AREA STUDENTS SCORE WELL; T.O., SIMI SCHOOLS AT OR ABOVE AVERAGE ON STANFORD 9.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
Ventura Ventura (vĕnt  `rə), city (1990 pop. 92,575), seat of Ventura co., SW Calif., on the Pacific coast in a farm and oil region; inc. 1866. County school districts scored well above the national
average on most Stanford 9 achievement tests, but top educators say the
results released Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant show there is room for improvement. Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by and Oak Park performed the highest of the 20 districts in Ventura County, ranking in the 60th to 70th percentiles in math and language skills. Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. and Moorpark hovered closer to the 50th percentile percentile, n the number in a frequency distribution below which a certain percentage of fees will fall. E.g., the ninetieth percentile is the number that divides the distribution of fees into the lower 90% and the upper 10%, or that fee level , the level that delineates the national average. ``It gives us room to get better,'' said county schools Superintendent Charles Weis, who released the results at a news conference. ``Certainly those districts that scored below the 50th percentile have a lot of room to grow. But even those who scored above were not in the 80th and 90th percentiles. They have some work to do, too.'' The multiple-choice, English-language exam was administered last spring to second- through 11th-graders, testing their knowledge of math, reading, language and spelling. Science and social science exams also were given to students in ninth, 10th and 11th grades. Of the 139 grades reported by Ventura County districts, 64 scored in the 50th percentile or above in reading; 71 scored that high in math; and 78 in tested above the national average percentile in language. Because most of the county districts chose not to test their high school students in spelling, only 129 grades reported results in that subject. Of those, only 43 grades tested above the 50th percentile mark. Weis said that he did not expect the districts to do so well on the Stanford 9, primarily because it is the first year it was used, and it has been several years since students have taken standardized tests A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] . ``We would have guessed that they would be worse,'' he said. ``We didn't expect any of our schools to score in the top quarter percentile in the nation.'' In fact, the Conejo Valley Unified and Oak Park Unified school districts Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD) is a K-12 school district in southeast Ventura County, California, USA. It consists of six public schools in the community of Oak Park. have grade levels scoring in the 75th percentile or better in the core subjects. Most school district officials were not available for comment Friday. Others refused to comment until the state officially releases the results Tuesday. Kenneth Moffett, interim superintendent for the Simi Valley district, said he was ``not dissatisfied'' with the results. ``It's the first time our district has taken these and we'll be taking a good look at these results,'' he said. Officials will analyze the strengths and weaknesses reflected by the tests and will alter the curriculum accordingly, Moffett said. When the scores are analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. among grade levels, a pattern emerges that indicates elementary students did better in each grade level than those in the grade before - an encouraging trend. ``That's what we look for,'' Weis said. ``We look for our kids to get smarter and smarter each year, but we don't always see that.'' However, the scores dip after eighth grade, and officials said there may be a difference in what was being taught at each grade level and what was being tested. The results also show a wide discrepancy DISCREPANCY. A difference between one thing and another, between one writing and another; a variance. (q.v.) 2. Discrepancies are material and immaterial. in performance between students who are fluent fluent /flu·ent/ (floo´int) flowing effortlessly; said of speech. in English and those with only a limited proficiency pro·fi·cien·cy n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies The state or quality of being proficient; competence. Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence in the language. In the Conejo Valley district, for example, fourth-graders overall scored in the 69th percentile on the reading test. English-only students scored in the 72nd percentile, while limited-proficiency youngsters scored in the 23rd percentile. In the Moorpark district, English-only fourth-graders scored in the 64th percentile on the reading test, while those with limited proficiency scored in the 9th. Weis said that while the test scores and national rankings are an important indicator of how schools are doing, they are not the only way to determine how students will do when they graduate. ``These tests don't test perseverance Perseverance See also Determination. Ainsworth redid dictionary manuscript burnt in fire. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 752] Call of the Wild, The dogs trail steadfastly through Alaska’s tundra. [Am. Lit. , they don't test follow-through and they don't test whether you're nice to people,'' he said. STANFORD 9 SCORES Following are the results of the Stanford 9 achievement tests, comparing local districts to the national average. The numbers shown depict de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. the percentile ranking The percentile rank of a score is the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution which are lower. For example, a test score which is greater than 85% of the scores of people taking the test is said to be at the 85th percentile. . An 60th percentile ranking means the district averaged higher than 59 percent and lower than 39 percent of other districts in the nation. Grade Level 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED Reading 67 66 69 67 71 71 72 60 58 62 Math 71 69 65 69 78 75 74 77 66 72 Language 72 68 69 70 74 7673 68 63 67 Spelling 62 57 65 63 70 71 60 xx xx xx LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED Reading 62 71 77 77 76 78 74 66 65 65 Math 58 74 72 76 83 83 78 79 72 73 Language 67 73 76 79 78 84 79 77 73 77 Spelling 54 53 69 69 73 73 63 xx xx xx MOORPARK UNIFIED Reading 49 45 54 57 57 59 58 47 38 47 Math 52 50 49 54 54 54 55 62 46 52 Language 55 51 57 59 61 65 63 60 41 51 Spelling 46 41 46 47 51 51 42 35xx 25 OAK PARK UNIFIED Reading 71 72 75 74 72 78 74 63 62 61 Math 71 61 65 69 80 74 72 80 64 63 Language 76 75 77 82 76 85 80 77 68 70 Spelling 6766 75 70 71 73 61 57 59 66 SIMI VALLEY UNIFIED Reading 49 55 57 57 60 58 58 50 47 50 Math 49 53 52 55 63 54 54 63 53 58 Language 53 55 57 61 60 62 58 61 50 55 Spelling 45 50 53 53 54 56 42 41 42 52 xx Subject not tested CAPTION(S): Box BOX: STANFORD 9 SCORES (See Text) |
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