Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS)

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SCORE REPORT

Test Date: March 11, 2015

ALEXIS O ELKINS
1604 N BROOM ST
APT 1
WILMINGTON DE 19806

Test: 188 Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) Pre-K - Grade 12

Your Scaled Total Test Score: 274
Number of
Test Items
in Subarea
21 to 30
21 to 30
21 to 30
11 to 20

Subarea Name
Multiple-Choice Assignments:
Development and Learning
Learning Environment
Instruction and Assessment
Professional Environment

Your Status: Pass

Subarea
Score
Performance Graph
260
276
281
268

100---------------------------240---------300

Constructed-Response Assignments:

1
1

Learning Environment
Instruction and Assessment

280

Performance Indicators
++++
++++

Your scores have been reported to the Illinois State Board of Education and the following Illinois institutions you
identified during the registration process: Northwestern University
The New Teacher Project (TNTP)
New Leaders
For information on applying for Illinois licensure, contact your college advisor or regional office of education
or visit the Illinois State Board of Education Web site: www.isbe.net/licensure/default.htm

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HOW TO READ YOUR SCORE REPORT

Assessment of Professional Teaching Test
Overview. Your score report indicates whether you passed the Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) test, how you performed on the test as a whole, and how you
performed on each subarea of the test. The minimum passing score for the APT test was established by the Illinois State Board of Education based on recommendations from
a panel of Illinois educators. The passing score for the APT test is designed to reflect the minimum level of pedagogical knowledge required for effective performance in Illinois
schools.
Scale on which scores are reported. All results are reported as scaled scores in a range from 100 to 300.
Passing score. To pass the APT test, you must obtain a scaled total test score of 240 or above.
Status. If you received a total test score of 240 or above, you will receive a "Pass" status. If you received a total test score below 240, you will receive a "Did not pass"
status.
Total test score. Your total test score is based on your performance on the entire test, including the number of multiple-choice questions you answered correctly combined
with the scores you received on the two constructed-response assignments. The multiple-choice section contributes to 80 percent of your total test score; the constructedresponse assignments contribute to 20 percent of your total test score.
Subarea scores. These scores are reported to help you assess your areas of strength and weakness. Generally a score at or above 240 on a given subarea or the
constructed-response assignments indicates satisfactory performance within that subarea/assignment. The multiple-choice scores are based on your performance on the
multiple-choice questions for each subarea. The constructed-response assignment score is based on your performance on the two constructed-response assignments. The
performance indicators provide information on your performance on each constructed-response assignment.
Please note that the total test score is not the average of the subarea scores. This is because subareas contain different numbers of questions. Subareas with more
objectives receive more coverage on the test. See the study guide for additional information.
Reporting of scores. Your results have been forwarded to the Illinois State Board of Education and to the Illinois institution(s) you indicated during the registration
process. In addition, an Illinois institution with an approved educator preparation program will be able to access any of your test results (pass or did not pass) posted to the
Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS). You should keep the score report for your own records.
Reading your report: a sample. A sample of the APT test score report is provided below.
According to the sample, the examinee did not pass the APT
test 1 , because the examinee's scaled total test score of 238
is below the passing score of 240 2 .
With regard to the multiple-choice section of the test, the
examinee did better on the Learning Environment section 4
than on the Development and Learning section 3 . The
examinee did better on the constructed-response assignment
for Learning Environment 5 than on the constructedresponse assignment for Instruction and Assessment 6 .
The score report indicates the approximate number of
multiple-choice test questions for each subarea and the
number of constructed-response assignments on the test 7 .
The Performance Graph 8 indicates the examinee's subarea score on a range from 100 to 300. The Performance Indicators 9 can be interpreted as follows: + + + +
indicates a constructed-response assignment score of 78, + + + indicates a constructed-response assignment score of 6, + + indicates a constructed-response assignment
score of 45, and + indicates a constructed-response assignment score of 23.
HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR APT CONSTRUCTED-RESPONSE SCORES
Your two constructed-response assignments were scored according to standardized procedures. Scorers with relevant professional backgrounds were oriented to these
procedures. Using a process called focused holistic scoring, your responses were evaluated on the basis of three major criteria: purpose, application of professional
knowledge, and support/elaboration. The process allows the scoring to be based on overall quality of your response rather than on an analysis of the components. Scorers
based their judgments on the quality of pedagogical knowledge demonstrated in your responses to the constructed-response assignments. In general, a response that receives
a passing score demonstrates the following performance characteristics.
Constructed-Response Performance Characteristics
1. PURPOSE: the fulfillment of the assigned tasks by responding in an appropriate manner to the elements of the specific performance assignment
2. APPLICATION OF PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE: the application of accurate, effective, and current professional knowledge and practices relevant to the
specific performance assignment and the appropriate subarea of the APT test framework
3. SUPPORT/ELABORATION: the appropriateness and quality of support/elaboration through the use of supporting details, examples, and rationales relevant to the
specific performance assignment and the appropriate subarea of the APT test framework
Each response was scored on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 representing a totally undeveloped response and 4 representing a response that was very well developed. Each
response was read and scored by two readers; the sum of the two readers' scores is the total score assigned to the response. Please note that if two readers' scores differed
by more than one point, the response was scored by a third reader.
A score of 8 for a constructed-response assignment would indicate that the first reader assigned a score of 4 and that the second reader assigned a score of 4. This would
indicate that the response to the assignment was very well developed in regard to the performance characteristics. Similarly, a score of 2 would indicate that the first reader
assigned a score of 1 and that the second reader assigned a score of 1. This would indicate that the response was totally undeveloped in regard to the performance
characteristics.
The performance indicators on your score report provide information on how you performed on each of the two assignments.
Your scores from each of the two constructed-response assignments were then combined into a single score. The range of reader-assigned scores for the two constructedresponse assignments is from:
16 (4 + 4 + 4 + 4), which would represent two constructed responses that are very well developed and that received the highest scores from the two readers who rated each response, to
4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1), which would represent two constructed responses that are totally undeveloped and that received the lowest scores from the two readers who rated each response.
This combined raw score is then converted to a scaled score, on a scale from 100 to 300, which is the score that appears on your score report for the constructed-response
assignments.
The designation of a U (unscorable) is assigned to responses that are off topic, illegible, written in a language other than English, of insufficient length to score, or merely a
repetition of the topic. A designation of B is assigned if the constructed-response form is blank.
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Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS)

SSN: XXX - X4 - 5837

SCORE REPORT

Test Date: March 12, 2015

ALEXIS O ELKINS
1604 N BROOM ST
APT 1
WILMINGTON DE 19806

Test: 110 Elementary/Middle Grades

Your Scaled Total Test Score: 287
Number of
Test Items
in Subarea
21 to 30
11 to 20
11 to 20
21 to 30
11 to 20

Subarea Name
Language Arts and Literacy
Mathematics
Science
Social Sciences
The Arts, Health, and Physical Education
Scaled Total Test Score

Your Status: Pass

Subarea
Score

Performance Graph

280
292
275
293
292
287
100----------------------------240---------300

Your scores have been reported to the Illinois State Board of Education and the following Illinois institutions you
identified during the registration process: Northwestern University
New Leaders
The New Teacher Project (TNTP)
For information on applying for Illinois licensure, contact your college advisor or regional office of education
or visit the Illinois State Board of Education Web site: www.isbe.net/licensure/default.htm

This barcode contains unique candidate information.

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HOW TO READ YOUR SCORE REPORT

Content-Area Tests
(For all content-area tests except the foreign language fields)
Overview. Your score report indicates whether you passed the test, how you performed on the test as a
whole, and how you performed on each subarea of the test. The minimum passing scores for the Illinois
Licensure Testing System were established by the Illinois State Board of Education based on
recommendations from panels of Illinois educators. The passing score is designed to reflect the minimum level
of content knowledge required for effective performance in Illinois schools.
Scale on which scores are reported. All results are reported as scaled scores in a range from 100 to 300.
Passing score. To pass the test you must obtain a scaled total test score of 240 or above.
Status. If you received a total test score of 240 or above you will receive a "Pass" status. If you received a
total test score below 240 you will receive a "Did not pass" status.
Total test score. The total test score is based on the total number of questions answered correctly on the
entire test.
Subarea scores. Your score report also provides subarea scores. These scores are reported to help you
assess your areas of strength and weakness. Generally, a score at or above 240 on a given subarea indicates
satisfactory performance within that subarea.
Because subareas may contain different numbers of questions, it is not possible to average your performance
across subareas to arrive at the total test score. The set of objectives matched to each subarea is listed in the
study guide for your field. Subareas with greater numbers of objectives receive more coverage on the test.
Reporting of scores. Your results have been forwarded to the Illinois State Board of Education and to the
Illinois institution(s) you indicated during the registration process. You should keep the score report for your
own records.
Reading your report: a sample. A sample of a test score report is provided below.
Test: 110 Elementary/Middle Grades
Your Scaled Total Test Score: 234
Number of Test
Items in Subarea

21 to 30
11 to 20
11 to 20
21 to 30
11 to 20

Subarea Name

Your Status: Did not pass

Subarea Score

Language Arts and Literacy

Mathematics
Science
Social Sciences
The Arts, Health, and Physical Education

210
237
255
220
260

Scaled Total Test Score

234

Performance Graph

4
3
100

240

300

According to the above sample, the examinee did not pass the Elementary/Middle Grades test 1 , because
the examinees total test score of 234 2 is below the passing score of 240.
The examinee did better on the Science section 3 of the test than on the Language Arts and Literacy
section 4 . The examinee will need to retake the test and achieve a total test score of 240 or higher to pass
the test. The score report indicates the number of items for each subarea on the test 5 .

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