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Understanding your child's score
August 26, 2010
The chart below shows the percentage of
Mohonasen students that are considered proficient by the state at
each grade level. These numbers dropped significantly from last year
to this year when state education leaders recently increased the
Proficiency Standard Scores on each exam. Because of this change,
students had to score a higher mark this year than they did last
year in order to be considered proficient in English and math.
The chart below compares this year’s Proficiency Standard Scores (or
“cut scores”) with last year’s. The chart also shows the average
scale scores Mohonasen students received on the exams. These scores
are essentially the grades that students earned on the exams and are
used to classify students into one of the four performance levels:
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Level 1 being below the learning standards;
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Level 2 meeting the basic standard;
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Level 3 meeting the proficiency standard; and
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Level 4 exceeding the proficiency standard.
| % at Levels 3 &4 | Mean Scale Scores | NYS Proficiency Standard Score | |||||
| 08-09 | 09-10 | 08-09 | 09-10 | 08-09 | 09-10 | ||
| Grade 3 | ELA | 73 | 54 | 666.8 | 665.6 | 650 | 662 |
| Math | 93 | 73 | 690.7 | 697.3 | 650 | 684 | |
| Grade 4 | ELA | 81 | 63 | 672.5 | 674.6 | 650 | 668 |
| Math | 86 | 70 | 685.3 | 687.3 | 650 | 676 | |
| Grade 5 | ELA | 83 | 47 | 676.0 | 669.7 | 650 | 666 |
| Math | 91 | 64 | 686.4 | 684.1 | 650 | 674 | |
| Grade 6 | ELA | 78 | 62 | 661.9 | 666.2 | 650 | 662 |
| Math | 71 | 65 | 663.0 | 682.4 | 650 | 674 | |
| Grade 7 | ELA | 81 | 47 | 667.7 | 662.6 | 650 | 664 |
| Math | 94 | 64 | 682.7 | 685.0 | 650 | 670 | |
| Grade 8 | ELA | 66 | 44 | 656.3 | 657.8 | 650 | 658 |
| Math | 77 | 54 | 666.9 | 672.2 | 650 | 673 | |
