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East Lyme Public Schools2013 Standardized Test Report

CMT ~ CAPT ~ ACT ~ AP

Presentation to EL BOE

September 9. 2013

Dr. James D. Lombardo, Superintendent

Level Standardized Tests

• CMT – Administered in grades 3-8 in reading, math, writing; science in grades 5 and 8.

• CAPT – Administered in grade 10 and tests students in areas of writing, reading, math, science.

• ACT – Taken in grades 11 & 12. Also used by college admissions offices and tests English, Math, Reading & Science.

• AP – Advanced Placement tests measure competency in college level courses. All East Lyme AP students are required to take the AP exam. Scores of 3 or better may result in college credit.

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CMT

4th Generation

Results

March 2013 Administration

CMT – 4 Mathematics% of students at or above Mastery (Goal)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Gr. 3 77.2 81.3 73.9 79.2 78.9 78.9

Gr. 4 81.0 79.9 88.1 85.1 91.1 84.8

Gr. 5 83.2 82.3 86.1 90.0 83.5 87.3

Gr. 6 83.2 88.3 81.0 91.3 92.0 81.6

Gr. 7 82.0 79.9 90.7 82.5 87.7 87.5

Gr. 8 76.7 85.7 80.3 88.4 89.0 85.9

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% of Students @ or Above Goal in Math

5Current Grade

CMT – 4 Reading% of students at or above Mastery (Goal)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Gr. 3 69.5 74.1 67.0 79.0 72.0 71.9

Gr. 4 81.0 80.6 82.4 77.0 84.1 79.6

Gr. 5 78.6 84.0 78.4 82.0 78.7 80.1

Gr. 6 84.0 87.3 82.1 92.6 91.0 85.9

Gr. 7 88.9 91.9 89.3 88.6 94.2 93.9

Gr. 8 79.4 86.5 86.1 90.9 93.8 92.3

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% of Students @ or Above Goal in Reading

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Current Grade

CMT – 4 Writing % of students at or above Mastery (Goal)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Gr. 3 80.8 84.2 67.8 80.2 78.7 77.1

Gr. 4 83.2 85.4 84.3 78.9 83.3 84.2

Gr. 5 78.1 81.0 81.5 82.0 79.9 83.1

Gr. 6 75.8 75.8 85.9 85.6 86.2 79.2

Gr. 7 76.6 80.3 81.2 71.4 84.5 84.9

Gr. 8*Writing Modes Change

73.0 81.4 75.8 85.6 84.4 85.6

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% of Students @ or Above Goal in Writing

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Current Grade

CMT – 4 Science% of students at or above Mastery (Goal)

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Gr. 573.5

(95.2P)82.9

(98.5 P)78.7

(94.2 P)77.5

(93.3P)83.1

(95.8P)

Gr. 885.7

(95.4P)76.1

(91.4 P)81.0

(91.4P)73.6

(90.1P)87.5

(93.3P)

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ELHS

CAPT Results

Class of 2015

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ELHS CAPT ScoresPercent At or Above Goal (scoring 4 – 5)

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Math 75.9 67.4 74.7 66.3 76.7

Science 69.6 61.9 71.3 67.3 74.6

Reading Across the Curriculum

67.2 59.0 71.3 67.2 71.2

Writing Across the Curriculum

76.4 77.7 85.6 81.8 84.4

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ELHS CAPT ScoresOverall summary

Math Science Reading Writing

% at/above goal 76.7 74.6 71.2 84.4

% at/above Proficient

93.8 94.9 93.4 97.5

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ELHS ACT Results

Class of 2013

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ACT Score Summary

English Math Reading Science Composite

East Lyme

25.2 23.8 25.3 24.0 24.8

State 24.0 23.9 24.4 23.3 24.0

Nation 20.2 20.9 21.1 20.7 20.9

148 ELHS students took the ACT in 2013

2012: 126 2011: 113 2010: 103 2009: 95 2008: 97

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ELHS Advanced Placement Scores

Class of 2013

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ELHS Advanced Placement Score Summary

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

# of Students 219 230 237 239 268

# of Tests 441 468 481 502 573

• % of tests scores at 3 or higher: 88%

• % of Class of 2013 who took one or more Advanced Placement tests: 51%

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AP SUMMARY 2013BY TEST AND SCORE

268 Students Took 573 AP Tests

5 4 3 2 1Total Tests

Biology 3 16 29 6 0 54

Calculus AB 24 7 2 0 0 33

Calculus BC 9 1 1 0 0 11

Chemistry 7 3 5 5 2 22

Comp Science A 0 3 0 0 13 16

English Lang/Comp 9 12 10 3 0 34

English Lit/Comp 18 18 9 1 0 46

Enviro Science 5 11 7 8 2 33

French Lang 1 1 1 0 0 3

US Govt & Politics 5 3 5 2 0 15

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AP SUMMARY 2013 (Continued)

5 4 3 2 1Total Tests

Music Theory 1 3 7 3 0 14

Physics B 5 11 6 1 0 23

Psychology 65 31 6 8 1 111

Statistics 16 26 14 5 2 63

Studio Art 2D Design

0 1 0 0 0 1

Studio Art Drawing 1 1 2 0 0 4

Spanish 7 5 2 1 0 15

US History 12 25 9 3 0 49

World History 7 3 1 1 0 12

Comparative Govt & Politics

1 0 0 0 0 1

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AP SUMMARY 2013 (Continued)

5 4 3 2 1Total Tests

Physics C – Electricity & Magnetism

2 0 0 0 0 2

Physics C – Mechanics

2 0 0 0 0 2

Microeconomics 0 1 0 0 0 1

Chinese Language & Culture

4 2 2 0 0 8

Totals 204 184 118 47 20 573