Spring Academic Assessment Results and Interpretative

Spring Academic Assessment Results and Interpretative Considerations

Patrick W. Nolten, Ph.D.

Assistant Superintendent for Assessment and Accountability

Objectives

• Review district level participation rates by socio-demographic groups;

• Review district level results of NWEA MAP Growth Assessment by grade level and socio-demographic groups;

• Demonstrate reading and mathematics quintile shift relative to earlier assessments; and

• Understand interpretive considerations with corresponding plausible impact on student performance.

NWEA MAP Growth Assessment

• Universal reading and mathematics assessment administered online to students in kindergarten through eighth grade;

• Aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards;

• Typically administered three times per year (fall/winter/spring);

• Administered in February/March and May/June this academic year;

• Facilitates comparison to a nationally representative, demographically stratified sample of students using 2020 norms; and

• Full academic year administration likely to occur during 21-22 academic year.

Participation Rates by Race-Ethnicity

79

68

80 8288

85

74

84 8590

Asian African-American/Black Hispanic/Latinx Two or More Races White

Winter 2021 Spring 2021

Participation Rates by Student Group

7176

8074

7985

Special Education Economic Disadvantage English Learner

Winter 2021 Spring 2021

Median Reading Percentile Rank by Grade

88 86

78 77 77 76 74 7376

8883

7874 74 73 73 72 73

7672 72 72 73 71

68 68 67

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Winter 2020 Winter 2021 Spring 2021

Median Reading Percentile Rank by Race-Ethnicity

87

48

61

8278

87

43

56

8076

84

40

48

7571



Median Reading Percentile Rank by Student Group

40

5652

33

5249

29

45 43



Median Mathematics Percentile Rank by Grade

8683

7376

7276 75 74

79

91

8176 74 74

71 70 69 71

80

70 68 70 7268 69 69 67

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8


Median Mathematics Percentile Rank by Race-Ethnicity

91

36

58

79 77

91

33

53

7874

87

30

49

7370



Mathematics Achievement by Student Group

37

51 53

33

45

58

30

40

50



Reading Achievement by Quintile

46 4436

26 2526

14 1517

8 911

6 8 9


High High Average Average Low Average Low

Mathematics Achievement by Quintile

44 42 36

25 2626

15 1718

9 9 12

6 7 8


High High Average Average Low Average Low

Interpretive and Contextual Considerations

• Compressed assessment calendar as a result of ISBE mandate to begin accountability testing on/after March 15, 2021;

• Depending on grade level, students were sequentially administered:• Winter NWEA MAP Growth (mid-February to mid-March)

• Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR; April to mid-May)

• Illinois Science Assessment (ISA; mid-March to mid-May)

• Dynamic Learning Maps – Alternative Assessment (DLM-AA; mid-March to mid-May)

• ACCESS for ELLs (mid-March to mid-May)

• Spring NWEA MAP Growth (mid-May to mid-June)

Interpretive and Contextual Considerations

• Impact of assessment activities on instructional time and opportunity to learn;

• COVID-19 pandemic resulting in screen, remote learning, and assessment fatigue;

• Variable impact of socio-emotional functioning on academic performance;

• Declines impacting all student groups likely reflective of larger contextual forces influencing performance;

• Anecdotal reports of students demonstrating lesser levels of engagement, verbalizations expressing fatigue, and lower levels of perseverance;

• Winter to spring performance changes noted nationally; and

• Higher confidence that results reflect district performance as a whole when participation exceeds 95%.

Assessment Next Steps

• All students in grades kindergarten through eighth grades will have the opportunity to be assessed using NWEA MAP Growth during the typical fall/winter/spring windows during the 21-22 academic year;

• Ongoing academically talented/gifted identification process continues through the summer with make-up testing available at the beginning of the 21-22 academic year;

• Anticipated receipt of spring accountability testing results including the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) and SAT later this summer; and

• Distribution of attendance, grades, standards-referenced performance, and assessment data to existing and/or subsequent schools of attendance.

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Documents

Spring Academic Assessment Results and Interpretative