Katherine Tasma!

Dr. Rubio
EDU360
February 18, 2016
Tech Assessment 1
As we can see from this chart, almost all of our grades hit the target we set
out. Every six grade and seventh class from 2010-2015 had 50% or more of the
students achieve a proficient or advanced score on the test. In eighth grade, the
classes of 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015 did not have a majority of the
students pass the test with a proficient score or higher. It is my recommendation
that we look to see if the test has gotten harder in the past three years since all of
these students passed the tests in grades six and seven and failing the eighth grade
test seems to be a new trend.

6th Grade
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
7th Grade
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
8th Grade
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15

% Passed
58%
53%
52%
52%
53%

% Passed
53%
51%
53%
51%
51%

% Passed
53%
51%
49%
49%
47%

Hit Target?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Hit Target?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Hit Target?
Yes
Yes
No
No
No

Looking at the different cohorts shows us that most of our students are doing
well. The only trouble we can see is with the 8 th grade test. Cohorts 3, 4, and 5 all
had trouble with the test. However, they were fine as a group in both 6 th and 7th
grade. This means it may be the test that is more difficult for 8th grade, or possibly
the teacher is not as effective.

Cohor
ts
1
2
3

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes

No
No
No

For Mrs. As class and Mr. Bs class, we did not meet our goal of 50% of their
students scoring as proficient or higher. Only 44% of their students passed the test.

Target?
#Yes
#No

No
22
28

44%
56%

If we look at how that breaks down between genders, we can see that the boys did
better than the girls. In fact, the boys passed the 50% goal. Only 25-33% of the
girls were able to pass the test. Perhaps we need to focus more on how to convey
the material in a more clear way to girls or use more projects aimed at that gender.
Target?

Passing
Passing
Passing
Passing

Females with Teacher A

Females with Teacher B
Males with Teacher A
Males with Teacher B

33%
25%
50%

No
No
Yes

60%

Yes

*These numbers do not add up to 100% because it is the number of females

passing in comparison to other females and males to males. So out of the females,
only 29% passed. I am not saying that 29% of the students who passed were
females. The same principle applies to the graph below.
Finally, we see that the difference between the successes of both classrooms is
minimal. Both teachers seem to be performing at similar levels and producing
similar scores. Our efforts need to be refocused on better training both teachers.