BOARD ENDS POLICY REVIEW E-2 Students will demonstrate a strong foundation in academic skills by working toward the Kansas Standards of Excellence in reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies and by a locally developed assessment in

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BOARD ENDS POLICY REVIEWE-2Students will
demonstrate a strong foundation in academic
skills by working toward the Kansas Standards of
Excellence in reading, writing, mathematics,
science and social studies and by a locally
developed assessment in technology.Mathematics
Testing Results2000-2001 School YearUSD 244
Board of EducationBurlington, KSFebruary 12,
2001
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Iowa Test of Basic Skills

• Nationally-Normed Test
• Tests curriculum items most commonly taught in
  classroom across the nation.
• Given to all 1st through 8th and 12th grade
  students.
• Testing window is the first two weeks of October.

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• All includes every student enrolled. Scores
  of special education students are omitted in the
  General Education averages.
• The space between the blue lines approximate the
  average range.
• Grade levels scoring within the average range -
  2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th.
• Grade levels scoring above the average range -
  1st, 8th, and 12th.
• There are no grade levels scoring below the
  average range.
• There are very little differences between the
  scores of all students and general education
  students at most grade levels. The greatest
  difference appears in grades 6 and 7.

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• The lowest scores at each grade level except 2nd
  and 3rd were in computation.
• 3rd grade Problem Solving/Data Interpretation and
  Computation scores are above the average range.
• 8th grade Concepts and Estimation scores are
  above the average range.
• 1st grade Problem Solving and Data Interpretation
  Scores are above the average range.
• 5th grade computation scores fell below the
  average range.

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• The greatest percent of students scoring in the
  upper quartile are at grades 1, 8, and 12.
• The greatest percent of students scoring in the
  lower quartile are at grades 2, 5, and 6.

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• Male/Female comparisons vary depending on grade
  level.
• Low SES students consistently scored below high
  SES students.
• High SES groups scored above the average range in
  grades 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 12.
• No high SES groups scored below the average
  range.
• Low SES students scored above the average range
  in grade 3.
• Low SES groups scored below the average range in
  grades 2, 6, 7, and 8.

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• Scores over the past three years indicate
  improvement trends in grades 1, 3, and 8.
• In following cohort groups, the current 4th grade
  class scores indicate an improvement trend over
  the past three years.

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Kansas Math Assessment

• Mandated by the Kansas State Board of Education
• Measures achievement toward the Kansas Curricular
  Standards for Mathematics
• Given to all 4th, 7th, and 10th grade students.
• Testing window is in the month of March.
• The 2000 Assessment is baseline data.

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• USD 244 4th and 10th grade students scored
  slightly below the state average.
• USD 244 7th grade students scored slightly above
  the state average.

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• 4th and 10th grade students scored higher on the
  knowledge questions than the application
  questions.
• 7th grade scores are about the same on both types
  of questions.

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• This is the data that the Kansas Department of
  Education uses to determine whether or not a
  school has achieved the standard of excellence.
• All students are included in this data.
• According to Kansas standards, no USD 244
  building is currently at the standard of
  excellence in mathematics.
• The graph on the right illustrates KSDE
  requirements for the standard of excellence in
  mathematics.

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• Gender differences are not significant across the
  three grade levels.
• High SES students scored more that 10 higher
  than Low SES students at all three grade levels.

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• Gender differences are very slight at all three
  grade levels.
• Low SES students scores are lower than the High
  SES students across all three grade levels.

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• Students taking college prep courses (Core)
  scored higher than those not taking the college
  prep courses (Less).
• Total group ACT scores show an upward trend over
  the past 5 years.
• BHS students in the less group scored a couple
  of points below the state and national averages.

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• In the year 2000, BHS students passing advanced
  math classes was about eighteen percent less that
  the average percent across the state.