PTA
State Assessment Review 2013
September 12th, 2013
2013 K-8 Assessments
Westchester County
Chappaqua CSD
Briarcliff Manor UFSD
Byram Hills CSD
Scarsdale UFSD
Bronxville UFSD
Ardsley UFSD
Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD
Rye City SD
Edgemont UFSD
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2013 K-8 Assessments
New York State
Putnam CSD
Jericho UFSD
Chappaqua CSD
Fire Island UFSD
Briarcliff Manor UFSD
Fayetteville-Manlius CSD
Byram Hills CSD
Scarsdale UFSD
Quogue UFSD
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Sample Question - 3th Grade Math
• Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Item: MC
• Two groups of students from Douglas Elementary
School were walking to the library when it began
to rain. The 7 students in Mr. Stem’s group shared
the 3 large umbrellas they had with Ms. Thorn’s
group of 11 students. If the same number of
students were under each umbrella, how many
students were under each umbrella?
Alignment & Analysis
• Aligned CCLS: 3.OA.8, 3.OA.2
• Commentary: This question aligns to CCLS 3.OA.8 and assesses the
student’s ability to solve a two-step word problem using addition
and division of whole numbers. It also aligns to 3.OA.2 because it
assesses the ability to partition a number into equal groups.
• Rationale: The total number of students in the two groups is 18 (7 +
11), so 18 must be divided into 3 equal groups; therefore, 6
students are in each group. Selecting Options B and D could indicate
relating of the numbers in the problem with incorrect operations
(adding 7 and 3 in B and multiplying 7 and 3 in D) and therefore a
lack of understanding of the problem. Selecting Option C indicates
that a student had knowledge of how to begin the problem, by
adding the two groups together, but then forgot to divide the
students into 3 equal groups.
Sample Question - 8th Grade Math
• Domain: Functions
• Item: CR
• A trainer for a professional football team keeps track of the
amount of water players consume throughout practice. The
trainer observes that the amount of water consumed is a
linear function of the temperature on a given day. The
trainer finds that when it is 90°F the players consume about
220 gallons of water, and when it is 76°F the players
consume about 178 gallons of water.
– Part A: Write a linear function to model the relationship
between the gallons of water consumed and the temperature.
– Part B: Explain the meaning of the slope in the context of the
problem.
Alignment & Analysis
• Aligned CCLS: 8.F.4
• Commentary: This question aligns to CCLS 8.F.4
because it assesses a student’s ability to construct a
function that models a linear relationship from a
description of a relationship between two values (x,y)
and interpret the rate of change.
• Rationale: The correct answer indicates the ability to
construct a function to model a linear relationship.
Given that water consumption is a function of
temperature, the values cited in the problem are
understood as coordinate pairs that can be related by a
linear function.
2013 K-8 Assessments
2013 Rank Change Report for Briarcliff Manor UFSD:
Statewide Change in Percentile Rank on Mean Scale Score for Reported District (offset by cohort/grade)
2013
ELA 4
ELA 5
ELA 6
ELA 7
ELA 8
Math 4
Math 5
Math 6
Math 7
Math 8
Average
98.3
99.6
97.7
98.7
99.1
99.9
99.7
98.3
98.7
99.6
99.0
ELA 3
ELA 4
ELA 5
ELA 6
ELA 7
Math 3
Math 4
Math 5
Math 6
Math 7
Average
pct rank
98.0
98.9
96.0
97.2
99.3
96.6
98.1
99.1
97.3
99.7
98.0
change
0.3
0.7
1.7
1.5
-0.2
3.3
1.6
-0.8
1.4
-0.1
1.0
pct rank
2012
Regents Assessment
(2012 Cohort data)
Westchester County
Pocantico Hills CSD
Briarcliff Manor UFSD
Blind Brook-Rye UFSD
Bronxville UFSD
Chappaqua CSD
Byram Hills CSD
Edgemont UFSD
Rye Neck UFSD
Hastings-On-Hudson UFSD
Scarsdale UFSD
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Regents Assessment
(2012 Cohort data)
New York State
Greenwood Lake UFSD
Montauk UFSD
Menands UFSD
Springs UFSD
Briarcliff Manor UFSD
Blind Brook-Rye UFSD
East Moriches UFSD
Fishers Island UFSD
Bronxville UFSD
Byram Hills CSD
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Regents Assessment
(Special Education)
New York State
Blind Brook-Rye UFSD
Jericho UFSD
Briarcliff Manor UFSD
Manhasset UFSD
Holland CSD
Cold Spring Harbor CSD
Port Jefferson UFSD
Tioga CSD
Bronxville UFSD
Locust Valley CSD
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Questions & Answers