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Students perform better than average on testing
Local third-graders score above state and national results.
By TROY ROBERTS
troberts@lakecityreporter.com
Third-graders in the Columbia County School District are performing better in reading and math than their state and national counterparts, according to statistics released from this year’s norm-referenced test.
The district scored a 64 in reading and a 66 in math on the NRT, compared to the state’s 60 in reading and 63 in math. Scoring on the test ranges from 1 to 99, and the results are compared to those students of the same age and grade level throughout the country. Scoring a 50 on the test means a student performed at the same level or performed better than half of the children in the nation.
The NRTs are taken along with the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, but those scores are not used to grade schools.
“There is no correlation,” said Kitty McElhaney, Columbia School District director of curriculum assessment. “We look at the information, but because so many things in Florida are based on the Sunshine State Standards test, it’s a measure but it isn’t as significant because it isn’t as critical in the state.”
Although the district performed better than the state, the district saw numbers dip this year compared to 2007.
Columbia City Elementary School students scored a 65 on reading and a 67 on math, both drops from the previous year. Eastside Elementary School scored a 58 and a
65 on reading and math respectively, also a slight decrease from 2007.
Five Points Elementary School notched an increase in the reading category — a
67 this year compared to a 62 in 2007 — but dropped to a 69 in math. Fort White Elementary School scored a 69 and 70 in reading and math, respectively, and Melrose Park scored higher on both portions of the test — 63 in reading and a
69 in math, compared to a 58 and 66 last year.
Niblack Elementary School scored a 46 in reading and a 50 in math, while Summers Elementary School received a 62 in reading and a 64 in math. Westside Elementary School posted gains in both areas, a two-point increase in both categories, and scored a 70 on each portion of the test.
Grades 3 through 10 take the NRT but results for other grade levels were not available Tuesday.
The district scored a 64 in reading and a 66 in math on the NRT, compared to the state’s 60 in reading and 63 in math. Scoring on the test ranges from 1 to 99, and the results are compared to those students of the same age and grade level throughout the country. Scoring a 50 on the test means a student performed at the same level or performed better than half of the children in the nation.
The NRTs are taken along with the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, but those scores are not used to grade schools.
“There is no correlation,” said Kitty McElhaney, Columbia School District director of curriculum assessment. “We look at the information, but because so many things in Florida are based on the Sunshine State Standards test, it’s a measure but it isn’t as significant because it isn’t as critical in the state.”
Although the district performed better than the state, the district saw numbers dip this year compared to 2007.
Columbia City Elementary School students scored a 65 on reading and a 67 on math, both drops from the previous year. Eastside Elementary School scored a 58 and a
65 on reading and math respectively, also a slight decrease from 2007.
Five Points Elementary School notched an increase in the reading category — a
67 this year compared to a 62 in 2007 — but dropped to a 69 in math. Fort White Elementary School scored a 69 and 70 in reading and math, respectively, and Melrose Park scored higher on both portions of the test — 63 in reading and a
69 in math, compared to a 58 and 66 last year.
Niblack Elementary School scored a 46 in reading and a 50 in math, while Summers Elementary School received a 62 in reading and a 64 in math. Westside Elementary School posted gains in both areas, a two-point increase in both categories, and scored a 70 on each portion of the test.
Grades 3 through 10 take the NRT but results for other grade levels were not available Tuesday.
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