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GRAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

264 South 400 East | Moab, Utah 84532 | 435.259.5317

Grand County School District

Grand County Schools
Performance Report
2008

STUDENT TEST INFORMATION

Utah Performance Assessment System for Students (U-PASS) makes up the assessment and data foundation for reporting
results of the state’s accountability system, and includes six major assessment programs:
1. Core Assessment Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRTs) test reading / language arts, mathematics, and science.
2. Direct Writing Assessment tests core curriculum standards for writing.
3. Norm-Referenced Achievement Test (Iowa Test of Basic Skills - ITBS)
4. Utah Basic Skills Competency Test given to 10th grade students who must pass the test in order to receive a diploma.
5. Utah Alternate Assessment for special needs students.
6. National Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP), mandated by state law, for grades 4 and 8 in selectedl Utah schools.
Test results shown here are for Grand students.
Evaluation & Assessment results from all schools available for view at www.usoe.k12.ut.us

1. CORE ASSESSMENT CRITERION-REFERENCED TEST- The CRTs are given in the Spring. Scores indicate the percentage of students at each grade level and subject who scored at proficient levels as specified by Utah's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Plan. 2. DIRECT WRITING ASSESSMENT
Core Curriculum Standards for Writing are tests given to grades 6 and 9. Thischart indicates the performance on each writing skill.
Grade
Subject
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Skills that are measured:
Ideas & Content
OrganizationVoiceWord Choice Sentence Fluency
Conventions
1st
 Language Arts
Math
88
92

89
93

81
68

87
68

Not
Tested
2nd
 Language Arts
Math
84
90
84
88
80
67
71
60
78
59
2006
 Grade 6
18.8 avg score
84% proficient
3rd

Language Arts
Math

78
83
80
81
76
68
88
82
86
72
Grade 9
20.3 avg score
81% proficient
4th
 Language Arts
Math
Science
74
78
67
82
79
71
83
65
59
74
65
61
88
72
63
2007
 Grade 6
20.5 avg score
84% proficient
5th
 Language Arts
Math
Science
69
69
70
74
73
70
87
70
63
76
72
61
78
69
71
Grade 9
18.3 avg score
82% proficient
6th
 Language Arts
Math
Science
76
76
72
78
78
72
74
74
65
85
70
70
79
66
68
2008
 Grade 6
18.3 avg score
82% proficient
7th

Language Arts
Math
Pre Algebra
Integrated Science

63
69
70
63
71
62
68
70
70
70
78
71
68
72
73
52
73
64
72
70
Grade 9
22.9 avg score
92% proficient
8th

Language Arts
Elementary Algebra
Pre Algebra
Integrated Science

67
70
69
69
60
68
68
59
74
84
78
66
74
100
73
61
67
80
72
64
 
9th
 Language Arts
65
66
66
74
81
10th
 Language Arts
63
61
66
59
71
11th
 Language Arts
66
69
78
78
71
Secondary
Grades
Elementary Algebra
52
55
85
61
58
Geometry
48
56
73
56
51
Earth Systems
58
55
24
52
69
Biology
65

64
44
57
52
Chemistry
57
58
62
44
52
Physics
75
55
66
69

 

3. NORM-REFERENCED ACHIEVEMENT TEST TRENDS- Students in Grand County Schools now take the ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills), first administered in 2004.

Grade
3rd
5th
8th
Year
2004
2005
2006
 2007 2008 2004
2005
 2006 2007 2008
2004
2005
2006
 2007 2008
Reading
72
69
58
62
50
56
64
61
61
55
58
63
64
59
60
Math
55
56
39
46
43
52
51
45
47
45
48
60
59
49
45
Language Arts
51
50
42
45
32
55
50
56
49
49
45
47
55
48
47
Science
73
71
68
68
61
66
75
64
65
66
58
65
70
57
64
Social Science
73
71
71
71
60
61
61
58
60
52
46
54
52
42
46
Total Composite
68
67
59
62
52
59
62
58
58
55
51
58
61
51
53


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