In 2008-09, four alternate assessments were available for use in grades/courses where the state typically tests students. As in earlier years, results for WCPSS students were mixed. Student performance on the NCCLAS, an assessment designed mainly for limited English proficient (LEP) students, improved in mathematics but remained low in reading for the 141 students in grades 3 to 8 who took them. Fewer students took NCCLAS EOC exams but proficiency rates in English I and Algebra I, the two tests taken by the most students, were 81% and >95%, respectively. On the NCEXTEND1 assessments, which are taken by students with significant cognitive disabilities, proficiency rates ranged from 49-57% in reading and 46-73% in math for 461 Grade 3-8 students. The NCEXTEND2 assessments, administered to students with moderate intellectual or learning disabilities, were taken by the largest number of WCPSS students (1572). Results on these modified EOG exams were slightly higher than those of the two previous years but proficiency rates across grade levels remained low in both reading (18-41%) and mathematics (30-52%). At the high school level, 277 students took NCEXTEND2 OCS assessments, which are based on the Occupational Course of Study and serve as alternates for required assessments in reading, mathematics, and science. The percentage of students achieving proficiency on the exams ranged from 44% in English, to 50% in mathematics, and 53% in Science.
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- Wake County Public School System (WCPSS)
- Education Level
- ['Elementary Education', 'Middle Schools', 'Secondary Education', 'Junior High Schools', 'High Schools']
- Location
- North Carolina
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Reports - Evaluative
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- BACKGROUND 1
- Individualized Education Program IEP NC Standard Course of Study 2
- RESULTS NCCLAS NC CHECKLIST OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS 2
- NCCLAS EOG Results 3
- Figure 1 WCPSS Students Identified for NCCLAS EOG Assessments in One or More Subject Areas by Gender Race and Grade Level 2008-09 n141 3
- Table 1 WCPSS and NC Results on NCCLAS Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for LEP Students and All Students 2008-09 5
- Percent Proficient 5
- WCPSS 5
- LEP 5
- Students Standard 5
- EOG Tests 5
- Percent Proficient 5
- WCPSS Students Standard 5
- EOG Tests 5
- Percent Proficient 5
- Students Standard 5
- EOG Tests 5
- Percent Proficient 5
- Students Standard 5
- EOG Tests 5
- Figure 2 WCPSS Results on NCCLAS Reading Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for LEP Students and All Students 2008-09 Reading 6
- Figure 3 WCPSS Results on NCCLAS Mathematics Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for LEP Students and All Students 2008-09 Mathematics 6
- NCCLAS EOC Results 7
- Figure 4 WCPSS Students Participating in NCCLAS End-of-Course Assessments 7
- Table 2 WCPSS and NC Results on NCCLAS Assessments Compared to Standard EOC Results for LEP Students and All Students 2008-09 8
- Percent Proficient 8
- For 8
- WCPSS 8
- LEP 8
- Students Standard 8
- EOC Tests 8
- Percent Proficient 8
- For All 8
- WCPSS Students Standard 8
- EOC Tests 8
- Percent Proficient 8
- For NC LEP 8
- Students Standard 8
- EOC Tests 8
- Percent Proficient 8
- For All NC 8
- Students Standard 8
- EOC Tests 8
- NCEXTEND1 8
- NC Extended Content Standards NCECS NC Extended Content Standards 8
- NCEXTEND1 EOG Results 9
- Figure 5 Number of WCPSS Students at Grades 3-8 by Race and Gender 10
- Identified for Use of NCEXTEND1 Assessments in 2008-09 n461 10
- Table 3 11
- Percentage of WCPSS Grades 3-8 Students by Areas of Identification Using NCEXTEND1 Assessments in 2008-09 11
- Identification Students 11
- . Reading 11
- Mathematics Science 12
- Table 4 WCPSS and NC Results on NCEXTEND1 Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for SWD Students and All Students 2008-09 13
- Figure 6 WCPSS Results on NCEXTEND1 Reading Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for SWD Students and All Students 2008-09 Reading 14
- Figure 7 WCPSS Results on NCEXTEND1 Math Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for SWD Students and All Students 2008-09 Mathematics 14
- NCEXTEND2 EOG 14
- Table 5 Percentage of WCPSS Grades 3-8 Students by Area of Identification Taking One or More NCEXTEND2 EOG Assessments in 2008-09 16
- Identification Students 16
- Figure 8 17
- Number of WCPSS Students at Grades 3-8 by Race and Gender Taking One or More NCEXTEND2 EOG Assessments 2008-09. n1572 17
- Table 6 WCPSS and NC Results on NCEXTEND2 EOG Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for SWD Students and All Students 2008-09 18
- Figure 9 WCPSS and NC Results on NCEXTEND2 EOG Reading Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for SWD Students and All Students 2008-09 Reading 19
- Figure 10 WCPSS and NC Results on NCEXTEND2 EOG Math Assessments Compared to Standard EOG Results for SWD Students and All Students 2008-09 Mathematics 19
- NCEXTEND2 OCS OCCUPATIONAL COURSE OF STUDY 20
- The Occupational Course of Study NCEXTEND2 OCS assessments 20
- Figure 11 Number of WCPSS Students at Grades 9-12 by Race and Gender Identified for Use of NCEXTEND2 OCS Assessments in 2008-09 n277 21
- Table 7 Percentage of WCPSS High School Students by Area of Identification Participating in One or More NCEXTEND2 OCS Assessments in 2008-09 22
- Area of Identification of Students 22
- NCEXTEND2 OCS Results Table 8 WCPSS and NC Results on NCEXTEND2 OCS Assessments 2008-09 22
- Students Tested WCPSS 22
- Students Proficient WCPSS 22
- Students Tested 22
- Students Proficient 22
- DISCUSSION 23
- RESOURCES 25
- NC extended content standards. NC procedures governing programs services for children with disabilities WCPSS alternate assessment results 2005-06 WCPSS alternate assessment results 2006-07 26
