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PARCC Breakdown: How Did Chatham Students Score On Standardized Test?
Majority of local students in grades three through eight scored proficient or higher in 2014-15.
CHATHAM, N.J. - The majority of students in Chatham’s elementary and middle school grades who took the PARCC exams in 2014 and 2015 are proficient or above, according to the state’s results released this week.
PARCC, the nationwide exam testing students in grades three through 11 in English or Language Arts and Math, is broken down into five proficiency levels, with scores ranging from 650 to 850.
In English, the five levels are broken down as follows:
- Level 1, Not Yet Meeting Expectations: 650 -700
- Level 2, Partially Meeting Expectations: 700 – 725
- Level 3, Approaching Expectations: 725 – 750
- Level 4, Meeting Expectations: 750 – 803
- Level 5, Exceeding Expectations: 803 – 850
Patch took the New Jersey Department of Education’s data for English test scores and broke it down by district. The following includes Chatham’s test takers’ results in grades three through eight.
Below is each grade’s total number of students, number of those who did not take the test, valid test scores recorded, district-wide average, and percentage of students who scored in each of the five proficiency levels.
Grade 3:
Valid tests: 311
Mean score: 771
Level 1: 1
Level 2: 7.4
Level 3: 19
Level 4: 56.9
Level 5: 15.8
Grade 4:
Valid tests: 319
Mean score: 773
Level 1: 0.6
Level 2: 5.3
Level 3: 14.7
Level 4: 47.3
Level 5: 32
Grade 5:
Total students: 355
Students not taking tests: 32
Valid tests: 323
Mean score: 779
Level 1: 0.3
Level 2: 2.2
Level 3: 12.4
Level 4: 63.8
Level 5: 21.4
Grade 6:
Total students: 363
Students not taking test: 34
Valid tests: 329
Mean score: 764
Level 1: 0.9
Level 2: 5.5
Level 3: 21
Level 4: 55.9
Level 5: 16.7
Grade 7:
Total students: 329
Students not taking test: 50
Valid tests: 279
Mean score: 773
Level 1: 1.1
Level 2: 6.8
Level 3: 14.3
Level 4: 43.4
Level 5: 34.4
Grade 8:
Total students: 303
Students not taking test: 53
Valid tests: 250
Mean score: 766
Level 1: 4.9
Level 2: 5.3
Level 3: 17.8
Level 4: 53.4
Level 5: 18.6
To see the top performing districts by grade level and discipline, go here. A grade-by-grade and school-by-school breakdown can be found here:
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