Provincial Achievement Test Analysis

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Provincial Achievement Test Analysis

• 2013-2014

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Context

• Nickle served the communities of Lake Bonavista,
  Bonavista Downs, Cranston and Auburn Bay.
• Our student population was approximately 579
  students in 2013/2014.

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 6
• Language Arts

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 94.5 Acceptable
• 9.4. Excellence
• 5.5 Below Standard
• Province
• 90.6 Acceptable
• 19.5 Excellence
• 9.4 Below Standard

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Results by Program

• Regular 96 Students (75.6) Nickle
• 28305 Students (68.4 ) Province
• School
• 94.8 Acceptable
• 10.4 Excellence
• Province
• 92.3 Acceptable
• 21.9 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 23 Students (18.1) Nickle
• 3946 Students (9.5) Province
• School
• 95.7 Acceptable
• 4.3 Excellence
• Province
• 79.9 Acceptable
• 5.3 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 8 Students (6.3) Nickle
• 5978 Students (14.4) Province
• School
• 87.5 Acceptable
• 12.5 Excellence
• Province
• 84.6 Acceptable
• 11.8 Excellence

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 6
• Social Studies

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 79.2 Acceptable
• 8.0 Excellence
• 20.8 Below Standard
• Province
• 78.9 Acceptable
• 19.2 Excellence
• 21.1 Below Standard

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Results by Program

• Regular 94 Students (75.2) Nickle
• 27812 Students (73.7) Province
• School
• 89.4 Acceptable
• 8.5 Excellence
• Province
• 82.5 Acceptable
• 21.9 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 24 Students (19.2) Nickle
• 3637 Students (9.6) Province
• School
• 41.7 Acceptable
• 8.3 Excellence
• Province
• 58.4 Acceptable
• 6.1 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 7 Students (5.6) Nickle
• 5720 Students (15.2) Province
• School
• 71.4 Acceptable
• 0 Excellence
• Province
• 72.1 Acceptable
• 13.0 Excellence

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Priorities for Improvement

• Use a variety of pre-reading, during reading, and
  post-reading strategies.
•  Use of categorical (Connect, Question,
  Visualize, Infer, Transform) recommended Picture
  Books.
• Use of online audio books (Start To Finish
  Program).
•  Exploring additional resources to meet learners
  needs (Reading Powers by Adrienne Gear,
  Jennifer George, and categorical reading bins)

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• Provide opportunities to view and interpret
  various types of text (digital, print, images,
  sound)
•  Provide lots of opportunity for students to
  engage in purposeful reading activities.
•  Provide opportunity for students to evaluate
  various types of text.
•  Provide opportunity for students to evaluate
  their own reading.
•  Provide frequent formative feedback to students
  throughout the reading process.

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 6
• Math

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 84.5 Acceptable
• 16.3 Excellence
• 15.5 Below Standard
• Province
• 80.7 Acceptable
• 17.0 Excellence
• 19.3 Below Standard
• 2009/10 Pilot Year/Pilot Exam

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Results by Program

• Regular 96 Students (74.4) Nickle
• 28377 Students (74.2) Province
• School
• 89.6 Acceptable
• 17.7 Excellence
• Province
• 83.2 Acceptable
• 18.4 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 25 Students (19.4) Nickle
• 3642 Students (9.5) Prov.
• School
• 60.0 Acceptable
• 4.0 Excellence
• Province
• 61.1 Acceptable
• 5.3 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 8 Students (6.2) Nickle
• 3642 Students (9.5) Province
• School
• 100 Acceptable
• 37.6 Excellence
• Province
• 78.2 Acceptable
• 15.5 Excellence

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 6
• Science

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 89.8 Acceptable
• 23.4 Excellence
• 10.2 Below Standard
• Province
• 84.2 Acceptable
• 28.2 Excellence
• 15.8 Below Standard

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Results by Program

• Regular 96 Students (75.0) Nickle
• 27976 Students (73.6) Province
• School
• 93.8 Acceptable
• 27.1 Excellence
• Province
• 87.4 Acceptable
• 31.9 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 24 Students (18.8) Nickle
• 3714 Students (9.8) Province
• School
• 75.0 Acceptable
• 8.3 Excellence
• Province
• 67.3 Acceptable
• 12.3 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 8 Students (6.3) Nickle
• 5743 Students (15.1) Province
• School
• 87.5 Acceptable
• 25 Excellence
• Province
• 76.8 Acceptable
• 19 Excellence

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Priorities for Improvement

• To increase the percentage of students who are
  confident and capable of solving grade level
  mathematical problems.
• Use the four step problem solving method when
  completing mathematical problems.
• Discussions to enable students to view learning
  as a process rather than destination
• Use common assessments from Thompson Nelsons
  Prime to flag initial students for RTI

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• Provide intervention in identified areas as they
  arise based on specific curricular concepts
•  Personalization of learning through the use of
  assistive technology (smart board) to allow
  students to articulate their understanding in a
  greater variety of ways.
•  Using multiple modes of sharing and
  communicating of mathematical understanding and
  making students view challenges as part of the
  learning process.

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 9
• Language Arts

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 87.9 Acceptable
• 18.2 Excellence
• 12.1 Below Standard
• Province
• 86.4 Acceptable
• 17.0 Excellence
• 13.6 Below Standard
• No Results for 2012-13 due to floods

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Results by Program

• Regular 94 Students (71.2) Nickle
• 28608 Students (73.9) Province
• School
• 91.5 Acceptable
• 24.5 Excellence
• Province
• 89.3 Acceptable
• 18.3 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 30 Students (22.7) Nickle
• 3503 Students (9.0) Province
• School
• 76.7 Acceptable
• 3.3 Excellence
• Province
• 64.2 Acceptable
• 4.2 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 8 Students (6.1) Nickle
• 3559 Students (9.2) Province
• School
• 87.5 Acceptable
• 0 Excellence
• Province
• 74.6 Acceptable
• 8.9 Excellence

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 9
• Social Studies

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 73.5 Acceptable
• 22.7 Excellence
• 26.5 Below Standard
• Province
• 73.6 Acceptable
• 23.0 Excellence
• 26.4 Below Standard

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Results by Program

• Regular 96 Students (72.7) Nickle
• 28576 Students (79.4) Province
• School
• 77.1 Acceptable
• 30.2 Excellence
• Province
• 77.7 Acceptable
• 25.5 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 28 Students (21.2) Nickle
• 3366 Students (9.4) Province
• School
• 57.1 Acceptable
• 3.6 Excellence
• Province
• 48.1 Acceptable
• 9.7 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 8 Students (6.1) Nickle
• 3447 Students (9.6) Province
• School
• 87.5 Acceptable
• 0 Excellence
• Province
• 62.1 Acceptable
• 14.0 Excellence

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Priorities for Improvement

• Students will be able to accurately articulate
  their current level of understanding or
  achievement in relation to the curricular
  objectives. They will also be able to
  specifically articulate their next steps towards
  mastery.
• Use of student work as formative/summative
  assessment to drive the adjustment cycle.
•  Provide frequent formative feedback to students
  throughout.
•  Goal setting with students for them to focus on
  a particular goal in Humanities (ie.
  Reading/Writing)

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• Teacher mentoring (while providing feedback) on
  how to identify next steps for learning using the
  following as evidence
• Journals
• Informal and Formal Self-assessment
• Peer evaluation
• Assignments
• Conferencing
•  Involvement of students in creating clear
  rubrics that specifically address curriculum
  objectives

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 9
• Math

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 72.2 Acceptable
• 15.1 Excellence
• 27.8 Below Standard
• Province
• 74.4 Acceptable
• 19.1 Excellence
• 25.6 Below Standard

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Results by Program

• Regular 95 Students (75.4) Nickle
• 28595 Students (79.7) Province
• School
• 74.7 Acceptable
• 18.9 Excellence
• Province
• 77.4 Acceptable
• 20.4 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 23 Students (18.3) Nickle
• 3165 Students (8.68) Province
• School
• 65.2 Acceptable
• 0 Excellence
• Province
• 47.5 Acceptable
• 5.3 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 8 Students (6.3) Nickle
• 3505 Students (9.8) Province
• School
• 62.5 Acceptable
• 12.5 Excellence
• Province
• 71.0 Acceptable
• 19.3 Excellence

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Provincial Achievement Test

• Grade 9
• Science

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Results Based on Writing

• School
• 74.4 Acceptable
• 18.8 Excellence
• 25.6 Below Standard
• Province
• 81.5 Acceptable
• 24.7 Excellence
• 18.5 Below Standard

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Results by Program

• Regular 96 Students (72.2) Nickle
• 28820 Students (79.1) Province
• School
• 75.0 Acceptable
• 22.9 Excellence
• Province
• 85.2 Acceptable
• 27.0 Excellence

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Results by Program

• Special Education 28 Students (21.1) Nickle
• 3422 Students (9.4) Province
• School
• 78.6 Acceptable
• 10.7 Excellence
• Province
• 59.6 Acceptable
• 10.1 Excellence

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Results by Program (cont.)

• ELL 8 Students (6.0) Nickle
• 3494 Students (9.6) Province
• School
• 50 Acceptable
• 0 Excellence
• Province
• 70.6 Acceptable
• 19.1 Excellence

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Priorities for Improvement

• Formative assessment via
• Self-reflection
• Peer feedback
• Rubrics
•  Where each of the above are and include
• curriculum referenced indicators
• clear feedback descriptors
• co-constructed joint understanding between
  teachers and students

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Summary

• Nickle met or exceeded provincial results at the
  acceptable level in 7 out of 8 PATs.
• Nickle met or exceeded provincial results at the
  excellence level in 4 out of 8 PATs.
• Standard of excellence levels declined slightly
  from previous years.
• Nickle special education students met or exceeded
  provincial results at the acceptable level on 6
  out of 8 PATs.
• Nickle ELL students met or exceeded provincial
  results at the acceptable level on 5 out of 8
  PATs.

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Overall Trends

1. Grade 6 results were strong again!
2. Special Education and ESL students performed
   better than the province in most cases.
3. Grade 9 results saw improvements in excellence
   from previous year in all 4 subjects