District-Wide Multiple Science Assessment Data

NWEA and PLAN

 

In grade span 6-8

 

How did the eighth grade students perform on the NWEA/MAP general science?

 

¥The NWEA/MAP science assessment replaced the SCASS as the multiple measure in science.

¥The students in grades 4-8 will take the science assessment over science concepts and processes in the fall and over general science content (life, earth/space, physical) in the spring. 

¥The spring 2004 testing will provide the baseline data for the general science content and the fall 2005 testing will provide the baseline data for science concepts and processes.

 

Spring 2005

Number of  Students not SES or IEP

Grade

Mean Rit

 

Life Science

Earth/Space Science

Physical Science

56

4

203.2

 

203.5

202.4

203.5

59

5

210.9

 

209.7

210.3

213.3

73

6

213.5

 

213.2

213.4

214.2

66

7

216.3

 

217.1

217.1

214.8

86

8

218.0

 

217.0

217.3

220.4

 

Spring 2005

Number of  SES Students

Grade

Mean Rit

 

Life Science

Earth/Space Science

Physical Science

42

4

201.0

 

201.0

200.2

202.1

40

5

204.9

 

203.3

205.5

205.8

39

6

204.1

 

204.1

204.4

203.6

47

7

209.5

 

211.3

209.8

207.1

38

8

207.2

 

207.3

206.4

208.1

 

Spring 2005

Number of  IEP Students

Grade

Mean Rit

 

Life Science

Earth/Space Science

Physical Science

18

4

196.6

 

201.0

200.2

202.1

16

5

204.9

 

203.3

205.5

205.8

15

6

196.6

 

197.1

196.0

196.7

16

7

202.6

 

204.0

202.6

200.9

13

8

197.8

 

194.2

197.9

201.2

*red italic area of concern

*green bold strong performance

 

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 110 sophomores in 2004-2005 had a mean score of 19.0 which was above the national mean of 17.4.  The mean of 19.0 was a slight decrease from 19.2 the previous year.
¥ One-half of the 2004-2005 sophomores scored in upper quartile nationally in science.
¥ Sophomore females in science had a mean score of 18.4 while the males had a mean score of 19.4.

NatÕl Quartile

 

Score Range

 

%  of AHS sophomores

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

75-99%

19-32

48%

55%

50%

50-74%

15-18

23%

24%

25%

25-49%

13-14

21%

11%

16%

1-24%

1-12

8%

10%

9%

 

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

2004-2005

(N=110)

19.0

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