Terra Nova CAT Achievement Assessment for Grades 3, 5 & 6

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1 TerraNova Results, Page Terra Nova CAT Achievemet Assessmet for Grades 3, 5 & 6 Itroductio I , the New Mexico Achievemet Assessmet was chaged to a orm-refereced, multiplechoice test called the Terra Nova CAT Complete Battery, Form C (Terra Nova CAT). Normed atioally i 2000, the Terra Nova CAT was chose from amog the available assessmets because it was deemed to most closely match the New Mexico cotet ad performace stadards for studets at grades 3-9. The subtests of the Terra Nova CAT are Readig, Laguage Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies ad Sciece. Uder stadardized test admiistratio, all studets are give the same directios, time limits, ad scorig criteria, with the goal of esurig fairess for all studets. Thus, the scores idicate where idividuals ad groups of studets stad i relatio to others locally as well as their peers across the atio. Purpose of This Report This report attempts to aswer the followig questios: 1. What is the overall academic performace of the studets i the Roswell Idepedet School Districts (RISD)? 2. How does academic performace i vary amog, ethicities, ecoomic levels, Eglish proficiecy levels ad special educatio program status? 3. How well are RISD studets performig o each objective measured by the test? Iterpretatio of Media Natioal Percetile Rak () Sice the Public Educatio Departmet (PED) reports results utilizig s, this report cotais s as well. To fid a group s media percetile rak, all idividual percetiles are ordered from largest to smallest. The middle score (half fall above it ad half fall below it) is the group s. If a group scored exactly like the atioal orm group, the would be 50, the atioal average. If a school s is 60, for example, we ca ifer that the middle studet i that school scored higher tha 60% of the studets i the atioal orm group Third Grade New Mexico Achievemet Assessmet (TerraNova CAT) Summary Results 1. I March 2003, 552 RISD 3 rd grade studets took the stadardized admiistratio of the TerraNova. They scored above the atioal average ( of 50) o all subtests (Readig=50.6; Laguage Arts=57.6; Math =51.1; ad Total Score=54.8) except i Sciece=47.9 ad Social Studies= I a ormal distributio, oe would expect to fid 25% of the studets scorig i the bottom quartile o each subtest. While 18.91% of the RISD 3 rd graders scored i the atioal orm bottom quartile i Readig, 16.8% fell ito the bottom quarter i Laguage Arts, 17.24% i Mathematics, 24.14% i Sciece ad 22.1% i Social Studies,. 3. There were 175 Aglo studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for Aglo studets was 63.0 i Readig, while the lowest media was 57.0 i Mathematics.

2 TerraNova Results, Page 2 There were 351 Hispaic studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Hispaic studets was 52.6 i Laguage Arts, while the lowest media was 43.9 i Sciece. There were 18 Africa America studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Africa America studets was 49.0 i Laguage Arts, while the lowest media was 32.0 i Mathematics. 4. Of the rd graders i the stadardized admiistratio, 53 were classified as Eglish Laguage Learers (based o their limited proficiecy i the Eglish laguage). Their Total Score media was 25.0; the highest subtest was 32.0 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 21.7 i Readig. 5. Studet eligibility for free or reduced-price luches was utilized as a ecoomic idicator, but scores for these groups were ot broke out by stadardized admiistratio or accommodatio. Of all the 3 rd grade studets who took the TerraNova, regardless of the settig, 495 qualify for free or reduced-price luches ad will be cosidered as comig from low-icome families for the purposes of this aalysis. Studets thusly deemed low-icome posted a Total Score media of The highest score for the low-icome group was 46.8 i Laguage Arts, while the lowest media was 40.1 i Readig. 6. Sixty six of the studets who took the TerraNova received Special Educatio services. Their Total Score media was The highest score media for the Special Educatio Studets was 28.7 i Sciece, while the lowest media was 11.7 i Readig. 7. I March 2003, third-grade studets correctly aswered 67.1% of the Readig questios, 68.2% i Laguage Arts, 75.0% i Math, 69.7% i Sciece ad 69.4% i Social Studies Fifth Grade New Mexico Achievemet Assessmet (TerraNova CAT) Summary Results 1. I March 2003, 585 RISD 5 th grade studets took the stadardized admiistratio of the TerraNova. They scored above the atioal average ( of 50) o all subtests (Readig=54.1; Laguage Arts =53.4; Math =55.9; ad Total Score=56.8) except i Sciece=45.3 ad Social Studies= I a ormal distributio, oe would expect to fid 25% of the studets scorig i the bottom quartile o each subtest. While 16.64% of the RISD 5 th graders scored i the atioal orm bottom quartile i Readig, 15.27% fell ito the bottom quarter i Laguage Arts, 17.64% i Mathematics, 22.39% i Sciece ad 24.32% i Social Studies. 3. There were 235 Aglo studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Aglo studets was 67.0 i Readig ad Mathematics, while the lowest media was 55.8 i Sciece. There were 338 Hispaic studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Hispaic studets was 49.8 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 34.6 i Social Studies.

3 TerraNova Results, Page 3 There were 9 Africa America studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Africa America studets was 31.0 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 21.7 i Laguage Arts. 4. Of the th graders i the stadardized admiistratio, 59 were classified as Eglish Laguage Learers (based o their limited proficiecy i the Eglish laguage). Their Total Score media was 26.5; the highest subtest was 27.0 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 17.6 i Social Studies. 5. Studet eligibility for free or reduced-price luches was utilized as a ecoomic idicator, but scores for these groups were ot broke out by stadardized admiistratio or accommodatio. Of all the 5 th grade studets who took the TerraNova, regardless of the settig, 517 qualify for free or reduced-price luches ad will be cosidered as comig from low-icome families for the purposes of this aalysis. Studets thusly deemed low-icome posted a Total Score media of The highest score for the low-icome group was 40.1 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 31.7 i Social Studies. 6. Oe hudred twety-seve of the studets who took the TerraNova test received Special Educatio services. Their Total Score media was The highest score media for the Special Educatio Studets was 23.6 i Sciece, while the lowest media was 14.0 i Mathematics. 7. I March 2003, fifth-grade studets correctly aswered 58.5% of the Readig questios, 59.4% i Laguage Arts, 66.7% i Math, 59.3% i Sciece ad 57.5% i Social Studies Sixth Grade New Mexico Achievemet Assessmet (TerraNova CAT) Summary Results 1. I March 2003, 586 RISD 6th grade studets took the stadardized admiistratio of the TerraNova. They scored above the atioal average ( of 50) o all subtests (Readig=54.5; Laguage Arts =57.8; Math =61.5; ad Total Score=60.4) except i Sciece=45.4 ad Social Studies= I a ormal distributio, oe would expect to fid 25% of the studets scorig i the bottom quartile o each subtest. While 13.21% of the RISD 6th graders scored i the atioal orm bottom quartile i Readig, 13.21% fell ito the bottom quarter i Laguage Arts, 13.14% i Mathematics, 23.55% i Sciece ad 22.01% i Social Studies,. 3. There were 200 Aglo studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Aglo studets was 70.3 i Laguage Arts, while the lowest media was 62.7 i Sciece. There were 334 Hispaic studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Hispaic studets was 56.7 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 38.7 i Sciece. There were 17 Africa America studets who took the TerraNova test. The highest score media for the Africa America studets was 55.0 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 30.3 i Sciece. 4. Of the 556 6th graders i the stadardized admiistratio, 36 were classified as Eglish Laguage Learers (based o their limited proficiecy i the Eglish laguage). Their Total Score media

4 TerraNova Results, Page 4 was 22.0; the highest subtest was 30.3 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 13.7 i Social Studies. 5. Studet eligibility for free or reduced-price luches was utilized as a ecoomic idicator, but scores for these groups were ot broke out by stadardized admiistratio or accommodatio. Of all the 6th grade studets who took the TerraNova, regardless of the settig, 527 qualify for free or reduced-price luches ad will be cosidered as comig from low-icome families for the purposes of this aalysis. Studets thusly deemed low-icome posted a Total Score media of The highest score for the low-icome group was 50.4 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 35.5 i Sciece. 6. Oe hudred thirtee of the studets who took the TerraNova test received Special Educatio services. Their Total Score media was The highest score media for the Special Educatio Studets was 19.8 i Mathematics, while the lowest media was 12.8 i Readig. 7. I March 2003, sixth-grade studets correctly aswered 64.5% of the Readig questios, 63.9% i Laguage Arts, 65.0% i Math, 58.0% i Sciece ad 59.5% i Social Studies.

5 TerraNova Results, Page 5 District Results for Grade 3 Figure 1: Media of 3rd Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subject Area (Stadardized Admiistratio) Social Studies Sciece Total Score* Mathematics Laguage Readig Media * Total Score cosists of Readig, Laguage Arts ad Mathematics Table 1: Distributios of Quartile Rages of 3rd Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subject Area (Stadardized Admiistratio) Quartile ( rage) Readig Laguage Arts Math Total Score Sciece Social Studies 1st Quarter 104 (18.91%) 89 (16.18%) 95 (17.24%) 87 (15.82%) 133 (24.14%) 122 (22.1%) 2d Quarter 171 (31.09%) 140 (25.45%) 175 (31.76%) 147 (26.73%) 162 (29.4%) 173 (31.34%) 3rd Quarter 167 (30.36%) 161 (29.27%) 175 (31.76%) 201 (36.55%) 168 (30.49%) 160 (28.99%) 4th Quarter 108 (19.64%) 160 (29.09%) 106 (19.24%) 115 (20.91%) 88 (15.97%) 97 (17.57%)

6 TerraNova Results, Page 6 Table 2: Media of 3rd Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subgroups Stadardized Admiistratio Oly Both Stadardized &Accommodatios Grade 3 Whole Group Aglo Hispaic Africa America Eglish Laguage Learer Free or Reduced Luch Program Special Educatio Studets Media Media Media Media Media Media Media Readig Laguage Arts Mathematics Total Score Sciece Social Studies

7 TerraNova Results, Page 7 Table 3: Mea Number ad Percet of Items Aswered Correctly by Grade 3 Studets i the District, ( = 631 studets) TerraNova Test Objectives Mea Percet Readig (42 items) Basic Uderstadig (14) - iitial uderstadig (3), stated iformatio (5), stated iformatio graphics (3), sequece (2), vocabulary (1) Aalyze Text (14) - mai idea/theme (2), coclusios (4), compare/cotrast (1), story elemets/character (6), literary techiques (1) Evaluate ad Exted Meaig (7) - reality/fatasy (1), geeralize (1), critical assessmet (2), predict/hypothesize (1), exted/apply meaig (2) Idetify Readig Strategies (7) - vocabulary strategies (5), self-moitor (1), make coectios (1) Laguage Arts (28 items) Setece Structure (7) - subject/predicate (3), complete/fragmet/ru-o (2), setece combiig (2) Writig Strategies (7) - topic setece (3), relevace (3), sequece (1) Editig Skills (14) - capitalizatio (5), puctuatio (1), usage (8) Mathematics (50 items) Number ad Number Relatios (9) - coutig (1), read, recogize umbers (1), compare, order (1), fractioal part (1), place value (1), idetify use i real world (1), roudig, estimatio (2), umber sese (1) Computatio ad Numerical Estimatio (12) - computatio (6), computatio i cotext (1) estimatio (3), computatio with moey (2) Operatio Cocepts (4) - model problem situatio (1), operatio sese (1), operatio properties (2) Measuremet (6) - appropriate tool (1), estimate (1), time (1), caledar (1), temperature (1), use ruler (1) Geometry ad Spatial Sese (6) - solid figure (1), cogruece, similarity (1), symmetry (1), trasformatios (1), coect 2-D with 3-D figures (2) Data Aalysis, Statistics, ad Probability (6) - select data display (1) read bar graph (1), iterpret data display (1), restructure data display (1), probability (1), compare data (1) Patters, Fuctios, Algebra (4) - missig elemet (1), umber patter (1), geometric patter (2) Problem Solvig ad Reasoig (3) - idetify missig/extra iformatio (1), evaluate solutio (1), model problem situatio, solutio (1) Sciece (35 items) Sciece Iquiry (7) - data iterpretatio (4), methods ad desig (3) Physical Sciece (5) - eergy (3), structure ad properties of matter (2) Life Sciece (8) - ecology (2), habitat ad adaptatio (4), life cycles (1), taxoomy (1) Earth ad Space Sciece (7) - rock dyamics (1), solar system (4), weather, atmosphere, ad climate (1), water dyamics (1) Sciece ad Techology (4) - desig of techology (2), sciece ad techology (1), use of techology (1) Persoal ad Social Perspectives i Sciece (4) - eviromet (2), health (1), resources (1) Social Studies (35 items) Geographic Perspectives (9) - the world i spatial terms (3), places ad regios (2), huma systems (1), eviromet ad society (3) Historical ad Cultural Perspectives (9) - cultures, cultural diversity (1), people, places, evets (4), time, cotiuity, chage (3), historical research (1) Civics ad Govermet Perspectives (9) - govermet processes ad structures (3), the role of the citize (6) Ecoomic Perspectives (8) - productio, distributio, cosumptio (8)

8 TerraNova Results, Page 8 District Results for Grade 5 Figure 2: Media of 5th Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subject Area (Stadardized Admiistratio) Social Studies Sciece Total Score* Mathematics Laguage Readig Media * Total Score cosists of Readig, Laguage Arts ad Mathematics Table 4: Distributios of Quartile Rages of 5th Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subject Area (Stadardized Admiistratio) Quartile ( rage) Readig Laguage Arts Math Total Score Sciece Social Studies 1st Quarter 97 (16.64%) 89 (15.27%) 103 (17.64%) 78 (13.38%) 131 (22.39%) 142 (24.32%) 2d Quarter 178 (30.53%) 186 (31.9%) 147 (25.17%) 174 (29.85%) 203 (34.70%) 226 (38.7%) 3rd Quarter 166 (28.47%) 165 (28.3%) 188 (32.19%) 190 (32.59%) 165 (28.21%) 147 (25.17%) 4th Quarter 142 (24.36%) 143 (24.53%) 146 (25.00%) 141 (24.19%) 86 (14.70%) 69 (11.82%)

9 TerraNova Results, Page 9 Table 5: Media of 5th Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subgroups Stadardized Admiistratio Oly Both Stadardized &Accommodatios Grade 5 Whole Group Aglo Hispaic Africa America Eglish Laguage Learer Free or Reduced Luch Program Special Educatio Studets Media Media Media Media Media Media Media Readig Laguage Arts Mathematics Total Score Sciece Social Studies

10 TerraNova Results, Page 10 Table 6: Mea Number ad Percet of Items Aswered Correctly by Grade 5 Studets i the District, ( = 722 studets) TerraNova Test Objectives Mea Percet Readig (46 items) Basic Uderstadig (14) - iitial uderstadig (3), stated iformatio (4), sequece (2), vocabulary (5) Aalyze Text (15) - mai idea/theme (3), coclusios (5), story elemets/character (4), story elemets/plot (1), supportig evidece (1), literary techiques (1) Evaluate ad Exted Meaig (8) - fact opiio (2), author purpose (3), author poit of view/bias (1), critical assessmet (1), predict/hypothesize (1), Idetify Readig Strategies (9) - summarize (2), vocabulary strategies (4), self-moitor (1), make coectios (1), sythesize across texts (1) Laguage Arts (34 items) Setece Structure (12) - complete/fragmet/ru-o (5), setece combiig (5), misplaced modifier(2) Writig Strategies (12) - topic setece (2), relevace (4), supportig seteces (5), iformatio sources (1) Editig Skills (10) - usage (10) Mathematics (57 items) Number ad Number Relatios (11) - read, recogize umbers (1), compare, order (2), place value (2), equivalet forms (1), ratio, proportio (1), expaded otatio (1), umber lie (1), roudig, estimatio (1), factors, multiples, divisibility (1) Computatio ad Numerical Estimatio (12) - computatio (4), computatio i cotext (1) estimatio (3), computatio with moey (2), determie reasoableess (1), estimatio with moey (1) Operatio Cocepts (6) - operatio sese (5), operatio properties (1) Measuremet (9) - appropriate uit (1), time (1), temperature (1), perimeter (1), area (1), rate (1), covert measuremet uits (1), use ruler (2) Geometry ad Spatial Sese (4) - agles (1), coordiate geometry (1), cogruece, similarity (1), symmetry (1), Data Aalysis, Statistics, ad Probability (8) - read bar graph (1), read circle graph (1), read table, chart, diagram (1), iterpret data display (1), evaluate coclusios draw form data (2), probability (1), compare data (1) Patters, Fuctios, Algebra (4) - missig elemet (1), umber patter (1), geometric patter (1), expressio (1), rules (1) Problem Solvig ad Reasoig (3) - idetify missig/extra iformatio (1), evaluate solutio (1), proportioal reasoig (1) Sciece (40 items) Sciece Iquiry (8) - data iterpretatio (2), methods ad desig (6) Physical Sciece (7) - eergy (5), structure ad properties of matter (2) Life Sciece (9) - ecology (2), habitat ad adaptatio (3), life cycles (1), taxoomy (3) Earth ad Space Sciece (7) - rock dyamics (2), solar system (1), weather, atmosphere, ad climate (2), water dyamics (2) Sciece ad Techology (5) - desig of techology (3), sciece ad techology (1), use of techology (1) Persoal ad Social Perspectives i Sciece (4) - health (1), resources (2), use of techology (1) Social Studies (40 items) Geographic Perspectives (15) - the world i spatial terms (7), places ad regios (4), huma systems (3), eviromet ad society (1) Historical ad Cultural Perspectives (9) - people, places, evets (3), time, cotiuity, chage (3), historical research (3) Civics ad Govermet Perspectives (7) - democratic values ad priciples (1), govermet processes ad structures (4), the role of the citize (2) Ecoomic Perspectives (9) - productio, distributio, cosumptio (7), ecoomic istitutios ad systems (2)

11 TerraNova Results, Page 11 District Results for Grade 6 Figure 3: Media of 6th Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subject Area (Stadardized Admiistratio) Social Studies Sciece Total Score* Mathematics Laguage Readig Media * Total Score cosists of Readig, Laguage Arts ad Mathematics Table 7: Distributios of Quartile Rages of 6th Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subject Area (Stadardized Admiistratio) Quartile ( rage) Readig Laguage Arts Math Total Score Sciece Social Studies 1st Quarter 77 (13.21%) 77 (13.21%) 77 (13.14%) 67 (11.49%) 138 (23.55%) 129 (22.01%) 2d Quarter 177 (30.36%) 145 (24.87%) 128 (21.84%) 140 (24.01%) 191 (32.59%) 188 (32.08%) 3rd Quarter 191 (32.76%) 191 (32.76%) 194 (33.11%) 218 (37.39%) 157 (26.79%) 159 (27.13%) 4th Quarter 138 (23.67%) 170 (29.16%) 187 (31.91%) 158 (27.1%) 100 (17.06%) 110 (18.77%)

12 TerraNova Results, Page 12 Table 8: Media of 6th Grade TerraNova Test Results for the District by Subgroups Stadardized Admiistratio Oly Both Stadardized &Accommodatios Grade 6 Whole Group Aglo Hispaic Africa America Eglish Laguage Learer Free or Reduced Luch Program Special Educatio Studets Media Media Media Media Media Media Media Readig Laguage Arts Mathematics Total Score Sciece Social Studies

13 TerraNova Results, Page 13 Table 9: Mea Number ad Percet of Items Aswered Correctly by Grade 6 Studets i the District, ( = 703 studets) TerraNova Test Objectives Mea Percet Readig (42 items) Basic Uderstadig (12) - iitial uderstadig (5), stated iformatio (4), vocabulary (3) Aalyze Text (13) - mai idea/theme (1), coclusios (2), story elemets/character (3), story elemets/ settig (1), literary techiques (5), ofictio elemets (1) Evaluate ad Exted Meaig (8) - geeralize (3), author purpose (1), author poit of view (1), critical assessmet (1), predict/hypothesize (2), Idetify Readig Strategies (9) - summarize (2), apply gere criteria (1), vocabulary strategies (1), graphic strategies (1), self-moitor (2), make coectios (1), utilize structure (1) Laguage Arts (38 items) Setece Structure (9) - complete/fragmet/ru-o (6), setece combiig (3) Writig Strategies (15) - topic setece (2), relevace (7), sequece (1), supportig seteces (3), coective/trasitioal words (1), iformatio sources (1) Editig Skills (14) - usage (14) Mathematics (56 items) Number ad Number Relatios (10) - read, recogize umbers (1), fractioal part (3), equivalet forms (1), ratio, proportio (1), percet (1), expaded otatio (1), factors, multiples, divisibility (2) Computatio ad Numerical Estimatio (13) - computatio (4), computatio i cotext (2) estimatio (3), computatio with moey (3), determie reasoableess (1) Operatio Cocepts (3) - operatio sese (2), operatio properties (1) Measuremet (7) - estimate (1), area (2), volume, capacity (1), scale drawig, map, model (1), covert measuremet uits (1), use ruler (1) Geometry ad Spatial Sese (6) - plae figure (1), agles (2), coordiate geometry (1), visualizatio, spatial reasoig (1), coect 2-D with 3-D figures (1) Data Aalysis, Statistics, ad Probability (7) - read bar graph (1), read lie graph (1), iterpret data display (2), make ifereces form data (1), probability (1), use data to solve problems (1) Patters, Fuctios, Algebra (5) - missig elemet (1), rules (2), iequality (2) Problem Solvig ad Reasoig (5) - develop, explai strategy (1), solve o-routie problem (1), proportioal reasoig (3) Sciece (40 items) Sciece Iquiry (9) - data iterpretatio (5), methods ad desig (4) Physical Sciece (7) - eergy (2), motios ad forces (1), structure ad properties of matter (4) Life Sciece (9) - cells ad eergy (1), ecology (2), habitat ad adaptatio (1), life cycles (1), orga systems (2), taxoomy (2) Earth ad Space Sciece (7) - Earth-moo systems (1), rock dyamics (2), solar system (2), weather, atmosphere, ad climate (1), water dyamics (1) Sciece ad Techology (4) - careers (1), desig of techology (1), use of techology (2) Persoal ad Social Perspectives i Sciece (4) - eviromet (3), health (1) Social Studies (40 items) Geographic Perspectives (10) - the world i spatial terms (7), places ad regios (3) Historical ad Cultural Perspectives (11) - cultures, cultural diversity (5), people, places, evets (1), time, cotiuity, chage (5) Civics ad Govermet Perspectives (10) - purposes of govermet (2), democratic values ad priciples (3), govermet processes ad structures (1), the role of the citize (4) Ecoomic Perspectives (9) - productio, distributio, cosumptio (5), ecoomic istitutios ad systems (4)