District-Wide Multiple Assessment Data

SCASS and PLAN Science

 

In grade span 6-8

 

How did the eighth grade students perform on the SCASS* assessment in science?

¥The SCASS component (MM705) of Stopping Distance was taken by 108 8th graders in the spring of 2003 (teacher scored).

 

 

Objective Totals

Short Answer Totals

Extended Response Totals

4 points

44

5

5

3 points

46

14

13

2 points

1

48

30

1 point

3

26

22

Non scorable

-

15

38

 

 

¥The SCASS component (MM705) of Stopping Distance was taken by 123 8th graders in the spring of 2004.  It was scored by AEA 13 teachers using the task-specific rubric.

 

 

Overall Mean %

Objective Mean %

Subjective Mean %

Spring 2004

57.32

78.05

46.95

 

¥The students did much better on the objective portion of the test than the subjective portion.

 

Spring 2004

Overall Mean %

Objective Mean %

Subjective Mean %

Female

55.46

74.57

45.91

Male

58.97

81.15

47.88

IEP

52.08

70.83

42.71

No IEP

58.03

79.09

47.50

SES

53.06

70.41

44.39

No SES

60.14

83.11

48.65

 

 

 

 

*Appendix W

 

 

 

 

In grade span 9-12

 

How do the PLAN science scores of Atlantic High School sophomores compare to the10th grade students nationally?

 

¥ The PLAN test is given to all Atlantic High School sophomores each year in October. 

¥ The 121 sophomores in 2003-2004 had a mean score of 19.2 which was above the national mean of 17.4.

¥ Over one-half of the 2003-2004 sophomores scored in upper quartile nationally in science.

¥ Sophomore females in science had a mean score of 18.7 while the males had a mean score of 19.5.

 

NatÕl Quartile

Score Range

%  of AHS sophomores

 

 

2002-2003

2003-2004

75-99%

19-32

48%

55%

50-74%

15-18

23%

24%

25-49%

13-14

21%

11%

1-24%

1-12

8%

10%

 

Is the academic achievement of AHS PLAN tested sophomores for the past 4 years improving compared to that of sophomores nationally?

 

¥  The AHS sophomores have consistently scored above the national average of 17.4 in science.

 

 

 

# of students

Mean Score

Atlantic

2003-2004

(N=121)

19.2

Atlantic

2002-2003

(N=109)

18.4

Atlantic

2001-2002

(N=108)

18.8

Atlantic

2000-2001

(N=146)

17.8