Session 3:
Content and School Scores

1. Understand the components that makeup a middle school score
2. Know the percentage of each of the components that make up a middle school score
3. How to calculate a middle school score

Category
Achievement
(performance on test)
Gap
Growth
College Readiness
(EXPLORE)
Percent of School
Score
28%
28%
28%
16%
100%

Performance Level Point Translation
Novice (N) 0 x percentage of students scoring at this level per test taken
Apprentice (A) 0.5 x percentage of students scoring at this level per test taken
Proficient/Distinguished (P/D) 1.0 x percentage of students scoring at this level per test taken

Estimated Changes in Proficiency
READING
Percent Proficient or Higher
Elem. Middle High
MATHEMATICS
Percent Proficient or Higher
Elem. Middle High
KCCT 2011 State Scores
76
70
65
Estimated Drop in Proficiency
-36 -30 -25
KCCT 2011 State Scores
73
65
Estimated Drop in Proficiency
-37 -29 -10
46
40% met ACT CPE
Reading Benchmark in 2011
36% met ACT CPE
Mathematics Benchmark in 2011
Science and social studies data are based on the
2007 Kentucky Core Content for Assessment 4.1, therefore, distributions of proficiency will be similar to the 2011 profile.
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Bonus Scoring on Achievement
• If the percentage of students scoring at the Distinguished
(D) performance level is greater than the percentage of
Novice (N) performance level, a 0.5 bonus is given per percent of that difference per content area where it is applicable.
If %D > %N, then bonus is equal to:
(%D - %N) x 0.5
If %D < %N, there are no deductions

• Schools are awarded one (1) point per
percentage of students identified in the
“Non-Duplicated Gap group” who score at the
Proficient (P) or Distinguished (D) level.
• A Gap Score is calculated for each assessment taken.

• Schools are awarded one (1) point per percentage of students who make “typical or higher” growth on the assessment. Typical growth means that the student scores at the 40 percentile or higher compared to his/her academic peers.
• Growth scores are only calculated for the content areas of reading and mathematics.
• Elementary and Middle School growth is calculated using K-PREP while High School growth is calculated by the PLAN and ACT.

• Middle Schools
– Schools are awarded one (1) point per percentage of the average of students who meet the EXPLORE benchmarks of English (13), reading (15), and mathematics (17).

Percent Multiplier Performance Total
Novice
Apprentice
Proficient
Distinguished
7%
53%
32%
8%
100%
0
0.5
1
1
Note: Since %D > %N, bonus will be added:
(8% - 7%) x 0.5 = 0.5 bonus
Therefore, the reading achievement score is 67.
0
26.5
32
8
66.5

Performance
Percent Multiplier Total
Novice
Apprentice
Proficient
Distinguished
12%
50%
33%
5%
100%
0
0.5
1
1
0
25
33
5
63
Note: Since %D < %N, there will be no bonus points added.
Therefore, the mathematics achievement score is 63 .

Percent Multiplier Performance Total
Novice
Apprentice
Proficient
Distinguished
7%
51%
38%
4%
0
0.5
1
1
0
25.5
38
4
100% 67.5
Note: Since %D < %N, there will be no bonus points added.
Therefore, the science achievement score is 67.5
.

Performance
Percent Multiplier Total
Novice
Apprentice
Proficient
Distinguished
5%
47%
39%
9%
100%
0
0.5
1
1
Note: Since %D > %N, bonus will be added
(9% - 5%) x 0.5 = 2
Therefore, the social studies achievement score is 73.5
.
0
23.5
39
9
71.5

Performance
Novice
Apprentice
Proficient
Distinguished
Percent
10%
40%
41%
9%
100%
Multiplier
0
0.5
1
1
Total
0
20
41
9
70
Note: Since %D < %N, no bonus will be added.
Therefore, the writing achievement score is 70 .

Content Area
Reading
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Writing
Total
Score
67
63
67.5
73.5
70
Percent
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
100%
Total
13.4
12.5
13.5
14.7
14.0
68.1
This school’s overall ACHIEVEMENT score is 68.1

Category
Achievement
Gap
Growth
College Readiness
Total
Score Multiplier Total
68.1
28% 19.07

Content
Reading
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Writing
Total
% P/D Score
35% 35
30%
32%
30
32
39%
37%
39
37
Multiplier Total
0.2
7
0.2
0.2
6
6.4
0.2
0.2
7.8
7.4
34.6

Category
Achievement
Gap
Growth
College Readiness
Total
Score Multiplier Total
68.1
34.6
28%
28%
19.07
9.69

Content Area
% with typical growth or higher
Multiplier Total
Reading
Mathematics
Total
63%
56%
0.5
0.5
31.5
28
59.5

Category
Achievement
Gap
Growth
College Readiness
Total
Score Multiplier Total
68.1
34.6
59.5
28%
28%
28%
19.07
9.69
16.74

EXPLORE
English (benchmark is 13)
Mathematics (benchmark is 17)
Reading (benchmark is 15)
Average
% who met benchmark
62.4%
25.8%
42.7%
43.6

Category
Achievement
Gap
Growth
College Readiness
Total
Score Multiplier Total
68.1
34.6
28%
28%
19.07
9.69
59.5
43.6
28%
16%
100%
16.74
6.98
52.48

69.0 13.8 25 5 50.5 10.1 64 12.8 81 16.2 57.9
Weighted Score comes from Achievement,
Gap, Growth, College/Career Readiness and Graduation points multiplied by the weights in the chart.
Weighted Score Summary comes from adding the weighted scores for each area.
Grade
Range
Elem
Middle
High
Achieve
-ment
Gap Growth College/
Career
30
28
20
Shown as percentages
30 40
28
20
28
20
16
20
Grad
Rate
Total
100
100
20 23 100
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What does Kentucky ’ s new Assessment and
Accountability System Look Like?
Achievement
Gap
Growth
College/Career
Readiness
Overall
Score
Percentile
Rank
OVERALL CATEGORY
Distinguished
90th Percentile & higher
Proficient
70th - 89th Percentile
Needs Improvement
Below 70th Percentile

Other Labels Applied to Schools
 Schools of Distinction
(95 th Percentile or Higher)
 High-Performing Schools
(90 th – 95 th Percentile)
 High-Progress Schools
(high progress compared to peer schools)
 Priority Schools
(persistently low-achieving – PLA)
 Focus Schools
( schools that have a non-duplicated gap group score in the bottom 10% or schools with an individual student subgroup with a score in the 3rd standard deviation below the state average for all students)
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57.9
71
57.9
3.0
60.9
Proficient
YES
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1. Understand the components that makeup a middle school score
2. Know the percentage of each of the components that make up a middle school score
3. How to calculate a middle school score

PowerPoint available on the Madison County Schools
Web page at: www.madison.kyschools.us
randy.peffer@madison.kyschools.us
donna.caldwell@madison.kyschools.us