1. 2014-15 Performance Wisconsin Student Assessment System
Hortonville Area School District 1

2. WSAS Background
The Wisconsin Student Assessment System (WSAS) is a comprehensive statewide assessment program designed to provide information about our students’ college and career readiness.
The assessments measure what students know in core academic areas and whether they can apply what they know. 2

3. WSAS Background
WSAS results guide us in school improvement planning, identifying
where we need to focus and improve
where we can celebrate the growth and achievement of our students.
WSAS results are also reported in proficiency categories and used for accountability determinations at the school, district and state levels, as the WSAS is required by state and federal laws.
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4. WSAS Purpose
A high-quality assessment system provides useful information
to parents about their child’s achievement of grade- level standards
to educators about the success of the instruction and school’s programming
to the public on the effectiveness of our community’s school

5. WSAS Overview In 2014-15, the WSAS included: The Badger Exam
Grades 3-8 covering ELA and mathematics
Grades 4 and 8 in Science, and 4, 8, and 10 in Social Studies 
Dynamic Learning Maps (1%)
Grades 3-11 covering ELA and mathematics
Grades 4 and 8 - 11 in Science
Grades 4, 8, and 10 in Social Studies
The ACT Suite (HS)
ACT Aspire in Grades 9 and 10
The ACT + Writing in Grades 11 covering reading, English, math, science and writing
ACT WorkKeys in Grade 11
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6. WSAS
OUR RESULTS

7. WSAS Participation Rates Badger/DLM
Federal requirements are to test at least 95% of all students.
Our overall test participation rate was 99.8%
Our lowest-participating subgroup’s test participation rate was 99.5%
That sub-group was Students with disabilities
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8. WSAS Results
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 8

9. Overall Performance ELA (Badger/DLM)9

10. Student Performance by Subgroup ELA (Badger/DLM)
In order to have a successful school full of successful students, we must look at the results of our students’ performance. The WSAS is one source of information on student performance. 10

11. Student Performance by Subgroup ELA (Badger/DLM)
The assessments were administered online in Spring They will be administered online again in Spring 2016, except for the ACT+Writing given in Grade 11, which will continue to be a paper and pencil test. The Forward Exam now replaces the Badger Exam. 11

12. Student Performance by Grade ELA (Badger/DLM)
WISEdash Public Portal: wisedash.dpi.wi.gov 12

13. Student Performance by Grade ELA (Badger/DLM)

16. WSAS Results
MATHEMATICS 16

17. Overall Performance Math (Badger/DLM)
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18. Student Performance by Subgroup Math (Badger/DLM)
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19. Student Performance by Subgroup Math (Badger/DLM)
Let’s see how we did last year. We’ll compare to the district and state as a whole to provide perspective. 19

20. Student Performance by Grade Math (Badger/DLM)
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21. Student Performance by Grade Math (Badger/DLM)
Let’s see how we did last year. We’ll compare to the district and state as a whole to provide perspective. 21

24. ACT SUITE 2014-15 WSAS Results
Let’s see how we did last year. We’ll compare to the district and state as a whole to provide perspective.
ACT SUITE 24

25. ACT Background The ACT consists of five subject tests
English, reading, writing, math and science
For reporting and accountability purposes, student performance is reported for ELA and mathematics.
ELA scores are comprised of the English, reading, and writing subtests
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26. Participation Rates ACT/DLM
Federal requirements are to test at least 95% of all students.
Our overall test participation rate was 99.06%
Our lowest-participating subgroup’s test participation rate was 98.48%
The subgroup with the lowest participation rate was economically disadvantaged.
This compares to last year’s rate of ~66%
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27. Test Participation Rate ACT/DLM
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28. Overall Performance ELA (ACT/DLM)
Let’s see how we did last year. We’ll compare to the district and state as a whole to provide perspective. 28

29. Student Performance by Subgroup ELA (ACT/DLM)
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30. Student Performance by Subgroup ELA (ACT/DLM)
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33. Overall Performance Math (ACT/DLM)

34. Student Performance by Subgroup Math (ACT/DLM)
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35. Student Performance by Subgroup Math (ACT/DLM)

38. Assessment Preview
SPRING 2016

39. Moving Forward
Our students will be taking the Forward Exam, a rigorous measure of achievement against college and career ready standards.
Administered online in the Spring 2016
Covering ELA, math, science and social studies
DLM, ACT Aspire and The ACT, and WorkKeys will also be given

40. Moving Forward
We will look at the trends of our school and district, once we have multiple years of data on college and career readiness.
Trends across grades
Trends across subgroups
Trends across content areas

41. Next Steps
Assessment results will be used to inform our school improvement planning, teacher professional development activities, and where to focus on closing achievement gaps.
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