beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, a student scoring at the lowest achievement level in reading...
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Literacy-based Promotion Act
Third Grade Summative Assessment
•Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, a student scoring at the lowest achievement level in reading on the 3rd Grade Summative Assessment will not be promoted to 4th grade. •Some 3rd grade students who fail to meet the required score might be promoted to the 4th grade with a good cause exemption.
Good Cause Exemption
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students who have had less than two (2) years of instruction in English Language Learner program
Students with disabilities whose Individualized Education Program (IEP) indicates that participation in the Statewide accountability assessment program is not appropriate, as authorized under State law
Good Cause Exemption
Students with disabilities (IEP or 504) who have repeated at least one year and have documentation of 2 years of intensive reading intervention
Students who were previously retained in kindergarten or first, second, or third grade for a total of two years and has not met exceptional education criteria and has documentation of 2 years of intensive intervention
Universal Screener for Third Grade
Given first 30 days of school
Repeated at mid-year
Universal Screener
If the Universal Screener indicates the student has a reading deficiency, the student will be provided with continued intensive reading instruction and intervention.
About the Test
50 item test with 3 practice itemsMultiple choice 6 questions on phonics & fluency18 questions on informational text18 questions on literary text8 questions on language standards
More About the Test
Reading ComprehensionVocabularyMultiple ChoiceAdaptive based on student response
More About the Test
4.5 minutes per itemA stop watch appears when 15 seconds remain
Average time to complete is 30-40 minutes
Timeline
Beginning of year Universal Screener window
Aug. 17- Sept. 14, 2015Middle of year Universal Screener window Jan.4 – Jan. 29, 2016Third Grade Reading Summative
Assessment March 28-April 16, 2016
Timeline
If students do not pass the first administration, they may retake on May 16-20, 2016
If students do not pass the first retake, they may retake after remediation on
June 27-Aug 5, 2016
2015 Rankin County Results
1491 took the 3rd Grade Assessment92% passed121 students took the first retake61 passedAfter second retake and good cause exemptions, 98% of students were promoted to 4th grade
