REPORTING TEST SCORES

Reporting

 A document containing information

organized in a narrative, graphic, or
tabular form.
 Purpose of Reporting

 Define the scope of testing

 Present the results of testing
 Draw conclusions and make recommendations
 Evaluate and decision making
 TYPES OF SCORES

Raw Scores Standard Scores

The standard scores

indicate a student’s
A Raw Score is simply relative position in a
the number of questions group. It expresses test
a student answers performance in terms of
correctly for a test standard deviation units
from the mean
 Raw Scores

A raw score provides an indication of

the variability in performance among
students in a classroom
 Cont…

A raw score by itself has no meaning. It can be

interpreted only by comparing it with some
standard such as total number of items for a test
or with raw scores earned by a comparison
group.
 Types of Standard Scores

Z – Score
If a mean and standard deviation can
be calculated for a given set of raw
scores, each raw scores can be
expressed in terms of its distance
from the mean in standard deviation
units or z scores.
 Z Score =
(Raw Score –Mean)/Standard deviation

Note: Z score is always minus when the raw

score is smaller than the mean.
T Scores:

Any set of normally distributed

standard scores that has a
mean of 50 and SD of 10.

T = (Z x 10) + 50
 GRADING

Grading refers to the process

of using symbols, such as
letter to indicate various types
of students progress (Nitko
2001).
Common Methods of
Grading :

Letter
grades
Number/Percentage grade
 %age Strengths:

Easy to use
Easy to interpret
theoretically
Provide a concise summary
May be combined with letter
grades
More continuous than letter
 Conducting Parent-Teacher Conferences

The first conference is usually arranged in the

beginning of the school year to allow parents and
teachers to get acquaintance and preparing plan
for the coming months. Teachers usually receive
some training to plan and conduct such
conferences.
 Prepare for the conference

Review the goals and objectives

 Organize the information to present
 If portfolios are to discuss, these are well-arranged
 Start and keep positive focus
 Announce the final date and time as per
convenience of the parents and children
 Cont..

 Develop a packet of conference including

student’s goals, samples of work, and reports
or notes from other staff.
 Do’s of parent-teacher
conferences

 Be friendly and honest.

 Be honest
 Be willing to listen and explain
 Be willing to accept parents’ feelings
 Be professional and maintain a positive
attitude
 Cont..

 Begin with student’s strengths

 Review student’s cumulative record prior to
conference
 Assemble samples of student’s work
 List questions to ask parents and anticipate parents’
questions
 Conclude the conference with an overall summary
Don’ts of the parent teacher conference

 Don’t argue
 Don’t get angry
 Don’t ask embarrassing questions
 Don’t reject parents’ suggestions
Thanks for your attention