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PARCC Breakdown: Hundreds Of Morristown Students Opt Out Of Standardized Test
Scores for local students in grades three through eight were proficient in 2014-15.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. - Students in Morristown’s elementary and middle school grades who took the PARCC exams in 2014 and 2015 are mostly between approaching proficient and proficient, 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 the Morris School District, however, hundreds and hundreds of students between grades three and eight opted out of the standardized test, including more than 100 in each of grades seven and eight.
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 Morristown’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
Total students: 344
Students not taking test: 18
Valid tests: 326
Mean score: 745
Level 1: 18.4
Level 2: 13.5
Level 3: 18.4
Level 4: 44.8
Level 5: 4.9
Grade 4
Total students: 359
Students not taking test: 17
Valid tests: 342
Mean score: 756
Level 1: 7
Level 2: 11.4
Level 3: 21.9
Level 4: 43.3
Level 5: 16.4
Grade 5
Total students: 386
Students not taking test: 17
Valid tests: 762
Mean score: 762
Level 1: 2.4
Level 2: 8.9
Level 3: 22.5
Level 4: 55
Level 5: 11.1
Grade 6
Total students: 373
Students not taking test: 64
Valid tests: 309
Mean score: 750
Level 1: 4.9
Level 2: 15.9
Level 3: 26.5
Level 4: 44
Level 5: 8.7
Grade 7
Total students: 362
Students not taking test: 105
Valid tests: 257
Mean score: 752
Level 1: 8.6
Level 2: 17.1
Level 3: 19.8
Level 4: 34.6
Level 5: 19.8
Grade 8
Total students: 394
Students not taking test: 116
Valid tests: 278
Mean score: 747
Level 1: 12.2
Level 2: 15.5
Level 3: 24.1
Level 4: 35.6
Level 5: 12.6
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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