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Spring 2009 NJASK Testing Report. Bedminster Township School Presented by: Christine Landwehrle and Christine McCann. New Jersey Proficiency Levels for Grades 3-8 NJASK. Student scores for NJASK are reported as scaled scores Scaled scores range from 100-300 with 300 being a “perfect” score
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Spring 2009NJASK Testing Report Bedminster Township School Presented by: Christine Landwehrle and Christine McCann
New Jersey Proficiency Levels for Grades 3-8 NJASK • Student scores for NJASK are reported as scaled scores • Scaled scores range from 100-300 with 300 being a “perfect” score • Partially Proficient 100-199 • Proficient 200-249 • Advanced Proficient 250-300
Language Arts Literacy (LAL) • The Language Arts Literacy section of each test measures students’ achievement in reading, writing, and viewing appropriate to their respective grade level • Students read passages selected from published books, newspapers and magazines, as well as everyday text • Students then respond to related multiple-choice, open-ended, and essay questions
Mathematics • The mathematics section of each test measures students’ ability to solve problems by applying mathematical concepts appropriate to their respective grade level • Students do this in response to multiple choice, grid response, and open-ended questions
Science • The Science assessment measures knowledge and skills in three content clusters for grades 4 and 8 appropriate to their respective grade level • Life Science • Physical Science • Earth Science • Scores are reported in scaled scores ranging from 100-300, with advanced proficient, proficient and partially proficient scores, the same as the LAL and Math assessments
NJASK Grade 4 Language Arts Literacy-Longitudinal Comparison
NJASK Grade 5 Language Arts Literacy-Longitudinal Comparison
Highlights • Bedminster students consistently perform well on all sections of the state test each year. • In many areas and grade levels, Bedminster students out-perform students in the same District Factor Group. • In almost all areas and grade levels, Bedminster students out-perform the state mean.
Highlights • 97% of students were proficient on the science portion of the test in both fourth and eighth grade with more than 50% of the fourth grade students scoring advanced proficient. • 63 students (99%) were proficient on the grade 8 language arts literacy test. • In grade 5, more than 50% of the students were advanced proficient in math with a mean score of 245.