NJ ASSESSMENTS CYCLE II REPORT GRADES 3-8 and 11 October 30, 2008 Haddonfield Public Schools

NJ Statewide Assessments As a result of the No Child Left Behind Act, New Jersey’s statewide assessment of students changed in Students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 take the NJ Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (ASK) and students in grade 11 take the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). Students are scored as proficient, advanced proficient or partially proficient. These assessments are grounded in the state’s core curriculum content standards, and are designed to assess students’ critical thinking skills in two fundamental areas: Language Arts Literacy (LAL) and Mathematics. Students at grade 4 and 8 are also assessed in science, but science results are not considered for NCLB reporting. In 2008 an end-of-course assessment was added in Biology for high school students to replace the HSPA science assessment. In the fall of 2008, a field test was conducted for Algebra I as a second potential end-of-course assessment.

NJ State Benchmarks for Adequate Yearly Progress Incremental Increases in Expectations – Effective Nov Starting Pt LAL Gr Gr Gr MATH Gr Gr Gr

WHY CYCLE II RESULTS ? Cycle II information allows Haddonfield School District to compare its performance to other districts which have similar demographics, as in this Grade 8 NJ ASK DFG (District Factor Group) chart. Haddonfield is a “J” district.

NJ ASK 2008 Comparative Results Comparing Haddonfield’s success rate for the cohorts of students currently in grades 5 & 8 to statewide & DFG total student performance Tracking the percentage of grade 8 students scoring advanced proficient from Noting the effect of the summer 2008 state decision to raise the standards for NJ ASK 5-8 student achievement resulting in fewer students being deemed proficient

NJ ASK Gr. 5 Cohort Performance New NJ Scoring Standards

NJ ASK Gr. 8 Cohort Performance New NJ Scoring Standards

District Grade 8 – GEPA/NJ ASK Total Student Percent Advanced Proficient

Success Rates for NJ ASK/HSPA Results by grade levels for state, DFG, and district proficient and advanced proficient (pass rates) for the total group of students assessed with NJ ASK/HSPA Spring 2008

NJ ASK Language Arts Total Students % Proficient/Advanced Proficient

NJ ASK Mathematics Total Students % Proficient/Advanced Proficient

NJ ASK Language Arts Total Students % Proficient/Advanced Proficient

NJ ASK Mathematics Total Students % Proficient/Advanced Proficient

NJ ASK Grades 4 and 8 Science Total Students % Proficient/Advanced Proficient

Grade 11 Cohort - GEPA 2005/HSPA 2008 Language Arts Literacy and Mathematics Total Students % Proficient/Advanced Proficient

NJ ASK 3-8 and HSPA Mean Score Performance Comparisons of state, DFG, district and school mean score performance for: – Total group of students assessed – General Education students – Special Education students

3 rd Grade NJ ASK– Total

3 rd Grade NJ ASK– General Ed.

3 rd Grade – Special Education

4 th Grade NJ ASK 2008– Total

4 th Grade NJ ASK– General Ed.

4 th Grade – Special Education

5 th Grade NJ ASK– Total

5 th Grade NJ ASK– General Ed.

5 th Grade – Special Education

6 th Grade NJ ASK – Total

6 th Grade NJ ASK– General Ed.

6 th Grade – Special Education

7 th Grade NJ ASK – Total

7 th Grade NJ ASK – General Ed.

7 th Grade – Special Education

8 th Grade NJ ASK– Total

8 th Grade NJ ASK – General Ed.

8 th Grade – Special Education

11 th Grade HSPA -Total

11 th Grade HSPA – General Ed.

11 th Grade HSPA – Special Ed.

Additional Important DFG Comparisons What is our Advanced Proficient rate as compared to other “J” Districts? What are our pass rates (total proficient and advanced proficient) for Special Education as compared to other “J” Districts?

3 rd Grade NJ ASK – Total Students Percent Advanced Proficient

4 th Grade NJ ASK– Total Students Percent Advanced Proficient

5 th Grade NJ ASK– Total Students Percent Advanced Proficient

6 th Grade NJ ASK– Total Students Percent Advanced Proficient

7 th Grade NJ ASK– Total Students Percent Advanced Proficient

8 th Grade NJ ASK – Total Students Percent Advanced Proficient

11 th Grade HSPA – Total Students Percent Advanced Proficient

NJ ASK/HSPA Special Education Results State, DFG, district and building results by grade levels - proficient and advanced proficient (pass rate) percentages for Special Education students

3 rd Grade - Percent Passing Special Education Students

4 th Grade - Percent Passing Special Education Students

5 th Grade -- Percent Passing Special Education

6 th Grade – Percent Passing Special Education Students

7 th Grade - Percent Passing Special Education Students

8 th Grade - Percent Passing Special Education Students

11 th Grade - Percent Passing Special Education Students