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Understanding Entering Achievement and Exiting Achievement
Assessments analyzed with the Predictive model are reported in scale scores. During the 2022-23 school year, ISAT assessments for English Language Arts and Math were administered in grade 11 instead of in grade 10 as in the past. In addition, some students that took these assessments in the 2021-22 school year while in grade 10 were not required to take the assessments while in grade 11 during the 2022-23 school year. For reporting and accountability purposes, the scores for this group of students were used as grade 11 scores for the 2022-23 school year alongside the grade 11 scores of students who were required to take the assessments. As a result, a different approach was needed for the 2022-23 analysis for the grade 11 assessments. For more information, refer to the Statistical Models and Business Rules document.
Depending on the assessment, achievement is reported in Normal Curve Equivalents (NCEs) or scale scores.
- Entering achievement is either the average of the students' NCEs from the most recent prior year available or the average of the students' expected scale scores.
- Exiting achievement is either the average of the students' current year NCEs or the average of the students' actual scale scores.
| Analysis | |
|---|---|
| Assessments analyzed with the Gain model | Entering achievement is the weighted average of the students' NCEs from the most recent prior year available. |
| Assessments analyzed with the Predictive model | We generate an expected score for each student included in the analysis. An expected score is what we would expect the student to score. |