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Nativity Catholic School
IOWA Testing
70 years of educational research and test development
Form E
Big Picture• student’s classroom work• homework • projects• classroom assessments• portfolios
Iowa Assessments
Type: Norm referenced administered
Reading, Language, Mathematics, SocialStudies, and Science.
The tests assess both basic skills and higher order thinking skills.
Purpose: Improve instruction and student learning
Spring 2012 Form E Common CoreNorms: 1
Rationale ~ (Arch)Dioceses in Florida
Sister Seven includes St. Petersburg
• Reflects changes in Curriculum and Instruction (esp. technology)
• Greater emphasis on Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
• Common Core• Baseline for future growth• Data to inform and revise• IOWA – PARC?
Educational Use:• Identify strengths and weaknesses
• Inform• Monitor growth• Measure core standards• Implement Response to Intervention (RTI)• Inform placement decisions• Make comparisons• Evaluate programs• Predict future performance• Support accountability
National Percentile Rank (NPR)
A Percentile Rank indicating the status or relative rank of a student's score compared to a nationally representative sample of examinees.
Looking at your report!Percentile Rank For example, if a student earned a 72nd
Percentile Rank in Language, this would mean he or she scored better than 72 percent of the students in a particular norm group who were administered that same test of Language.
99 Pieces
Looking at your report!Percentile Rank
Your Report SAMPLE STUDENT
Looking at your report!
Core & CompositeLook at scores against the composite to note strength or weakness
Core TotalComposite
Grade Equivalent (GE)
*corresponding to a given score on any test indicates the grade level at which the typical student obtains this score
NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!
Core TotalComposite
NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!
Core TotalComposite
Reading 6.5
Written Expression 7.1
Conventions in Writing 7.1
Math Computation 6.7
Science 7.0
Social Studies 7.5
NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!
Core TotalComposite
NCS Group Longitudinal DisplayALWAYS report grade 5 & 8 for transparency!
Core TotalComposite
Reading 10.4
Written Expression 12.3
Conventions in Writing 11.7
Math Computation 11.5
Science 11.7
Social Studies 12.6
• Identify the class/grade overall strengthWhy you feel this is a strength?Does it correlate with what you already knew?• Identify class/grade overall weaknessWhy you feel this is a weakness?Does it correlate with what you already knew?
• List your 5 HIGHEST students in LARTS/MATHAre you meeting their needs? How?• List your 5 LOWEST students in LARTS/MATHAre you meeting their needs? How?
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Questions?