Montville Township School District Annual Assessment Report 20082009

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Montville Township School DistrictAnnual
Assessment Report 2008-2009

• Ruth Anne Estler,
• Interim Assistant Superintendent
• October 20, 2009

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Purposes for Assessment

• Criterion referenced - Measure of what is learned
  against what is taught
• Norm referenced - Measure of performance compared
  to others of the same age/grade

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State Criterion-Referenced Tests

• Assessment of Skills and Knowledge
• NJ ASK 3 LAL Math
• NJ ASK 4 LAL, Math Science
• NJ ASK 5 LAL Math
• NJ ASK 6 LAL Math
• NJ ASK 7 LAL Math
• NJ ASK 8 LAL, Math Science

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High School Assessments

• HSPA High School Proficiency Assessment
• SRA Special Review Assessment
• EOC Biology End of Course
• EOC Algebra I End of Course

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Bar Raised for 3rd and 4th Graders

• More reading passages
• New kinds of writing tasks
• More items in general
• More numerical operations items
• More constructed response items
• Cut scores increased 50 of possible points

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Benchmark Proficiencies

• New Jersey State Benchmarks for Adequate Yearly
  Progress Effective November 2008
• Content Grades
• 2003 2005-2007 2008-2010 2011-2013 2014
• LAL 3-5 68 75 73
  86 100
• 6-8 58 66 72
  86 100
• 11 73 79 85
  92 100
• Math 3-5 53 62 69
  84 100
• 6-8 39 49 61
  80 100
• 11 55 64 74
  86 100

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Proficiency Cut Points - Statewide

• 3rd Grade LAL dropped from 86 to 62
• 4th Grade LAL dropped from 83 to 63
• 4rd Grade Math dropped from 87 to 75
• 4th Grade Math dropped from 85 to 75

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D District Factor Group Av. S State Average M
Montville Average
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Advanced Proficiency Averages
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D District Factor Group Av. S State Average M
Montville Average
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Advanced Proficiency Averages
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One Year Changes 08 to 09
LAL Math

• Grade 3 DFG 94.2 to 79.3 95.0 to 87.8
• Mntvl. 97.4 to 78.2 97.1 to 90.6
• Grade 4 DFG 92.4 to 80.2 93.9 to 86.1
• Mntvl. 93.2 to 86.9 95.8 to 89.8
• Grade 5 DFG 77.9 to 82.6 88.8 to 90.0
• Mntvl. 81.5 to 89.0 91.8 to 93.5
• Grade 6 DFG 76.5 to 85.3 86.7 to 85.8
• Mntvl. 82.6 to 88.6 89.1 to 86.3
• Grade 7 DFG 87.0 to 87.2 80.2 to 82.0
• Mntvl. 89.3 to 89.5 82.8 to 83.8
• Grade 8 DFG 93.5 to 94.1 83.6 to 85.6
• Mntvl. 95.5 to 96.8 87.7 to 85.4
• Grade 11 DFG 93.7 to 94.4 90.0 to 88.4
• Mntvl. 97.3 to 94.1 90.2 to 87.2

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Use of Assessment Results

• To review the proficiencies and achievement of
  students
• To review curriculum alignment to the states
  Core Curriculum Content Standards
• To analyze the success of teaching strategies
• To use as partial criteria for program placement
  of students