LEVEL IV RESULTS
Scores by Year (System & School): 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Search Tool: School or System and Years (grades 3-8)*
* PARCA has redacted reports with 10 or fewer students following protocols established by the Alabama State Department of Education as well as instance that might otherwise compromise confidentiality. |
STATEWIDE ARMT TEST SCORE COMPARISONS FOR ALABAMA SCHOOLS
OUR APPROACH
Results of Using Our Approach
Subgroup Trends by System & School
At the level of school systems and schools, the goal of test-score analysis should be to engage external as well as internal stakeholders in a process focused on improving student performance.
This is best accomplished through straightforward comparisons that are easily understood by all stakeholders. The comparisons should identify various levels of performance, recognizing success while encouraging goal-setting for improved performance within the system and at each school.
Students are tested for subject-matter mastery on the Alabama Reading and Math Test (ARMT) in grades 3-8. Results are presented as percentages of students in various subgroups scoring at one of four levels of performance, by grade and subject. Analyzing results by subgroup ensures that we focus on persistent performance gaps that need to be eliminated.
Level IV results provide the best benchmark for performance in the national setting, as seen by comparing ARMT to NAEP results.
It is useful to compare student subgroup performance in a school system with state benchmarks for that subgroup, measuring five levels of performance: high, above average, average, below average, and low. We do this by color-coding the results to provide a visual representation of performance patterns.
These features were developed with support from these sponsors.
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