Student Testing Assignment

Module 7 Lab

1. Using the 2015-2016 GR 9-10 REPORTING CATEGORIES COMPARISON BY SCHOOL graph located in this folder, respond to the following three prompts. Make sure you answer below each question. Im attaching the files for reference. Use your own words no cites are need it. Use your own words!!!!

a. Discuss the areas of growth and decline from 2015-2016 in Grade 10 for St. Petersburg, Gibbs, and Palm Harbor High Schools.

b.Discuss trends occurring at Dixie Hollins High School in Grades 9 and 10. Explain some things you might suggest to the teachers if you were the principal of this school.

c. Discuss areas of concern across the district and describe two ideas for improving weak areas across the district. Be specific and support your response with examples.

2. Using the Proficiency Level for 2016-2017 FSA ELA graph located in this folder, respond to the following three prompts.

a. Using the first table on the page (Percentage of Proficient Students) discuss which schools in the district made the largest gains and the largest declines from 2016-2017 in Grade 9. What about Grade 10?

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Student Testing: module 7 Lab

Question One

1.    Question a

As per the 2015-2016 reporting categories of schools comparison, there are various areas of growth and decline associated with each school. With respect to grade 10 for St. Petersburg, the area for growth are established as craft and structure, while integration of knowledge and ideas and language and editing, text base writing and key ideas and details are areas of decline.  Essentially, craft and structure marked a growth of +5 while integration of knowledge and ideas and language and editing, text base writing and key ideas and details marked a decline of -7, -28, -2, and -3 respectively. 

At Gibbs High school, grade 10 had two growths and three declines.  The areas of growth were craft & structure and text-based writing which improved with a score of +2 and +3 respectively. Contrary, the areas of decline include; key ideas and details, integration of knowledge and ideas, and language & editing which a respective drop of -5, -7, and -28 respectively. Palm Harbor high school had four areas of decline in 2015-2016 including key ideas & details, integration of knowledge & ideas, language & editing, text-based writing which marked the following decline index; -4, -6, -25, and -4. But, the school had only one are of growth which is craft & structure which marked a growth index of +3. From the 2015-2016 growth and decline index, it can be established that Petersburg and Gibbs had…