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District Assessment Report
Rory McCourt – District Testing Coordinator
Westwood Regional School District
December 16, 2010
Assessment
“Assessment has more to
do with helping students
grow than cataloging their
mistakes.” - Carol Ann Tomlinson
Forms of Assessment
• Formative vs. summative• Essays• Tests / quizzes• Questioning• Presentations• Projects• NJASK / HSPA
More about the NJASK & HSPA
• Compare similar districts in terms of DFG
• NCLB and federal funding• Total population and sub-
groups• Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP)• Not a growth model
MathematicsTOTAL STUDENTS
(grade level) 11876543
State MathProficient & Advanced
74.168.564.371.878.877.078.1
DFG MathProficient & Advanced
83.277.972.779.386.284.585.7
Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced
82.173.977.584.388.679.684.3
GENERAL ED.
11876543
State MathProficient & Advanced
82.777.472.579.185.282.582.6
DFG MathProficient & Advanced
90.185.580.786.592.089.989.8
Westwood MathProficient & Advanced
90.983.589.589.295.188.691.3
SPECIAL ED.
11876543
State MathProficient & Advanced
32.728.726.438.451.355.462.5
DFG MathProficient & Advanced
43.135.029.941.058.661.869.6
Westwood MathProficient & Advanced
42.932.323.146.222.245.557.1
*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG
Language Arts LiteracyTOTAL STUDENTS
(grade level)11876543
State LALProficient & Advanced
87.182.569.265.363.059.659.7
DFG LALProficient & Advanced
93.490.278.975.572.569.368.8
Westwood LALProficient & Advanced
92.192.580.774.871.370.463.6
GENERAL ED.
11876543
State LALProficient & Advanced
94.390.678.173.770.966.966.5
DFG LALProficient & Advanced
98.096.187.283.980.477.275.9
Westwood LALProficient & Advanced
99.498.892.882.577.480.173.4
SPECIAL ED.
11876543
State LALProficient & Advanced
56.347.728.726.828.729.432.5
DFG LALProficient & Advanced
70.658.635.131.434.434.537.3
Westwood LALProficient & Advanced
61.170.925.715.416.729.528.6
*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG
Science 4 & 8TOTAL STUDENTS
(grade level)84
GENERAL ED.
84
State ScienceProficient & Advanced
82.993.4
State Science
Proficient & Advance89.896.1
DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced
90.296.9
DFG Science
Proficient & Advanced95.298.7
Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced
92.496.4
Westwood Science
Proficient & Advanced97.799.5
SPECIAL ED.
84
State ScienceProficient & Advanced
54.684.8
DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced
64.090.2
Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced
74.284.5
TOTAL STUDENTS(grade level)
11
GENERAL ED.
11
SPECIAL ED.
11
StateProficient & Advanced
55.9
StateProficient & Advanced
63.2
StateProficient & Advanced
21.4
DFGProficient & Advanced
68.0
DFGProficient & Advanced
75.0
DFGProficient & Advanced
26.9
WestwoodProficient & Advanced
65.5
WestwoodProficient & Advanced
77.5
WestwoodProficient & Advanced
18.2
Biology End of Year
*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG
LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY (Total Students)LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY (Total Students)
YEAR DFG/DISTRICT PP P AP
08-09 DFG 28.2 64.0 7.8
08-09 District 36.3 57.6 6.1
09-10 DFG 31.2 61.3 7.5
09-10 District 36.4 60.4 3.2
GRADE 4GRADE 4
YEAR DFG/DISTRICT PP P AP
08-09 DFG 27.6 63.1 9.3
08-09 District 29.6 65.5 4.9
09-10 DFG 30.7 56.6 12.7
09-10 District 29.6 63.2 7.2
GRADE 5GRADE 5
YEAR DFG/DISTRICT PP P AP
08-09 DFG 24.1 63.6 12.2
08-09 District 24.3 65.0 10.6
09-10 DFG 27.5 60.6 11.9
09-10 District 28.7 62.9 8.4
GRADE 3GRADE 3
New Jersey Algebra I ResultsNumber of Students
% Below Basic
% Basic % Proficient% Adv
Proficient
A 15,706 74% 16% 9% 1%
B 10,630 62% 23% 14% 1%
CD 10,981 56% 25% 18% 2%
DE 17,290 50% 27% 21% 3%
FG 13,166 43% 26% 26% 5%
GH 18,36838% 26% 30% 5%
WWRSD = 35.2%WWRSD =
33.9%WWRSD =
29.5% WWRSD = 1.3%
I 21,058 25% 26% 38% 11%
J 1,420 11% 17% 47% 25%
State 47% 24% 24% 5%
Jr./Sr. High School
SAT Update:• Class of 2009 mean score - 1523• Class of 2010 mean score - 1540 (+17 points)• Class of 2011 mean score - 1563 (+23 points)Critical Reading Math Writing
2009 485 539 4992010 499 536 5052011 504 544 515
Jr./Sr. High School
HSPA Score
• Special Review Assessment / AHSA for students who scored partially proficient– 2007: 4 students– 2008: 5 students– 2009: 5 students – 2010: 7 students– 2011: 7 students
Short-term Solutions
• NJASK / HSPA Action-plans
• Staff development• Explicit test-preparation• Building-based focus• Lesson plans & formal
observations• Incentive programs• Cultural change
Long-term Solutions
• Increasing academic rigor = transfer of content knowledge and skills
• Revising curriculum K-12 to the Common Core Standards
• Continued focus on best-practice instructional strategies
• Explicit test preparation
Westwood Elementary Schools
• Data analysis• Curriculum mapping• NJASK preparation in
grades 2-5 (NJASK Primer)
• Monthly timed assessments
• Co-teaching
• Data-driven decision-making
• Flexibility and collaboration of school-wide plan
• “Mock” NJASK days• Specialized plans for
BSI and special education students
Westwood Regional Middle School
• Timed writing prompts• Math Connects• Test preparation
materials• “Do Now” activities
that are NJASK focused
• Co-teaching
• Cross-curricular• Administrative NJASK
sessions• Data analysis at
faculty meetings• Higher-order thinking
skills (objective writing)
• Culture changing
Jr./Sr. High School• Problem of the Day - modeling questions to HSPA,
NJASK, SAT, ACT, AP, & College Board subject tests• Co-teaching• Test preparation materials• EXPLORE & PLAN for 9th and 10th grades• Data analysis in terms of student progress on interim
assessments• Educational Proficiency Plans (EPP)• Math Pre-HSPA diagnostic test for 9th and 10th graders• Incentive programs
Upcoming Dates
NJASK Parent Forum
Thursday, April 7, 20117:00 P.M.
Brookside Elementary School
HSPA
March 1st, 2nd, 3rd
NJASK
Grade 3-5: May 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Grade 6-8: May 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
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Suggested Websites• New Jersey Department of Education
www.state.nj.us/education/
• Office of State Assessments www.nj.gov/education/assessment/
• Office of Academic Standards www.nj.gov/education/aps
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/
• Measurement, Inc. www.measinc.com/njask
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Writing Frameworks
http://nagb.org/publications/frameworks.htm
Questions
If you have questions, please contact
Rory McCourt at [email protected] or please contact your building principal.