Lafayette Regional School

1. Lafayette Regional School New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) 2011-2012 Test Results

2. NECAP SUMMARY • Tests are designed to measure student performance on grade level expectations (GLE’s) as adopted by the four states, (NH, VT, RI, & ME) • Tests are designed to measure the content and skills that students are expected to have as they begin the current enrolled grade

3. Subject Areas • NECAP assesses the following elementary areas: • Mathematics – grades 3,4,5,6 • Reading – grades 3,4,5,6 • Writing – grade 5 • Science – grade 4

4. Proficiency Levels • There are four proficiency levels: • Proficient with Distinction • Proficient • Partially Proficient • Substantially Below Proficient

5. Proficiency Levels • First digit is the grade level • Second and third digits are the numerical mean scaled score • “40” is the “cut point” or lowest score for proficiency on all tests (340 would be the cut point for 3rd grade proficiency, for ex.) • Other “cut points” vary from grade to grade and level to level

6. 3rd Grade Scores(mean scaled scores) 11-12 Reading Lafayette- 358 State- 349 Mathematics Lafayette- 353 State - 347

7. 4th Grade Scores(mean scaled scores) 10-11 11-12 Reading Lafayette- 350453 State- 348 448 Mathematics Lafayette- 347 450 State- 347 448

8. 5th Grade Scores(mean scaled scores) 09-10 10-11 11-12 Reading Lafayette- 355 455 556* State- 349 449 548 Mathematics Lafayette- 348 454 556* State - 347 447 548 Writing Lafayette- 553 State- 541 *Indicates mean score equals “Proficient w/ Distinction” rating

9. 6th Grade Scores(mean scaled scores) 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 Reading Lafayette- 357 451 549654 State- 348 447 548 649 Math Lafayette- 352 455 552653 State- 345 447 546 647 Writing Lafayette- 543 State- 543

10. 7th Grade Scores(mean scaled scores) 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 Reading Lafayette- 349 449 551 657 755 State- 347 447 548 648 749 Mathematics Lafayette- 346 447 548 652* 745 State- 345 446 546 646 745 Writing Lafayette- standardization year- no scores State- standardization year- no scores

11. Essential Question…? • What is the percentage of Lafayette students scoring at the “Proficient” or “Proficient w/ Distinction” levels?

12. Students Scoring at the “Proficient” or “Proficient w/ Distinction” levels Grade 3 Reading LRS avg. = 9/9 = 100% State avg.= = 81% Mathematics LRS avg. = 8/9 = 89% State avg.= = 76%

13. Grade 3 – Reading Achievement

14. Grade 3 – Mathematics Achievement

15. Students Scoring at the “Proficient” or “Proficient w/ Distinction” levels Grade 4 Reading LRS avg. = 13/14 = 93% State avg.= = 79% Mathematics LRS avg. = 12/14 = 86% State avg.= = 76%

16. Grade 4 - Reading Achievement

17. Grade 4 – Mathematics Achievement

18. Students Scoring at the “Proficient” or “Proficient w/ Distinction” levels Grade 5 Reading LRS avg. = 22/22 = 100% State avg. = 77% Mathematics LRS avg. = 19/22 = 86% State avg. = 76% Writing LRS avg. = 19/22 = 86% State avg. = = 55%

19. Grade 5 – Reading Achievement

20. Grade 5 – Mathematics Achievement

21. Grade 5 – Writing Achievement

22. Students Scoring at the “Proficient” or “Proficient w/ Distinction” levels Grade 6 Reading LRS avg. = 13/14 = 93% State avg. = = 80% Mathematics LRS avg. = 13/14 = 93% State avg. = = 72%

23. Grade 6 – Reading Achievement

24. Grade 6 – Mathematics Achievement

25. Students Scoring at the “Proficient” or “Proficient w/ Distinction” levels Grade 7 Reading LRS avg. = 12/12 = 100% State avg. = = 77% Mathematics LRS avg. = 9/12 = 75% State avg. = = 68%

26. Grade 7 – Reading Achievement

27. Grade 7 – Mathematics Achievement

28. Any Questions? • Clearly, Lafayette Regional School’s academic program is in the exemplary category. Those students who are not receiving a “Proficient” or “Proficient w/ Distinction” are being targeted for extra help in a variety of ways. Differentiated instruction, remedial math tutoring, small group work, and home/school communications are some of the strategies used to help these students. Title I and Special Education services are also in place for some of these students.

29. So Why Are Our NECAP Test Scores Higher Than Many (Most) Other Schools? • Our students come to school, eager and ready to learn. Unfortunately, that is not always the case in many schools… • Our teachers are very veteran educators that strive to continually improve their instructional strategies. • Our entire staff works hard to enrich our students’ educational experience. • Our parents support their children and our school as teammates to further enhance student achievement.

30. And, • SAU #35 schools worked together to align our curricula to the state standards • We spend a significant amount of time on preparing our students for taking standardized tests and tests in general. • Teachers use the NECAP Released Items from past years in their daily instruction to better prepare our students for the upcoming tests. • We also use the Terra Nova standardized tests to practice test taking skills, chart progress in national percentiles, and overcome test-taking anxieties.

31. Does That Mean, We Teach To The Test? Simply put, YES, We Do! (No apologies!) And, here’s why: • NECAP tests are based on state standards, also called “grade level expectations” (GLE’s) • Our curricula are based on those standards • Therefore, this assessment matches our instruction of the curricula!

32. Thank you! • For being a part of the community who supports education in general and our students in particular. Without the community’s continued support we could not attain such high levels of student success and achievement. We will continue to work diligently towards challenging our students in a developmentally appropriate manner in both academics and social development.