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College Admission Testing Report to the Board of Education

2018/2019 Testing Year

Dr. Susie Da Silva, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, PK-12Cory Gillette, Elementary Director: Literacy and Social Studies

Meghan Emanuelson, Director of Guidance 6-12

Part 1 Agenda: CSDE Standardized Testing

❏ Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA)❏ Description of Assessment

❏ Purpose of the State Assessment

❏ Scale Scores, Achievement Levels, Performance Category, & Growth

❏ Sample Student Reports

❏ District Results (by grade)

❏ DRG A Performance

❏ Next Steps

Part 1 Agenda: CSDE Standardized Testing

❏ CT SAT Day❏ Description of Assessment

❏ District & DRG A Performance

❏ NGSS❏ Description of Assessment

❏ Updates

Part 2 Agenda: College Admissions Testing Data

❏ SAT❏ DRG A Participation rates and performance❏ DRG A Achievement over time

❏ AP❏ Description ❏ District and DRG A results

❏ ACT❏ Description❏ Scores have not been received

❏ 2019-20 Assessment Calendar

Description of Assessment

SBA includes two types of tasks that are both taken online:

❏ Computer Adaptive Test for ELA & Math❏ Short-answer, multiple-choice questions and interactive test items❏ Questions adjust to each student’s ability

❏ Performance Task for Math❏ Longer multi-step questions applied to a complex task❏ Students solve real-world problems❏ Measures depth of understanding of concepts and complex

analysis

SBA: Purposes of the Assessment

❏ Provides an annual snapshot of student achievement in comparison to the standards

❏ Provides valid, reliable and fair measures of students’ progress and growth over time

❏ Provides assessment data that is used, along with other assessment types, when making educational decisions about specific students

SBA: Purposes of the AssessmentNot Useful As:❏ A sole measure of student achievement, program evaluation or school,

district, and state accountability systems❏ The sole source of guidance for curriculum or instruction

❏ A substitute for a wide variety of other relevant ways to assess student learning, such as:

❏ classroom assessments❏ teacher observations❏ student work portfolios❏ universal screening❏ frequent progress monitoring❏ detailed diagnostic assessment or evaluation

SBA Performance Categories and Scale Scores

❏ Students receive a “performance category” for each area of knowledge and skills within a subject

❏ This provides a general indication of students’ strengths and weaknesses within each subject area

❏ The Smarter Balanced overall scale scores fall along a continuous vertical scale (from approximately 2000 to 3000), these scores can be used to illustrate students’ current level of achievement and their growth over time when compared across grade levels

SBA Achievement Levels

Four Achievement Levels

❏ Level 1 = Does not meet the achievement standard

❏ Level 2 = Approaching the achievement standard

❏ Level 3 = Meets the achievement standard

❏ Level 4 = Exceeds the achievement standard

Sample Student Score Report for ELA

Lexile Level

New this year parents have been given a lexile level to help support them in finding books that are ‘just right’ for their child. In Darien we use a similar system, the Fountas and Pinnell leveling system that is based on letters.

Sample Student Score Report for Math

Quantile Level

For the first time parents have been given a quantile level. When parents look this number up, it will assist them in finding math activities that are at the ‘just right’ level for your child. More information about this is printed on the student score report.

SBA Scores: Math by Grade Percent at or Above Goal

DPS Smarter Balanced performance by grade

Math 15-16 Math 16-17 Math 17-18 Math 18-19

Grade 3 82% 81% 85% 87%

Grade 4 79% 78% 82% 87%

Grade 5 78% 76% 77% 82%

Grade 6 83% 84% 83% 83%

Grade 7 78% 81% 84% 87%

Grade 8 90% 85% 78% 84%

SBA Scores: ELA by Grade Percent at or Above Goal

DPS Smarter Balanced performance by grade

ELA/Literacy 2015-16



ELA/Literacy2018-19

Grade 3 83% 78% 80% 82%

Grade 4 85% 84% 82% 83%

Grade 5 90% 85% 85% 86%

Grade 6 86% 87% 85% 86%

Grade 7 89% 87% 85% 85%

Grade 8 89% 88% 84% 84%

District2014-15 Math: % at Level 3 or

above

2015-16 Math: % at Level 3 or

above


above

2017-18 Math: % at Level 3 or above


above

Darien 77.8% 81.7% 80.9% 81.3% 84.8%

New Canaan 74.8% 79.1% 85.1% 87.8% 88.3%

Easton 63.0% 76.5% 75.4% 75.5% 74.3%

Westport 73.3% 74.4% 74.3% 81.8% 83.3%

Redding 67.5% 74.0% 69.8% 77.9% 77.8%

Weston 70.2% 71.8% 73% 74.7% 75.1%

Ridgefield 65.9% 70.5% 68.8% 72.3% 77.6%

Wilton 56.5% 66.8% 69.1% 73.2% 74.9%

District Reference Group Data: Mathematics

District2014-15 ELA: %

at Level 3 or above

2015-16 ELA: % at Level 3 or

above

2016-17 ELA: % at Level 3 or

above

2017-18 ELA % at Level 3 or

above

2018-19 ELA % at Level 3 or

above

Darien 82.5% 86.9% 84.7% 83.4% 84.4%

New Canaan 79.9% 83.3% 87.9% 88.3% 89.6%

Easton 72.5% 83.0% 84.8% 85.3% 80.8%

Ridgefield 79.0% 82.3% 79.6% 81.1% 83.9%

Westport 83.3% 82.2% 80.7% 83.5% 83.8%

Wilton 73.5% 79.8% 75.9% 80.3% 81.9%

Redding 73.6% 79.2% 79.6% 79.0% 79.1%

Weston 73.4% 79.2% 74.4% 79.1% 77.6%

District Reference Group Data: ELA

Next Steps- Smarter Balanced Assessment

❏ Review at the district and school level to identify opportunities for program enhancement

❏ Students performing below goal have been identified by schools for review of SRBI support- use of Interim Assessments

❏ Review 2018-19 testing windows; 2018-19 (All elementary (G 3-5) and middle school (6-8) tested at the same time to reduce impact on instructional time

❏ Review Growth Rate (Percentage of students meeting their respective growth target) and Percentage of Target Achieved data (Average percentage of growth target achieved for all students) for matched cohort

❏ Review data with Curriculum Directors and Building-Based Leaders❏ School-based parent sessions

Next Steps-Smarter Balanced Assessment

CT SAT School Day (Grade 11)

District Participation rate (min. 95%)

ELA (average score)

Math scores (average score)

Combined(average score)

Darien 96.9% 611 628 1239 (up 33 pts)

New Canaan 98.3% 618 619 1237

Easton/Redding 98.6% 588 587 1175

Ridgefield 96.7% 604 604 1208

Westport 98.9% 612 610 1222

Wilton 98.7% 614 595 1209

Weston 97.8% 604 590 1194

District Reference Group Data: CT SAT School Day

District 2015-16 ELA: % at Level 3 or above

2016-17 ELA: % at Level 3 or above



Darien 94.6% 94.8% 90.8% 93.1%

New Canaan 96.2% 94.4% 89.7% 94.2%

Easton/Redding 90.9% 90.6% 86% 90.3%

Ridgefield 92.1% 93.0% 89.2% 92.6%

Westport 90.8% 92.4% 91.2% 92.2%

Wilton 93.0% 95.4% 88.6% 91.8%

Weston 84.3% 92.5% 92.6% 86.7%

District Reference Group Data: ELA

District 2015-16 Math: % at Level 3 or above




Darien 83.7% 85.8% 80.3% 85.8%

New Canaan 84% 81.7% 78.8% 81.3%

Easton/Redding 72.6% 69.6% 71.9% 75.2%

Ridgefield 80.4% 77.9% 77.4% 80.4%

Westport 75.5% 78.3% 79.5% 78.2%

Wilton 76.1% 77.3% 73.4% 76.1%

Weston 71.1% 77.3% 77.7% 74.4%

District Reference Group Data: Mathematics

Next Generation Science Assessment: Description

NGSS is taken online: Students in grades 5, 8 and 11 take the assessment. It includes:

❏ Multiple choice questions❏ Item clusters (A series of questions connected to a scientific

phenomenon.)It measures student performance against the Next Generation Science Standards, which includes practices and concepts in:

❏ Life Sciences❏ Physical Sciences❏ Earth and Space Sciences

Next Generation Science Assessment: Updates

❏ Preliminary scores have been released, but official results, as well as

individual student reports will not be released until later in October

❏ Scores will be our first set of benchmark data

❏ Scores cannot be compared against CMT or CAPT

Part 2: College Admissions Testing Data

❏ 91% of Class of 2019 seniors took the SAT at least one time❏ Data reflects scores of the LAST test the student took

SAT Scores

Comparison SAT Data

Subject2017 2018 2019

Math639 634 618

ERW633 631 613

2019 Comparison SAT Data

Subject Darien DRG A CT National

Math 618 607 506 515

ERW 613 611 520 524

Advanced Placement Exams

❏ Used for potential college credit or placement❏ Scoring based on a 1-5 scale❏ Administered the first two weeks of May during school❏ Most exams are 2-3 hours in length

Advanced Placement Courses in 2018-19❏ AP Studio Art❏ AP Computer Science A❏ AP English Lit❏ AP English Language❏ AP French❏ AP Spanish❏ AP Microeconomics❏ AP Euro History❏ AP Human Geography❏ AP U.S. Govt & Politics

❏ AP U.S. History❏ AP Calculus AB❏ AP Calculus BC❏ AP Statistics❏ AP Music Theory❏ AP Biology❏ AP Chemistry ❏ AP Physics C: E&M❏ AP Physics C: M❏ AP Environmental Science

Additional Advanced Placement Courses 2019-20

❏ AP Macroeconomics (S2)❏ AP Computer Science Principles

Five Year Score TrendYear 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Students 362 406 422 422 458

Exams 743 818 843 935 951

% 3+ 94 92 91 92 91

Comparison 2019 Advanced Placement Data

District/Region Percentage 3 or higher

Darien 91%

DRG A 88%

Participation in AP ExamsYear 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Grad Class 63.1 60.4 65.7 62.7 61.9

12th 55.8 56.5 59.9 57.7 55.2

11th 41.5 50.9 43.9 46.6 55.9

10th 3.6 3.1 3.9 5.6 5.7

American College Testing (ACT) Scores

❏ 2019 Profile Scores are not available at this time.❏ Uses a 1-36 scoring scale, includes English, Mathematics, Reading,

and Science❏ " Composite score" = Average of 4 subtests❏ Standardly accepted at colleges and universities

American College Testing (ACT): Four Year Score Trend

Year English Math Reading Science Composite

2018 28.5 27.3 28.3 26.5 27.8

2017 28.5 27.6 28.2 27.0 28.0

2016 27.2 27.1 27.4 26.2 27.1

2015 27.5 27.4 27.3 25.9 27.1

2019 Assessment Calendar: Tentative Dates/ Date Ranges:

English Language (EL) Proficiency January 2 - March 8 2020

SAT Connecticut School Day (G11) April 14, 2020

SAT Connecticut School Day Make-Up (G11) April 28-29, 2020

Smarter Balanced Assessments Elementary (G3-5): March 25 - June 7 (Target: 1 week, mid- May)

Middle School (G6-8): March 25 - June 7 (Target: 1 week, after April break)

Next Generation Science Standards Test G5 & G8

Elementary May 14- May 20 (two days)Middle April 28th 2020 (one day)

Next Generation Science Standards Test G11 High School: May 27, 2020

Testing Dates 2019-2020

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