Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix

Titel

Statewide Report for Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing [and] Appendix to the Statewide Report for Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing

Erscheinungsjahr

1993

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the 1992-93 school year, the 13th year of the Arizona Pupil Achievement Testing Program, the State Board of Education mandated testing at grades 4, 7, and 10. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) were administered to grades 4 and 7 and the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) at grade 10. Pupil scores are reported by subject, subtest, and skill at the pupil and classroom levels for the state. Scores are then aggregated to the school, district, county, and state levels. A total of 144,858 Arizona students were tested, with 3,723 students of limited English proficiency exempt from the test. Norms used in 1992 were based on national pupil performance in the 1987-88 school year. The 1992 Arizona student performance in reading comprehension was below the national average in grade 4, but was above the national average in grades 7 and 10. In language usage and expression, average Arizona student performance was below the national average in grade 4, but above it in grade 7. Language was not tested in grade 10. Average mathematics scores for Arizona were below the national averages in grades 4 and 10, but higher in grade 7. A slight decrease was noted in grades 4 and 7 when compared to 1991 scores. Ten tables and 6 figures present result summaries. The appendix to the statewide report consists of the following: Appendix A gives the fall 1992 percentile ranks for individuals in reading for both the ITBS and the TAP by state, county, district, and school. Appendix B contains the fall 1992 percentile ranks for individuals for language usage and expression for the ITBS in grades 4 and 7. No language test was given in grade 10. Appendix C presents the mathematics results in terms of percentile ranks for individuals for the ITBS in grades 4 and 7 and the TAP in grade 10. Each appendix contains 48 pages of tables, for a total of 144 tabular pages. (SLD)