Parent Assessment MeetingJanuary 2016

Agenda• Prayer

• Iowa-Explanation of Test

-Results Student Profile Sheets

-National Percentile Ranks

-Grade Level Equivalency Data

-Longitudinal Data

-Strengths/Areas of Focus

• Interim Testing

-Summary of Test

-Data Use

• High School Placement Test

-Summary of Test

-Data Results

• Questions

Iowa Assessment

• Iowa Assessment Grades 1-8

– Assesses student achievement and educational development

– Measures basic skills in core subject material taught in school

• Math

• Language Arts

• Science

• Social Studies

Student Profile Sheets

National

Percentile

GE

Predicted

National

Percentile

Percentile Bar Graph

• Used to determine which areas of achievement seem strongest and weakest

• 1-25 (low range)• 26-75 (average range)• 76-99 (high range)

CogAT

• Measures level of understanding, reasoning, and problem solving skills of students in three different areas:

– Verbal

– Quantitative

– Non-verbal

• CogAT Assessment Grades 1, 3, 5, and 7

• Generally used to predict the success of students in school

– Skill develop over time

Iowa National Percentiles

Composite Scores Per GradeGrade 2015-2016

8 80

7 73

6 70

5 74

4 68

3 77

2 69

1 82

Grade 1-NPR

Grade 1-GE

Grade 2-NPR

Grade 2-GE

Grade 3NPR

Grade 3GE

Grade 4NPR

Grade 4GE

Grade 4 ELA

Grade 4 Math

Grade 4 Social Studies

Grade 4 Science

Grade 5NPR

Grade 5GE

Grade 5 ELA

Grade 5 Math

Grade 5 Social Studies

Grade 5 Science

Grade 6NPR

Grade 6GE

Grade 6 ELA

Grade 6 Math

Grade 6 Social Studies

Grade 6 Science

Grade 7NPR

Grade 7GE

Grade 7 ELA

Grade 7 Math

Grade 7 Social Studies

Grade 7 Science

Grade 8NPR

Grade 8GE

Grade 8 Science

Grade 8 Social Studies

Grade 8 Math

Grade 8 ELA

ASCS Strengths

• Strengths

– ELA

• Conventions of writing

• Vocabulary

– Science

– Social Studies

– Math (mathematics and computation) show growth yearly)

ASCS Areas of Focus

• Areas of Focus

– Computation/numeracy skills

– Multi-step processing

– Grammar

– Civics/Economics

Interim Testing

• Administered Grades 2-8

– Math and language arts

– 3 times per year (Sept., Jan., and April)

– Computers, netbooks, or iPads

– Takes approximately ½ hour per test

Interim Testing

• Measures student understanding of current grade level Common Core skills

– Need support, approaching proficiency, proficiency

• Used to guide teacher instruction/curriculum

Interim Testing

High School Placement Test (HSPT)

• The HSPT is a comprehensive placement test for eighth graders for placement in the ninth grade.

• Catholic high schools use to assist with admissions, scholarship selection, and curriculum placement.