and SchoolFall 2004 - 2006
(Grades 3 and 5)
9
Chart 2a continued National Average Percentile
Rank Changes by Grade and SchoolFall 2004 -
2006 (Grades 3 and 5)
10
Chart 2b National Average Percentile Rank
Changes by Grade and SchoolFall 2004 - 2006
(Grade 8)
11
Questions?