ERIC ED373077: Accountability Reports for All Districts and Schools. The Utah Statewide Testing Program--1993. Appendix to the Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

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Accountability Reports for All Districts and Schools.
TITLE
The Utah Statewide Testing Program--1993. Appendix to
the Annual Report of the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
INSTITUTION
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City.
PUB DATE
Jan 94
NOTE
374p.; For the annual report, see ED 363 944.
PUB TYPE
Statistical Data (110)
Reports
Evaluative/Feasibility (142)
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DESCRIPTORS
Academic Achievement; *Accountability; Achievement
Tests; Comparative Analysis; Elementary Secondary
Education; English; Grade 5; Grade 8; Grade 11;
Language Arts; Mathematics; Norm Referenced Tests;
Public Schools; *School Districts; Scores;
Standardized Tests; *State Programs; Tables (Data);
*Testing Programs; *Test Resu'l.s
IDENTIFIERS
Stanford Achievement Tests; *Utah
Al",RACT
State legislation in Utah has required the
administration of the same norm-referenced achievement test statewide
to students in grades 5, 8, and 11, with public reporting of school
and district averages from this program. These results are reported
in this volume. in the fall of 1993, the Stanford Achievement Test,
the test chosen by the State Testing Committee, was administered to
over 100,000 students in all of Utah's 40 school districts. The
overall pattern of results shows Utah students outscoring the
national norm group on 16 of 18 possible comparisons. State results
are strong in most areas, but there are clear opportunities for
improvement. The only areas in which Utah students performed less
well than the norm group were language and English at grades 5 and 8.
Statewide results are summarized in a chart, and separate reports, in
table form, are given for each district to show results from all
curriculum areas tested. Forty tables are included.
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THE UTAH STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM - 1993
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Accountability Reports For Ail Districts and Schools
UTAH STATE OFFICE OF EDUCATION
Scott W. Bean
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jerry P. Peterson
Associate Superintendent, Instructional Services
David E. Nelson
Director, Evaluation and Assessment
By
David E. Nelson
January 1994
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UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
UTAH STATE BOARD FOR APPUED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
BOARD MEMBERS
District 8
District 1
Daryl C. Barrett
Neola Brown
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Beaver, Utah 84713
District 9
District 2
Kay McDonough
Lynn Haslem
Magna, Utah 84044
Altonah, Utah 8400
District 10
District 3
Donald G. Christensen
Harold S. Jensen
West Valley City, Utah 84120
Gunnison, Utah 84634
District 11
District 4
C. Grant Hurst
Keith T. Checketts
Sandy, Utah 84093
Logan, Utah 84321
District 12
District 5
Boyd F. Jensen
Thomas F. Davidson
Murray, Utah 84107
Ogden, Utah 84403
District 13
District 6
Allen E. Litster
Milton Kendrick
Midvale, Utah 84047
Ogden, Utah 84403
District 14
District 7
Marlon 0. Snow
Katharine B. Garff
Orem, Utah 84057
Bountiful, Utah 84010
District 15
Linnea S. Barney
Orem, Utah 84058
Scott W. Bean, Executive Officer
Twila B. Affleck, Secretary
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STATE TESTING COMMITTEE
Barbara Lawrence
Linda Benson
Utah State Office of Education
Granite School District
Bonnie Morgan
Frank Cameron
Utah State Office of Education
Alpine School District
Barry Newbold
Gary Carlston
Jordan School District
Logan School District
John Ross
Jon Crawford
Utah State Office of Education
Emery School District
Alan Sperry
Cal Durfey
Juab School District
Washington School District
Ron Stanfield
Max Jensen
North Summit School District
Utah State Office of Education
Dave Steele
Karen Kowalski
Davis School District
North Sanpete School District
David E. Nelson, Chairman
Utah State Office of Education
FOREWORD
The 1990 Utah Legislature passed a set of bills dealing with testing and
accountability. Specifically, House Bill 321 mandated the administration of the same
norm-referenced achievement test statewide to students in grades five, eight, and
eleven. Public reporting of school and district averages from this program was also
mandated by the Utah Legislature in House Bill 158. These results are reported in
this volume which is an appendix to the Annual Report of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction.
The fourth administration of tests under the legislative mandate took place
ir the fall of 1993. Over 100,000 students were tested across all of Utah's forty
In most schools, testing took place from the last week in
school districts.
September through the first two weeks of October. The test chosen by the State
Testing Committee for administration in this program was the Stanford Achievement
Test. Through a legislative appropriation, all tests, answer sheets, and other testing
materials were purchased by the State Office of Education and provided to local
school districts for administration. Likewise, the State Office of Education assumed
all costs of scoring and reporting for the tests administered at grades five, eight, and
eleven.
This report describes the 1993 Utah Statewide Testing Program and presents
the results of the testing program for the entire state, each district and every school.
We hope this information will increase understanding of the performance of Utah's
public schools and of the continuing effort of all Utah educators to provide a quality
education to every student.
Scott W. Bean
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Program Overview and Statewide Results
Section I
1
Questions and Answers About the Utah Statewide
Section Il
Testing Program for 1993
7
Guide to Interpretation of "School Accountability
Section III
:Reports" from the Statewide Testing Program 1993
15
District and School Accountability Reports for
Section IV
All Districts and Schools
19
Alpine
21
Beaver
37
Box Elder
43
53
Cache
Carbon
61
Daggett
69
Davis
75
97
Duchesne
Emery
105
Garfield
113
Grand
121
Granite
127
Iron
153
Jordan
161
Juab
183
189
Kane
195
Logan
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
Millard
203
Morgan
209
Murray
215
223
Nebo
233
North Sanpete
North Summit
241
247
Ogden
Park City
257
263
Piute
269
Provo
277
Rich
Salt Lake City
283
297
San Juan
Sevier
307
South Sanpete
313
South Summit
319
Tintic
325
Tooele
331
Uintah
341
349
Wasatch
355
Washington
367
Wayne
Weber
373
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SECTION I.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND STATEWIDE RESULTS
Background
1993 is the fourth year of implementation for Utah's Statewide Testing Program.
The 1990 Utah Legislature passed a set of bills dealing with testing and accountability.
Specifically, House Bill 321 mandated the administration of the same norm-referenced
achievement test statewide to students in grades five, eight, and eleven.
Public
reporting of school and district averages from this program was also mandated by the
Utah Legislature in House Bill 158.
Formal responsibility for creating and planning this program was vested with the
State Board and State Office of Education. The State Superintendent, in conjunction
with school district superintendents, appointed a fifteen-member State Testing
Committee which accomplished detailed planning and established guidelines for
conducting the Statewide Testing Program.
The fifteen-member State Testing
Committee is made up of representatives of ten of Utah's forty school districts as well
as five staff from the State Office of Education.
The fourth administration of tests under this legislative mandate took place this
In most schools, testing took place from the last week in September through the
fall.
first two weeks of October. The test chosen by the State Testing Committee for
administration in this program was the Stanford Achievement Test.
Through a
legislative appropriation, all tests, answer sheets, and other testing materials, exclusive
of pencils, were purchased by the State Office of Education and provided to local
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school districts and schools for administration. Likewise, the State Office of Education
assumed all costs of scoring and reporting for the tests administered at grades five,
eight, and eleven.
Reporting of Results
Initial results, such as individual student profiles and school profiles, were made
available to school districts by mid-November. These were the same kinds of reports
which have typically been produced through the test scoring service at the State Office
of Education. In December, a series of special reports was produced and sent to each
local school district for them to share with their board of education and the public.
These reports featured both average (median) scores which were obtained by schools
and districts as well as predicted score ranges which allow a comparison between a
school average and a range of scores which would be expected in schools with similar
students. These reports used this same report format to present results for each
district and school.
State Results for Major Subtests
The table on page five presents the statewide results based on the
administration of the Stanford Achievement Test to Utah fifth, eighth, and eleventh
graders in the fall of 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. Results are presented for all major
subtests including mathematics, reading, language/English, science, social science,
and the total basic battery. While the Stanford has many additional specific subscores,
these major subtests are a good indicator of performance in the five major curriculum
areas measured by the test as well as the total basic battery.
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