Download - NECAP 2007: District Results
NECAP 2007: District Results Office of Research, Assessment, and
Evaluation
February 25, 2008
What is NECAP?
• Criterion-referenced standardized test
• State-mandated assessment of core content– Reading– Mathematics– Writing (Grades 5, 8, and 11)
• Administered to all students – Grades 3-8– Grade 11 (reported separately)
Example:
340
Grade Level Scaled Score
Types of Scores Reported on NECAP• Achievement Levels
– Use to make comparisons about achievement of standards
– Reported in percent of n– Four proficiency levels
• Scaled scores– Use to make comparisons
among students, schools, and districts
– 3-digit number– 40 is the proficient cut score
Level Descriptor
4 Proficient with Distinction
3 Proficient
2 Partially Proficient
1 Substantially below Proficient
Reading Results
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District-wide (Achievement Levels):
• 40% of students scored proficient or higher as compared to 37% in 2006.
• 29% of students scored substantially below proficient in reading in 2007, the same as in 2006.
• A trend demonstrating an increase in percent proficient across a three-year period has emerged.
Reading Results
Grade-level (Achievement Levels):
• Percent proficient ranged from 36% (gr. 6) to 43% (gr. 5)
• Percent substantially below proficient ranged from 22% (gr. 5) to 31% (gr. 4, 8)
• Grades 5, 7 & 8:
– Trend - more students proficient
– Trend - fewer students substantially below proficient
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Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
Reading Results
Scaled Scores:
• No grade displays a mean scaled score that attains Proficient (i.e., 40).
• Grades 5, 7, and 8:
– continuous gain in mean scaled sore across three years.
NECAP Reading Mean Scale Score
Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Total Population
323431
343436
38
35 36
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
2005 2006 2007
N-2005 2,005 1,984 1,933 N-2006 1,766 1,933 1,886N-2007 1,697 1,683 1,836
Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
Writing Results
District-wide (Achievement Levels):
• 28% of students scored proficient or higher as compared with 24% in 2006
• 34% of students scored substantially below proficient as compared with 42% in 2006
• Data is inconsistent for the district; trends do not emerge
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Writing Results
Grade-level (Achievement Levels):
• Percent proficient ranged from 20% (gr. 8) to 36% (gr. 5)
• Percent substantially below proficient ranged from 31% (gr. 5) to 37% (gr. 8)
• Trends do not emerge
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Writing Results
Scaled Scores:
• No grade displays a mean scaled score that attains Proficient (i.e., 40).
• Grade 8:
– Trend - continuous one-point gains in mean scaled sore across three years.
NECAP Writing Mean Scale Score
Grades 5 and 8 - Total Population
29
3330
32 31
35
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Grade 5 Grade 8
2005 2006 2007
N-2005 1,795 1,886 N-2006 1,766 1,851 N-2007 1,727 1,816
Math Results
District-wide (Achievement Levels):
• 28% of students scored proficient or higher as compared with 31% in 2006
• 44% of students scored substantially below proficient as compared with 43% in 2006
• Data is inconsistent for the district; trends do not emerge
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Math Results
Grade Level (Achievement Levels):
• Percent proficient ranged from 25% (gr. 8) to 34% (gr. 5)
• Percent substantially below proficient ranged from 40% (gr. 3) to 48% (gr. 8).
• 2 of 6 grade levels demonstrate some degree of decline in the percent of students substantially below proficient from 2006 to 2007 – grades 7 and 8.
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Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
Math Results
Scaled Scores:
• No grade displays a mean scaled score that attains Proficient (i.e., 40).
• 34% of students scored substantially below proficient as compared with 42% in 2006
• Data is inconsistent for most grade levels; however, Grade 8 data reflects a positive trend in mean scaled sore
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Grade 3-5 Grade 6-8
NECAP District Reading - Grade Level ComparisonPercent in Each Performance Level
Testing Years Results District and Grades 3, 4 and 5 - Fall 2005 - Fall 2007
3729 29
3528 30
39
2731 32 29
22
34
34 32
33
32 28
30
3533 33
32
34
2734
35
29
38 38
28
34 32 3234
36
3 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 4 5 7
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
11,480 11,066 10,270 1,866 1,909 1,491 1,886 1,801 1,833 1,806 1,771 1,730
District (3-8) Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
N
NECAP District Reading - Grade Level ComparisonPercent in Each Performance Level
Testing Years Results Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Fall 2005 - Fall 2007
3228 30
39
2925
42
34 31
38
3234
35
40
34
33
3331
27
37 32
2429
36
23
3133
3 3 4 2 2 51 3 4
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
2,005 1,766 1,697 1,984 1,933 1,683 1,933 1,886 1,836
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
N
NECAP Reading Mean Scale Score
Grades 3, 4 and 5 - Total Population
3335 35
373737
3636
38
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
2005 2006 2007
N-2005 1,866 1,886 1,806 N-2006 1,909 1,801 1,771N-2007 1,491 1,833 1,730
NECAP Reading Mean Scale Score
Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Total Population
323431
343436
38
35 36
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
2005 2006 2007
N-2005 2,005 1,984 1,933 N-2006 1,766 1,933 1,886N-2007 1,697 1,683 1,836
NECAP District Writing - Grade Level ComparisonPercent in Each Performance Level
Testing Years Results Fall 2005 - Fall 2007
3642
34 32
41
31
4044
37
35
34
38
31
32
32
3836
43
2620
23
32
22
28
21 18 18
3 4 5 5 5 81 3 2
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
3,681 3,617 3,543 1,795 1,766 1,724 1,886 1,851 1,816
District (5, 8) Grade 5 Grade 8
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
N
NECAP Writing Mean Scale Score
Grades 5 and 8 - Total Population
29
3330
32 31
35
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Grade 5 Grade 8
2005 2006 2007
N-2005 1,795 1,886 N-2006 1,766 1,851 N-2007 1,727 1,816
NECAP District Mathematics - Grade Level ComparisonPercent in Each Performance Level
Testing Years Results District and Grades 3, 4 and 5 - Fall 2005 - Fall 2007
5243 44 47
3740
49
3843 44
3742
25
2527
30
3030
26
29
3125
26
23
21
2725
21
2827
2330
2427
33 30
3 4 3 26 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
11,698 11,268 10,449 1,902 1,928 1,522 1,928 1,835 1,875 1,846 1,801 1,760
District (3-8) Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
N
NECAP District Mathematics - Grade Level ComparisonPercent in Each Performance Level
Testing Years Results Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Fall 2005 - Fall 2007
52
4247
57
49 47
6154
48
26
25
24
23
23 27
19
2128
21
2825
17
25 2217
22 23
15 4 2 3 4 3 3 2
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007
2,048 1,818 1,730 2,019 1,960 1,711 1,955 1,926 1,851
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
N
NECAP Mathematics Mean Scale Score
Grades 3, 4 and 5 - Total Population
323234
363435
3234 35
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
2005 2006 2007
N-2005 1,902 1,928 1,846 N-2006 1,928 1,835 1,801N-2007 1,522 1,875 1,760
NECAP Mathematics Mean Scale Score
Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Total Population
313130
323334 3333 33
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
2005 2006 2007
N-2005 2,048 2,019 1,955 N-2006 1,818 1,960 1,926N-2007 1,730 1,711 1,851