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2009 Preliminary End-of-Grade (EOG) Results. Presented to the WSFCS Board of Education June 23, 2009. End-of-Grade (EOG). Over 22,000 WSFCS students tested in grades 3 – 8 Math: Grades 3 – 8 (4 th year on current edition) Reading: Grades 3 – 8 (2 nd year on current edition)
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2009 Preliminary End-of-Grade (EOG) Results Presented to the WSFCS Board of Education June 23, 2009
End-of-Grade (EOG) • Over 22,000 WSFCS students tested in grades 3 – 8 • Math: Grades 3 – 8 (4th year on current edition) • Reading: Grades 3 – 8 (2nd year on current edition) • Science: Grades 5 & 8 (2nd year on the current edition)
Changes to Testing • In January 2009, the State Board of Education (SBE) approved the use of Retest 1 scores for calculating ABC performance composites and AYP results for the 2008-09 school year • Reading and Math – grades 3-8 • Science – grades 5 and 8
Eligibility for Retesting • Any student in grades 3-8 who did not score an Achievement Level III or higher in reading, math, and/or science • Parents of students who scored an Achievement Level I had the option to waive retesting • Students on alternate assessments were also required to retest under same conditions
RETESTING NUMBERS • Schools had approximately a week to remediate students who were not proficient on the retest • Of the ~55,000 assessments given in grades 3 – 8, 21,000+ of them were below Achievement Level III (~20,000 were retested)
UPCOMING • All data are finalized June 30, 2009 • Preliminary AYP results will be released July 21, 2009 • The SBE is expected to approve ABC and AYP results at the August 6 board meeting
SNEAK PEEK: END-OF-COURSE (EOC) RESULTS • Make-up window is still open through the end of this week • Overall increase of almost 5 percentage points across all EOCs • Demographic data not yet available
PRELIMINARY EOCS * DATA NOT COMPLETE