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New Jersey Student Learning Assessment NJSLA 2019 Test Results

Standardized Assessment  State and federal laws require states to administer assessments aligned to state standards and the results must be valid, reliable, and comparable statewide  New Jersey has administered standardized statewide assessments since 1978

 Spring 2019: New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) replaced PARCC  NJ Department of Education partnered with New Meridian to provide and develop test items for NJSLA  New Meridian provides states with access to high- quality, operationally ready test content with the flexibility to design custom assessments to meet state specific needs.  New Meridian works with a wide range of expert organizations to help states develop high-quality assessment programs quickly and cost-effectively.

Similarities/Differences NJSLA - PARCC  Online platform same  NJSLA has fewer questions than PARCC  Number of units for English Language Arts (ELA) reduced from three to two  Reduction of 75 minutes for grade three  Reduction of 90 minutes for grades four through high school.  Number of units for Math in grades 3-5 reduced from four to three  Reduction of 60 minutes of testing time.  Total testing time = 360 minutes

 NJSLA – ELA (English Language Arts)  ELA assessments focused on reading and comprehending a range of sufficiently complex texts independently and writing effectively when analyzing texts  NJSLA – Math  Assessment focused on applying skills and concepts, understanding multi-step problems that require abstract reasoning and modeling real-world problems with precision and perseverance To view samples of NJSLA tests, click on the following link: https://nj.mypearsonsupport.com/practice-tests/

NJSLA Performance levels  Level 1: Not yet meeting grade-level expectations  Level 2: Partially meeting grade-level expectations  Level 3: Approaching grade-level expectations  Level 4: Meeting grade-level expectations  Level 5: Exceeding grade-level expectations

Questions that Underlie Data Analysis….  Does the data indicate any areas of curricula weakness?  Is the Scope and Sequence of instruction appropriately paced?  Which curricular areas would benefit from on-going, sustained professional development?  Does the data demonstrate difficulty with the same standards from one year to the next? If so, why?  Does the data support progress toward achieving school goals?  Do students gain ground or lose ground over time?  Do other assessment results confirm NJSLA results?  Is there any organizational issues we have to address (time, personnel, support services)

District and School Level Data

Grade Level Results

North Caldwell 2019 NJSLA Grade-Level Outcomes English Language Arts (ELA) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Count Not Yet Partially Met Approached Met Exceeded District % ≥ NJ % ≥ of Valid Meeting Expectation Expectations Expectations Expectations Level 4 Level 4 Test Expectations s Scores Grade 97 1.0% 2.1% 10.3% 57.7% 28.9% 86.6% 50.3% 3 Grade 86 1.2% 1.2% 4.7% 48.8% 44.2% 93% 57.4% 4 Grade 98 1.0% 3.1% 5.1% 54.1% 36.7% 90.8% 57.9% 5 Grade 91 1.1% 2.2% 5.5% 15.4% 75.8% 91.2 56.2% 6

North Caldwell 2019 NJSLA Grade-Level Outcomes Mathematics Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Count Not Yet Partially Met Approached Met Exceeded of Meeting Expectations Expectations Expectations Expectations District NJ % ≥ Valid Expectations % ≥ Level 4 Test Scores Level 4 Grade 3 97 1% 2.1% 13.4% 48.5% 35.1% 83.5% 55.1% 86 0% 2.3% 18.6% 70.9% 8.1% 79.1% 51% Grade 4 Grade 5 98 0% 0% 15.3% 51.0% 33.7% 84.7% 46.8% Grade 6 91 0% 6.6% 14.3% 59.3% 19.8% 79.1% 40.5%

Cohort Comparisons Across Grade Levels (Percent of Students who Met or Exceeded Grade Level Expectations) Current Grade Level (Spring 2019) English Language PARCC PARCC PARCC NJSLA Arts 2016 2017 2018 2019 6th 89% 89.4% 90.1% 91.2% 5th 81.3% 91.5% 90.8% 4th 76.7% 93% 3rd 86.6% PARCC PARCC PARCC NJSLA Mathematics 2016 2017 2018 2019 6th 95% 87.1% 82.4% 79.1% 5th 87.4% 85.1% 84.7% 86.0% 79.1% 4th 3rd 83.5%

District Evidence Statement Analysis Evidence Statement Tables and Evidence Statements describe the knowledge and skills that an assessment item or a task elicits from students. Evidence Statements are aligned directly to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards

Student Score Reports

Progress Monitoring

Additional Sources of Data for Progress Monitoring

Additional Student Information That Informs Instruction/Curriculum  Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP)  AimsWeb (Grades K-2)  Achieve 3000 (Lexile Scores)  Reading A-Z (Scores by Standards)  Houghton-Mifflin Unit Tests  Unit Tests in Everyday Math  Functional Classroom Assessments

Measurement of Academic Progress MAP

RIT Scores by Grade Level

AimsWeb Plus

AimsWebPlus  Curriculum based measure  Benchmark and progress monitoring  Brief (most tests take 1-4 minutes to administer)  Progress monitoring 1 minute per measure  Sensitive to improvement  Testing can be done individually or in groups  Data captured automatically and immediately available for analysis and reporting.  Standardized  Aligned with standards  For each measure, there are up to 23 different test forms provided for screening and progress monitoring.

Kindergaten and Grade 1 Measure What Students Do Score Administration Time Print Concepts (PC) Show understanding of purpose, use Number of 2-3 minutes and contents of a book questions answered correctly Letter Naming Fluency Say the names of visually presented Number of letters 1 minute (LNF) letters named correctly Initial Sounds (IS) Look at four pictures and either point Number of correct 2-3 minutes to the one that begins with a given letter sounds and letter sound or make the sound that picture names begins the word Auditory Vocabulary Point to the one of four orally Number of pictures 2-4 minutes (AV) presented words that matches an chosen correctly orally presented word Letter-Word Sounds Say the sounds of visually presented Number of sounds 1 minute Fluency (LWSF) letters, syllables and words or words said correctly Phoneme Say the phonemes in orally Number of 2-3 minutes Segmentation (PS) presented words phonemes said correctly Word Reading Fluency Read a word list aloud Number of words 1 minute (WRF) read correctly Oral Reading Fluency Read two stories aloud, each for 1 Average number 12 minutes (ORF) minute of words read correctly

Grade 2 Measure What Students Do Score Admin Time Vocabulary (VO) Identify the meanings of target Number of items 4-7 Minutes words by selecting from multiple- answered correctly choice options Reading Read six passages of text and Number of items 15-25 Comprehension (RC) answer multiple choice questions answered correctly minutes about each passage Silent Reading Fluency Read three stories divided into brief Median reading rate 4-6 minutes (SRF) sections and answer multiple of three stories choice questions about each story Oral Reading Fluency Read two stories aloud each for 1 Average number of 2 minutes (ORF) minute words read correctly

Cycle of Improvement Assessment Action Analysis

Individual Student Action Plan  Differentiated instruction within classroom  Referral to Intervention and Referral Committee  Enrollment in Academic Tutorial and/or Title 1 Tutoring Program  Referral for Child Study Team Evaluation

Example of I&RS Individualized Goals

Resources for Parents  http://understandthescore.org/  http://bealearninghero.org/classroom/parcc  https://www.state.nj.us/education/assessment/ parents/index.shtml