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“To Test or Not to Test”
December 2008 State Assessment Conference
Peter Hendrickson, Everett Assessment
Bob Silverman, Puyallup Assessment
Puyallup’s Experience
District Overview
9th largest school district in the state 21,938 students
28.8% student diversity 23% students qualify for free/reduced price
lunch 33 schools
7 Junior High Schools (6 in 2008) 4 High Schools (3 comprehensive and 1 alternative)
9th Grade Testing Experience Prior to Spring, 2008
Reading Math Writing
2006 398 students
(23%)
291 students
(17%)
383 students
(22%)
2007 719 students
(42%)
611 students
(36%)
725 students
(43%)
9th Grade Testing Experience: Percent Meeting Standard
Reading Math Writing
2006 85.8% 64.7% 88.5%
2007 90.1% 63.8% 92.4%
Our Decision to Expand
Consensus of all secondary schools Prior success of our students High Schools request for data more current than
8th grade results Junior High Schools (teachers and
administrators) wanting performance data for 9th grade students
Support of Executive Administration and Board Parent and student support Support of OSPI
Our Plan
Test all 9th Grade students in reading and writingWith school flexibility for testing students with
significant disabilities
Test 9th Grade students in mathematics who were enrolled in at least in geometry
Our Process
Began the policy conversation with schools in the spring of 2007
Reached consensus as a group in October Developed procedures for communicating
with parents in November Mailed letters to parents in December Registered students in December/January
Our Results
Percent Tested in Reading: 92.7%
Percent Tested in Writing: 91.2%
Percent Tested in Math: 60.6%
Number and Percent of 9th Graders Who Took the High School Reading WASL
Spring 2008
11131 73 83 112 1232
64 6 4 7 53
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Number and Percent of 9th Graders Who Took the High School Reading WASL
Spring 2008
155 1506
14 67
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Special Education Not Special Education
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Number and Percent of 9th Graders Who Took the High School Math WASL
Spring 2008
53
1032
116
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Percent of 9th Graders Who Took the High School WASLMet Standard in the Spring, 2008
77.7
91.3
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Reading Writing Math
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Factors we think contributed to our success in “Writing” Fall district writing assessments since 2002
using state prompts, scoring guides, and anchors
Annual professional development for teachers Group scoring opportunity for teachers in target
grades In 2007-08, required 9th grade writing
assessment in both the fall and winter Fall: Scored by Teachers on Release Day Winter: Scored by Contractor
Winter and Spring Writing Performance9th Grade 2008
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What we learned about “Math”
We had some “rogue” schoolsTested all students, regardless of math
course being taken
The courses students took had a significant impact on student performance
9th Grade Math Courses Related to 9th Grade Math WASL Scores
428
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ALGEBRA I
ALGEBRA II
BAS MATH III
GEOMETRY
MATH LAB III
Number and Percent: Meeting and Not Meeting Standard
Did Not Meet Standard Met Standard
Students Meeting or Not Meeting Math Standard in Grade 9 Related to 8th Grade Math Scores: 9th Grade Algebra I Students
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Grade 8 Math WASL Score
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What we learned about “Reading”
The HS reading test was easier for students than was the 8th Grade reading test
Students at all levels of general “Reading Comprehension” levels were successful on the 9th Grade Reading WASL
Correlation = .691
8th Grade Reading Scores Related to 9th Grade Reading Scores, 2007 and 2008
207 Students
73 Students
Winter 2008 Degrees of Reading Power: NPR
Correlation = .627
Grade 9 Degrees of Reading Power Related to Grade 9 Reading WASL, 2008
Issues/Struggles/Concerns
Managing the HS assessments in 7 additional schools Logistics of testing
Teachers who are proctors, but teach 7/8 graders Teacher loss of planning period Space
Negotiating with schools a common approach OSPI reports some data without “previously passed”
students How best to use the data in High Schools
Will we test 9th grade students again in 2009? Definitely, yes!
Letter sent to parents are included
As are our general procedures
