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District Assessments

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• 2009-2010 Assessment Calendar
 

CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test)

The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) measures students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three areas most linked to academic success in school:  Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal.  Its primary goal is to assess students’ reasoning abilities. Reasoning abilities have substantial correlations with learning and problem solving.  CogAT is well-suited to help educators make important student placement decisions, such as identifying student for gifted and talented and advanced programs.

Each level of the CogAT offers three test batteries—Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal.

•The Verbal battery is made up of three sub tests:  verbal classification, sentence completion, and verbal analogies.
•The Quantitative battery is made up of three sub tests:  Quantitative relations, number series, and equation building
•The Nonverbal battery is made up of figure classification, figure analogies, and figure analysis.
 

ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills)

The Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) assesses how students in grades K-8 are progressing the key academic areas of Reading, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.  This assessment provides national percentile scores in each academic area tested.  These scores are used by teachers and administrators to improve classroom instruction, revise curriculum, and identify students for specialized programs such as gifted and talented and advanced courses. 

 

Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT)

An assessment developed to help make the most informed decisions regarding the initial placement of students in the secondary mathematics curriculum.
The assessment consists of 60 items to be completed in 40 minutes. Each form consists of the following four parts.

Pre-Algebraic Number Skills and Concepts

Interpreting Mathematical Information

Representing Relationships

Using Symbols 

Measures of Academic Progress

The Measures of Academic Progress or MAP assessments are electronically administered and scored achievement tests designed to measure overall growth in learning including growth in specific goal areas for each subject. CISD administers MAP to students in grades 3-7. The district receives detailed district-level reports while the teachers receive comprehensive reports for their classes and information on each student that informs instruction. This assessment provides a national percentile score and a growth scale score.

www.nwea.org/
www.nwea.org/assets/downloads/1172/MAP_Basics_Overview.pdf
www.nwea.org/assets/downloads/930/Parent_Toolkit.pdf

SAT

High school students in Carroll ISD tend to score much higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)  than state and national scores. On average, 90 percent of graduating seniors take some form of college entrance exam.

SAT Website

The SAT® test assesses high school students' knowledge in critical Reading, mathematics, and writing.
  • The test takes 3 hours and 45 minutes.
  • The test has a total score of 2400 with each section consisting of 800 points.
  • Colleges use the test as one predictor of first-year academic achievement in college, and as a common yardstick to use in comparing students from a wide range of educational backgrounds.

Carroll ISD SAT Score History:

Year	Critical Reading	Mathematics	Writing	# of Test-Takers
2005	551	567	N/A	500
2006	547	572	539	514
2007	551	568	536	529
2008	548	575	541	561
2009	553	580	543	457

  • The district’s average composite score for 2008 (reading, writing and mathematics combined score) was 1664 .
  • The state of Texas’ average composite score for 2008 was 1473.
  • The national average composite score for 2008 was 1511.

PSAT/NMSQT

SAT/NMSQT stands for Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. It's a standardized test that provides firsthand practice for the SAT Reasoning Test™. It also gives you a chance to enter National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) scholarship programs.
  • The PSAT/NMSQT measures critical reading skills, math problem-solving skills and writing skills.
  • Carroll I.S.D. administers this assessment to every 10th grader free of charge.
 

ACT

ACT Website

The ACT® test assesses high school students' knowledge in English, mathematics, reading, and science.
  • The ACT is an achievement test, measuring what a student has learned in school.
  • The test takes 175 minutes (plus 30 minutes for the optional writing test)
  • The writing test, which is optional, measures skill in planning and writing a short essay.
  • Colleges use the test as one predictor of first-year academic achievement in college, and as a common yardstick to use in comparing students from a wide range of educational backgrounds.

Carroll ISD ACT Scores:

Year	Reading	Math	English	Science	Composite Score	# of Test-Takers
2005	24.5	24.0	23.5	23.1	23.9	342
2006	24.4	24.6	23.8	23.5	24.2	347
2007	24.7	24.8	23.8	23.6	24.3	388
2008	24.8	25.1	24.1	23.7	24.5	415
2009	25.2	25.2	24.6	24.0	24.9	394

  • The district’s composite score (Reading, English, Math, Science) for 2008 was 24.5
  • The state of Texas’ average composite score for 2008 was 20.7.
  • The national average composite score for 2008 was 21.1