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Achievement, Standards, and Assessment in Iowa and in Iowa Districts

Achievement, Standards, and Assessment in Iowa and in Iowa Districts. Presenter – Dr. Tony VanderZyl, Assessment Consultant Iowa School Boards Foundation (ISBF). Did you know that:. Students in Iowa are not achieving as well as they should/could.

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Achievement, Standards, and Assessment in Iowa and in Iowa Districts

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  1. Achievement, Standards, and Assessment in Iowa and in Iowa Districts

  2. Presenter – Dr. Tony VanderZyl, Assessment ConsultantIowa School Boards Foundation (ISBF)

  3. Did you know that: • Students in Iowa are not achieving as well as they should/could. • 20-25% of Iowa students are not meeting the relatively low standard of proficiency on the Iowa Tests. • Scores on the Iowa Tests have remained relatively flat for two decades. • Only about one-third of Iowa students are proficient on the national assessment.

  4. Did you know that: • While Iowa’s scores on the national assessment (NAEP) have remained relatively flat over the 15 years of testing, Iowa’s rank among the states has dropped from the top five to the middle. • Iowa’s state standards and assessment are rated among the lowest of the states. • The Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC) is among the most rigorous and comprehensive state standards.

  5. Education Week – Quality Counts Ed Week’s Quality Counts 2011 is the 15th annual study of states’ education quality: • Iowa ranks 33rd in K-12 achievement, based on performance, improvement trends, and achievement gaps. • Iowa ranks 45th in standards, assessments, and accountability policy.

  6. Did you know that: • Only about one-third of Iowa districts currently have local standards that are rigorous and comprehensive. • Most Iowa districts do not have a comprehensive assessment plan . • It will take significant leadership and effort for Iowa districts to implement the ICC with fidelity .

  7. Iowa Students’ Achievement?

  8. Iowa Student Proficiency

  9. PISA Mathematics Literacy 15 Year Olds, 2009(US is tied for 25th out of 34)

  10. Iowa Testing Trends

  11. Iowa 4th Grade ITBS Reading% of Students Proficient Data adjusted from 1992 norms to 2000 norms 2000 Norms

  12. Iowa 8th Grade ITBS Math% of Students Proficient Data adjusted from 1992 norms to 2000 norms 2000 Norms

  13. NAEP TRENDS

  14. Iowa 4th Grade NAEP Reading* Note: Intervals between testing years are not equal

  15. Iowa’s Rank among the States4th Grade NAEP Reading

  16. Iowa 4th Grade NAEP Math* Note: Intervals between testing years are not equal

  17. Iowa’s Rank among the States4th Grade NAEP Math

  18. Iowa 8th Grade NAEP Reading* Note: Iowa did not have adequate data prior to 2003

  19. Iowa’s Rank among the States8th Grade NAEP Reading

  20. Iowa 8th Grade NAEP Math* Note: Intervals between testing years are not equal

  21. Iowa’s Rank among the States8th Grade NAEP Math

  22. ISBF Research onState Standards, Assessments and the Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC)

  23. Standards in Iowa(Past, present, and future) • Legislated rigorous local standards • “Iowa Standards” adopted (2007) • The Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC) Essential Concepts and Skills must be learned by all students (2013-14) • “Common Core” national standards

  24. The ISBF Study of Local Standards • Many districts had trouble finding their standards. • Many district standards were missing significant content. • There was wide variation in the rigor of district standards.

  25. Education Week’s “Quality Counts”Ratings of Education Policy in the States • Iowa ranks 45th in standards, assessment, and accountability policy. • Key deficiencies noted are the lack of grade and course-specific standards and the lack of rigorous assessment items.

  26. The ISBF Study of State Standards • There is considerable variability in the quality of state standards, assessment, and accountability. • Iowa’s state standards and assessment are less rigorous than most states. • There is a significant relationship between states’ standards, assessment, and accountability and student achievement gains and gap closure on NAEP.

  27. The ISBF Study of the ICC • We focused on the rigor and comprehensiveness of the ICC. • Rigor requires a mix of levels of cognitive demand (Bloom’s Taxonomy, rev. 2001). • Comprehensiveness requires strands specified in national standards/reports. • Structured review process.

  28. Findings on the ICC • In general, the ICC is significantly more rigorous and comprehensive than the Iowa Standards. • ICC is roughly as rigorous as the state standards of the states we identified as strong in improving achievement and closing gaps. • No major areas of content are missing from the ICC.

  29. Relationship between Ed Week’s QC Ratings and NAEP Gains The scattergram on the following slide shows Ed Week’s QC ratings and NAEP gain for each of the fifty states There is a significant positive relationship (r = 0.51) between higher QC ratings and greater NAEP gains On average, each 1 point gain in QC rating is associated with 2 points in NAEP score gain

  30. Relationship between QC Ratings and NAEP Score Gains(4th & 8th Reading & Math Ave., All 50 States)

  31. Dr. Tony VanderZyl, ISBF Assessment Consultanttvanderzyl@ia-sb.org800.795.4272

  32. Achievement, standards, and assessment in Iowa and in Iowa districts

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