Please read this
introduction and then look at the results
Below are the 2012 Amesbury STAR results for your
information. I am presenting them to you with a caution as follows. STAR is a
nationally normed test of reading skills. However, it is important for you to
note that STAR is a narrow test of reading and is only one indicator of
achievement that goes towards making a judgement of whether your child is
at/below/or above the National Standard in reading. Being “at” in STAR does not
in any way suggest that your child will be “at” in National Standards. In fact,
it is highly possible that a child who tests “at” in STAR may not reach the
Standard.
National Standards are not nationally normed, but are
standards that have been set based on what is required to achieve NZCEA. National
Standards requires much broader achievement than previously. In order to achieve
the standard, students must be achieving at that standard consistently and in
work done across the full range of curriculum areas, i.e reading for inquiry, reading
in maths. National Standards includes the ability to think critically and solve
problems. In the past, a judgement about a child’s achievement was often based
on one test result, but now we are required to triangulate data from a number of sources to make a comprehensive
judgement about that child’s learning.
STAR testing is useful for the purposes of triangulating
data about what your child can do and it does add to our knowledge of each
child’s learning, but it must be treated as only one indicator and that much
more will be required as we consider where students are at in relation to
National Standards.
STAR Achievement
Results 2012
Findings
- · There has been a noticeable increase in achievement from March/April testing to the November testing. 82% of students are now above national norms compared with 66% in the March testing (a 15 – 16% increase over the year) compared with a national norm of 23%.
- · 18% are in the “at” Stanine band, with no students below Stanine 5. In March some students achieved at Stanine 4.
- · 16% of students achieved at Stanine 9 compared with the national norm of 4%.
Conclusion
It is pleasing to see an improvement in achievement over the
year. For 2013, we would like to see more students shifting up into the “above”
band, but most particularly, more students achieving at Stanine 9.
Please note: STAR testing will be further interpreted in the
light of the whole raft of reading assessment that will take place over the
next few weeks. I will report on this at the beginning of next year.
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