standardized test scores

Below are the the most recent standardized test scores achieved by Scotia-Glenville's elementary, middle school and high school students.

August 8, 2011

The state Education Department today released results of the standardized tests in English Language Arts and mathematics that were taken in May by students in grades 3-8. The department indicated several changes made in the May 2011 tests, including an increase in more difficult questions to better measure Level 4 results. As a result, Level 4 scores on most ELA exams dropped in 2011 compared with previous years while most percentages in Level 3 increased.

From the state Education Department release today:

The Department also made a number of significant changes to the math and English exams that students took this past May. These changes, which demonstrate the Department’s commitment to the continuous development of a more robust testing system, include the following:
• The Department is no longer releasing test questions after they have been administered. Doing this helps to ensure that preparation for the tests goes much deeper than simply reviewing past exams.
• Students now have to answer more multiple choice questions on both the math and English exams. Doing so enables the Department to test a greater range of performance indicators at varying degrees of difficulty. With a greater number of questions to answer, the length of time each test takes to complete has increased.
• Students at every grade level must now write at least one full essay on the English exams (i.e., essays were added to the exams in grades 3, 5, and 7).
• At the Department’s request, Daniel Koretz, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is conducting research to help identify the possibility of “score inflation” in the grade 3-8 test results and to propose actions to mitigate such inflation if it is found to exist.
Changes in the testing system have had several effects on the reported scores. Each year, scores are statistically linked to the scores from the year before, so that any given score, or any performance level, will have the same meaning from one year to the next. For example, a student at the cut score for Level 3 in grade 5 math in 2011 should ideally score 674, which was the cut score in 2010. However, the difficulty of individual test items can vary, in either direction, from one year to the next. Accordingly, the raw score needed to reach that scale score or performance level can change. This happens with all testing programs that change test forms from one year to the next.
The changes made in 2011 had an additional effect on reported scores. In every grade, the percentage of students classified as Level 4 in ELA dropped in 2011, and in some grades, particularly 3, 5, and 7, this change was large. The reason for these changes is that before 2011, the tests had too few items to measure the Level 4 cut score as accurately as the Department would want. With the additional items included in 2011, the tests could more accurately place the Level 4 cut score. Measurement of the Level 3 cut score was more accurate in past years and, therefore, the percentages of students identified as proficient (Level 3 or 4) in 2011 were more consistent with past results.

The entire press release from the state is here (PDF).

The results released today are indicated below. For the complete list of results of every school in New York, go here (PDF).  Scotia-Glenville's school-by-school results are on pages 1515-1517 of this document.


The reference to mean scale scores means that half of SG students scored above that figure and half scored below.

 

Here is the school-by-school testing results breakdown for the four Scotia-Glenville elementary schools.


Scores in levels 3/4 mean that students meet the state standards. These figures include out of district student placements.

Gr. 3-5 English Language Arts, administered in May 2011

Grade # tested % at level 1 % at level 2 % at level 3 % at level 4 % at levels 3/4 2011 Mean scale score 2010 Mean scale score*
3 191 11.5 29.8 53.4 5.2 58.6 665 673
4 193 6.2 36.3 56.5 1.0 66.5 674 682
5 185 8.1 34.1 55.7 2.2 57.9 669 672


*July 2010
The State Education Department, in announcing the testing results from May 2010, also raised the "cut" scores between levels 1 and 2 and levels 2 and 3. That effectively means that more student scores would fall within levels 1 and 2, meaning that they are below the level now considered "proficient" by the state. As can be seen, mean scale scores on the exams did not decline dramatically.


The mean ELA scale scores for the four elementary schools:

School 2011
(gr. 3-5)
2010
(gr. 3-5)
2009
(gr. 3-5)
2008
(gr. 3-5)
2007
(gr. 3-5)
2006
(gr. 3-5)
2005
(gr. 4)
2004
(gr. 4)
 
Glendaal 668.7 673.3 678.0 669.7 675.3 677.0 674.0 670.0  
Glen-Worden 672.0 677.3 680.7 680.3 681.0 677.0 670.0 668.0  
Lincoln 670.7 679.7 682.7 682.0 681.3 674.0 673.0 662.0  
Sacandaga 667.7 674.0 674.3 670.3 679.0 679.3 675.0 665.0  
Average for all
S-G elementary schools
669.8 676.0 678.9 675.6 679.2 676.8 670.0 663.0  



Gr. 3-5 mathematics, administered in May 2011

Scores in levels 3/4 mean that students meet the state standards.

Grade # tested % at level 1 % at level 2 % at level 3 % at level 4 % at levels 3/4 2011 Mean scale score 2010 Mean scale score*
3 193 7.3 44.0 44.6 4.1 48.7 682 673
4 194 4.6 32.0 41.2 22.2 63.4 685 681
5 185 7.0 31.4 44.3 17.3 61.6 682 684


*July 2010
The State Education Department, in announcing the testing results from May 2010, also raised the "cut" scores between levels 1 and 2 and levels 2 and 3. That effectively means that more student scores would fall within levels 1 and 2, meaning that they are below the level now considered "proficient" by the state. As can be seen, mean scale scores on the exams did not decline dramatically.


The mathematics mean scale scores for the four elementary schools:

School 2011
(gr. 3-5)
2010
(gr. 3-5)
2009
(gr. 3-5)
2008
(gr. 3-5)
2007
(gr. 3-5)
2006
(gr. 3-5)
2005
(gr. 4)
2004
(gr. 4)
Glendaal 684.7 685.3 688.3 684.7 679.7 684.7 687.0 686.0
Glen-Worden 685.7 684.3 686.0 684.0 676.7 678.7 669.0 672.0
Lincoln 686.0 694.7 692.0 693.7 685.7 677.0 676.0 665.0
Sacandaga 677.7 676.7 682.7 682.7 682.7 681.3 668.0 659.0
Average for all
S-G elementary schools
683.6 685.3 679.7 679.7 681.2 680.4 675.0 670.5

 

Gr. 6-8 English Language Arts, administered in May 2011

Scores in levels 3/4 mean that students meet the state standards.

Grade # tested % at level 1 % at level 2 % at level 3 % at level 4 % at levels 3/4 2011 Mean scale score 2010 Mean scale score*
6 206 6.8 25.2 64.1 3.9 68.0 666 670
7 209 7.2 43.5 47.8 1.4 49.2 664 671
8 197 5.1 44.2 48.7 2.0 50.7 659 664


*July 2010
The State Education Department, in announcing the testing results from May 2010, also raised the "cut" scores between levels 1 and 2 and levels 2 and 3. That effectively means that more student scores would fall within levels 1 and 2, meaning that they are below the level now considered "proficient" by the state. As can be seen, mean scale scores on the exams did not decline dramatically.


The mean ELA scale scores for the Middle School (the maximum scored was lowered in 2006, thus making a comparison of mean scores difficult from year to year):

 

School 2011
(gr. 6-8)
2010
(gr. 6-8)
2009
(gr. 6-8)
2008
(gr. 6-8)
2007
(gr. 6-8)
2006
(gr. 6-8)
2005
(gr. 8)
2004
(gr. 8)
Middle School 663.0 668.3 669.3 665.0 664.0 657.0 702.0 702.0



Gr. 6-8 mathematics, administered in May 2011

Scores in levels 3/4 mean that students meet the state standards.

Grade # tested % at level 1 % at level 2 % at level 3 % at level 4 % at levels 3/4 2011 Mean scale score 2010 Mean scale score
6 206 3.9 26.2 46.1 23.8 69.9 685 679
7 205 2.9 22.9 38.5 35.6 74.1 684 677
8 196 4.1 28.1 54.1 13.8 67.9 680 680


The mean mathematics scale scores for the Middle School (the maximum scored was lowered in 2006, thus making a comparison of mean scores difficult from year to year):

School 2011
(gr. 6-8)
2010
(gr. 6-8)
2009
(gr. 6-8)
2008
(gr. 6-8)
2007
(gr. 6-8)
2006
(gr. 6-8)
2005
(gr. 8)
2004
(gr. 8)
Middle School 683.0 678.7 680.7 678.0 667.3 661.3 731.0 730.0


New York State Regents exams

Scotia-Glenville results


Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) I

Mean Scores Critical reading Math
Scotia-Glenville  511  531
New York State  491  505
United States  502  515

Graduation information

Here is graduation and post-graduation information from the most recent class.



Advanced Placement Courses Offered
Biology*
Calculus AB & BC
Chemistry*
Computer Science*
English
Microeconomics
Physics
Psychology
U.S. history
World History
*Offered based on demand

Number of students taking AP courses: 117

Percent scoring a 3 or higher on Advanced Placement (AP) final exams in 2011.
Advanced Placement (AP) students earn college credit by enrolling in certain courses in high school. The credit is accepted by many colleges.

In 2011, 107 Scotia-Glenville students were enrolled in AP courses and took 181 AP exams (some students enroll in more than one AP course). Of the 107 students, 84 of them (78.5%) received college credit. Students must receive a 3 or higher to receive the college and school credit. Students who receive a score or 2 or 1 receive school credit only. Figures below show the percentage receiving a score of 3 or higher on the exams offered:

Biology: 80%
Calculus AB: 54%
Calculus BC: 90%
Chemistry: 83%
Micro
Economics: 89%
English Literature and composition: 85%
Physics B: 89%
Psychology: 85%
US History: 96%
Statistics: 71%
World History: 67%

 

Percent receiving college credit through the University in the High School (UHS) program 2011.
University in the High School (UHS) students earn State University of New York college credit by enrolling in the following courses though Schenectady County Community College.
In 2011, 334 Scotia-Glenville students were enrolled in UHS courses and 272 of them (81.4%) received college credit. Students must maintain a C average in the course to receive the college credit. Figures below show the percentage of students who received UHS college credit for those courses:

Accounting I: 84%
Business Law: 89%
CISCO IT Essential: 68%
CISCO CCNA Discovery Program: 50%
Computer Software Applications
: 76%
E-Commerce: 75%
Entrepreneurship: 77%
College French 4: 100%
Intermediate Spanish I: 92%
Introduction to Drawing: 100%
Marketing: 91%
Math 12 (Pre-Calc): 91%
Statistics: 48%

 

University in the High School (UHS) students earn State University of New York college credit by enrolling in the following course though SUNY Cobleskill. Figures below show the percentage of students who received UHS college credit for the course:

Children Growth/Development: 91%

 

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