{"id":1282,"date":"2006-02-01T09:17:04","date_gmt":"2006-02-01T15:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/47-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:18:08","slug":"47-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/47-2\/","title":{"rendered":"OTHER STANDARDIZED TESTING"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1282\" class=\"elementor elementor-1282\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75f1cb75 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75f1cb75\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28a8af8c\" data-id=\"28a8af8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a99b301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a99b301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Standardized Testing<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c7ad4fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c7ad4fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Students participate in a number of standardized tests as part of their educational experience. Standardized tests are tests that are administered and scored the same way for all students. There are two kinds of standardized tests: norm-referenced and criterion-referenced.<\/p><p>Norm-Referenced Tests (NRTs) compare a student&#8217;s performance to that of other test-takers. Students take the test and are compared to a similar group of students who took the test nationally (the norm group).<\/p><p>Some examples of NRTs each student might take are:<\/p><ul><li>ACT (measures achievement; used for college entrance)<\/li><li>Cognitive Abilities Tests (CogAT-measures developed cognitive abilities or resources, administered in grade 2)<\/li><li>MAP\u00a0Tests (national math and reading\/language achievement measure, administered in grades 3, 5, and 7)<\/li><li>SAT (measures achievement; used for college entrance)<\/li><\/ul><p>District Common Assessments (DCAs)\u00a0compare a student&#8217;s performance to clearly identified grade level criteria. The basis for comparison is a body of knowledge and skills.<\/p><h2>Scores on NRTs<\/h2><p>National Percentile Ranks (or National Percentiles) tell you the percent of students a child outscored on the exam. They range from a low of 1 to a high of 99, with average performance at 50. For example, a student who performed as well as or better than 75% of the students in the national group would earn a percentile rank of 75.<\/p><p>National percentile ranks indicate the relative standing of a student or group of students in comparison with other students in the same grade level who took the test at a comparable time (for example, April). They can also be used to compare a student\u2019s or group of students\u2019 performance across tests in the battery. A student&#8217;s score report may include percentile rank scores and a graph with gray bands. If you want to compare a student&#8217;s performance across subject areas, you need to look at the gray bands. The bands account for error in the test scores. If the bands for two subject areas do not overlap on the graph, then your child is achieving higher in one of those subject areas. For example if your student received a percentile rank of 33 in reading and 56 in math, the gray bands might range from 26 to 40 in reading and from 48 to 64 in math. The bands for math and reading would not overlap on the graph, so you would know that a student&#8217;s performance was higher in math.<\/p><p>When making comparisons between subject areas or grade levels for whole groups of students, a difference of at least 5 percentile ranks is meaningful (one not caused by error in the scores). For example, if second-grade students received a national percentile rank of 65 in total reading and a national percentile rank of 73 in math, we could conclude that these second graders performed better in math than in reading.<\/p><p>Stanines are scores that range from a low of 1 to a high of 9, with an average of 5. Stanines, like percentile ranks show a student\u2019s or group of students\u2019 performance compared to a group of students who took the test nationally. Stanines make it easy to identify broad performance categories. Stanines of 1, 2, or 3 are usually considered to reflect below-average performance; stanines of 4, 5, or 6 are generally thought of as average; and stanines of 7, 8, or 9 are above average. Differences of at least 2 stanines are considered to be meaningful differences for both individual students and for groups of students.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7e17a3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7e17a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbf856a\" data-id=\"fbf856a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0bc43c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0bc43c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Nebraska Reading Improvement Act<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef5abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ef5abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What is it:<\/strong> In April of 2018 LB1081 was passed by Nebraska Legislature. This law requires kindergarten &#8211; third grade students to be tested three times a year to ensure high quality reading instruction and intervention. DIBELS is the assessment Lincoln Public Schools has chosen to give to K-2nd grade students. Grade three students take MAP Growth and NSCAS to meet this requirement.\u00a0<\/p><p>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.ne.gov\/nebraskareads\/\">Nebraska Department of Education<\/a> website to learn more information about the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act, or to see the policy.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edbaaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5edbaaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What are the results used for:<\/strong>\u00a0DIBELS is used with other information about students to develop Individual Reading Improvement Plans under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-284538e\" data-id=\"284538e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4b63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d4b63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-1.57.53-PM.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Screen Shot 2022-09-27 at 1.57.53 PM\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzMxMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2hvbWUubHBzLm9yZ1wvYXNzZXNzbWVudFwvZmlsZXNcLzIwMjJcLzA5XC9TY3JlZW4tU2hvdC0yMDIyLTA5LTI3LWF0LTEuNTcuNTMtUE0ucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-1.57.53-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3310\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-1.57.53-PM.png 752w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-1.57.53-PM-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a685ad elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a685ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7796f70\" data-id=\"7796f70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b583667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b583667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MAP Growth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c568f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c568f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What is it:<\/strong> The MAP Growth tests are norm-referenced reading and math achievement tests used in LPS.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b69a930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b69a930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What are the results used for:\u00a0<\/strong>MAP Growth is one of the pieces of evidence teachers and administrators use to plan instruction and monitor student growth. Parents and students can use the results to understand students&#8217; achievement and growth. MAP Growth information is also used to help evaluate the effectiveness of instruction, curricular materials, and programs. Teachers also use these results for students in grades 3 to develop Individual Reading Improvement Plans under the Nebraska Reading Improvement Act.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-205cd2a\" data-id=\"205cd2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19cb211 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19cb211\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2023\/07\/map-growth.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"map-growth\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzY2MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2hvbWUubHBzLm9yZ1wvYXNzZXNzbWVudFwvZmlsZXNcLzIwMjNcLzA3XC9tYXAtZ3Jvd3RoLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2023\/07\/map-growth-1024x422.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3661\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2023\/07\/map-growth-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2023\/07\/map-growth-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2023\/07\/map-growth-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2023\/07\/map-growth-1536x633.png 1536w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2023\/07\/map-growth.png 1792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f152c0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f152c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-411c979\" data-id=\"411c979\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c8feca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c8feca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cognitive Abilities Test Screener (CoGAT Screener)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e12a45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e12a45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What is it:<\/strong> The CogAT screener is a nationally-normed measure of students&#8217; learned reasoning abilities developed through in-school and out-of-school experiences. The test consists of verbal, quantitative (numbers), and non-verbal reasoning and problem solving items.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f7ac5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f7ac5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What are the results used for: <\/strong>CogAT Screener results are one of the pieces of evidence used to identify students for the gifted program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-faa619d\" data-id=\"faa619d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d33c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59d33c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-9.18.13-AM.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Screen Shot 2022-09-27 at 9.18.13 AM\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI1OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2hvbWUubHBzLm9yZ1wvYXNzZXNzbWVudFwvZmlsZXNcLzIwMjJcLzA5XC9TY3JlZW4tU2hvdC0yMDIyLTA5LTI3LWF0LTkuMTguMTMtQU0ucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-9.18.13-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-9.18.13-AM.png 670w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/assessment\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-27-at-9.18.13-AM-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-730ba56 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"730ba56\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c3341e\" data-id=\"6c3341e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other Standardized Testing Students participate in a number of standardized tests as part of their educational experience. Standardized tests are tests that are administered and scored the same way for all students. There are two kinds of standardized tests: norm-referenced and criterion-referenced. Norm-Referenced Tests (NRTs) compare a student&#8217;s performance to that of other test-takers. 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