Assessment+Results+-+Pretest

Assessment Results - PreTest
**ELA ASSESSMENT REPORT ** **Close & Critical Reading ** **December 2010 **   **ASSESSMENT DATA **  **READING SCORES **    **Wayne County RESA ** **English Language Arts ** **9-12 Grade Classrooms **  **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Because AYP is formulated on reading, the ELA team focused on reading comprehension of complex text. The project coaches provided support in helping teachers understand and teach reading strategies that will enable students to answer these four critical reading questions: ** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';"> **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">What does the text ****<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">SAY ****<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">? Summarization of text ** **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">How does the author say it? Writer’s Craft/Method of Communicating ** **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">What does the text ****<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">MEAN ****<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">? Comprehension - Understanding ** **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Why is this text ****<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">IMPORTANT ****<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">? Generalization beyond text ** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">In addition, the project imbedded ACT reading question stems. ** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">ASSESSMENT ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-weight: normal;"> **// __<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Instrument: __ //****// <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> Criterion-Referenced //** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Using expository text similar to that found on the ACT, teachers/coaches administered an assessment to measure students’ ability to answer the above critical reading questions, using reading strategies for complex text. ** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> **// __<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Timelines: __ //**<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Test Administration: During Month of December 2010 ** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> **// __<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;">Data Points __ //** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> ** · ****<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> 777 students took the assessment ** <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="height: 242.75pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 8.5pt; margin-top: 10.15pt; mso-height-relative: margin; mso-width-relative: margin; position: absolute; text-align: left; width: 461.95pt; z-index: 251662336;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Averages Out of Possible 4 points ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Question #1:// What does it say? // 1.6  **  <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Question #2: // How does author say it? // 1.4 **  <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Question #3: // What does it mean? //1.4  **  <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Question #4: // Why does it matter? // 1.7  **  <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 26pt;">
 * <span style="display: block; padding-bottom: 4.35pt; padding-left: 7.95pt; padding-right: 7.95pt; padding-top: 4.35pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">AVERAGE SCORES BY QUESTION  **