district assessment report westwood regional school district february 18, 2010

District Assessment Report

Westwood Regional School District

February 18, 2010

Assessment has more to do with helping students grow than cataloging their mistakes.

- Carol Ann Tomlinson

Forms of Assessment

• Formative vs. Summative

• Essays

• Tests/Quizzes

• Questioning

• Presentations

• Projects

• Self-assessment

WWRSD Plans• WWRSD curriculum based “shared”

assessments– K-5 Reading– Pre/mid/post assessments in mathematics– 6-12 mid-term and final exams

• TerraNova reading assessments in grades 2, 5, and 8

• Test of Cognitive Skills in grades 2, 3, 4, 5

• Action-plans in every building

• Examining student writing at grade-level meetings and increasing academic rigor

MathematicsTOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level) 11876543

State MathProficient & Advanced

72.771.266.370.977.472.975.2

DFG MathProficient & Advanced

8380.575.578.784.879.783.7

Westwood Math Proficient & Advanced

81.285.481.180.785.482.878

GENERAL ED.

11876543


81.880.374.778.583.378

79.7


90.288.583.386.190.184.887.9

Westwood MathProficient & Advanced

91.193.791.591.591.587

84.4

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


29.430.428.436.151.352.457.4


41.538

34.939.358.857.665.9

Westwood MathProficient & Advanced

44.748.834.542.555.952

57.4

*Yellow indicates areas where the WWRSD outperformed the DFG

Language Arts LiteracyTOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level)

11876543

State LALProficient & Advanced

83.682

71.969.865.863

62.7

DFG LALProficient & Advanced

91.490

81.979.575.872.471.8

Westwood LALProficient & Advanced

89.890.488.185

75.670.463.7

GENERAL ED.

11876543


91.890

80.778.274.170.169.3


96.996.189.687.583.579.878.4


97.998.995.296.684

75.671.9

SPECIAL ED.

11876543


46.547.232.230.930.132.834.9


62.359.442.636.738.439.243


60.556.155.242.535.340

36.1


Science 4 & 8TOTAL STUDENTS

(grade level)84

GENERAL ED.

84

State ScienceProficient & Advanced

84.291

State ScienceProficient & Advance

90.494

DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced

90.995.1

DFG Science

Proficient & Advanced95.797.5

Westwood ScienceProficient & Advanced

95.598


98.998.9

SPECIAL ED.

84

State ScienceProficient & Advanced

58.179.9

DFG ScienceProficient & Advanced

6885.5


80.592

TOTAL STUDENTS11

GENERAL ED.11

SPECIAL ED.11

State Raw Score34.5

State Raw Score

36.6

State Raw Score25.4

DFG Raw Score37.8

DFG Raw Score

37.3

DFG Raw Score28.4

Westwood Raw Score37.5

Westwood Raw Score39.5

Westwood Raw Score

30.1

Biology End of Year


Short-term Solutions

NJASK Action-plans• Areas in need of attention• Instructional strategies• Curricular or program

changes • Leveraging of resources

District-wide “Do Nows”

Long-term Solutions

• Increasing academic rigor = transfer of content knowledge and skills

• Better linking curriculum to the revised standards

• Continued focus on best-practice instructional strategies

• Explicit test preparation

Jr.-Sr. High School

SAT Update for Class of 2009

Bergen Record: 88 students (senior year)

Mean: 1511

Naviance: 108 students tested in total

Mean: 1523

Class of 2010: 124 students tested

Mean: 1553

Jr.-Sr. High School

• HSPA Scores– Special Review Assessment/AHSA for

students who scored partially proficient– 2007- 4 students = 3%– 2008- 5 students = 3%– 2009- 5 students = 3%– 2010- 7 students = 4%

Jr.-Sr. High School

• Problem of the Day - modeling questions to HSPA, NJASK, SAT, ACT, AP, & SAT subject tests

• Question of the Day from ACT • Test preparation materials• EXPLORE & PLAN for 9th and 10th grades• Data Analysis Committee

Brookside Elementary School

• Timed writing prompts• Math Connects• Test preparation

materials• “Do Now” activities

that are NJASK focused

• Lesson plans• Writing across the

subject areas• Data analysis at

faculty meetings• Academic rigor

Berkeley Elementary School

• Data analysis• Curriculum mapping• Problem of the day• Cross-content

opportunities• Monthly timed

assessments in LAL and mathematics

• Data-driven decision making

• Flexibility and collaboration of school-wide plan

Upcoming Dates

NJASK Parent Forum

Tuesday, March 16, 20107:00 P.M.

Brookside Elementary SchoolTo register, visit our website at www.wwrsd.org

HSPA

March 2nd, 3rd, & 4th

NJASK

Grade 3: May 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th

Grade 4: May 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th

Grades 5-6: May 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th

Grades 7-8: April 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th

Questions

If you have questions, please contact

Rory J. McCourt at [email protected] or please contact your building principal.

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Suggested Websites• New Jersey Department of Education

www.state.nj.us/education/

• Office of State Assessments www.nj.gov/education/assessment/

• Office of Academic Standards www.nj.gov/education/aps

• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/

• Measurement, Inc. www.measinc.com/njask

• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Writing Frameworks

http://nagb.org/publications/frameworks.htm

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