Monitoring Growth & Achievement with
Special Education Students
Damian Betebenner
National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment
Thursday, August 22, 13
Our daughter Şilan
Monitoring Development
Height
Weight
Head Circumference
Sleep routine
Peeing and pooping
Thursday, August 22, 13
Monitoring the (academic) development of students:
Growth & Achievement
Advanced Reading
High
Achievement
CSAP Reading
● Scale Score
● Typical
Proficient Growth
Low
● Level Percentiles
High 66th − 99th
Typical 35th − 65th
Part Proficient
● Low 1st − 34th
Unsatisfactory
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Next Year
Scale Score 462 539 563 609
Achievement Level Unsatisfactory Part Proficient Part Proficient Proficient Achievement
Growth Percentile 66 66 90
Growth Level High High High Growth
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Achievement: Criterion referenced in terms performance levels
Growth: Norm & Criterion referenced as student growth percentiles (SGPs)
Norms and Criteria apply equally to all students taking state assessment
Advanced Reading
High
Achievement
CSAP Reading
● Scale Score
● Typical
Proficient Growth
Low
● Level Percentiles
High 66th − 99th
Typical 35th − 65th
Part Proficient
● Low 1st − 34th
Unsatisfactory
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Next Year
Scale Score 462 539 563 609
Achievement Level Unsatisfactory Part Proficient Part Proficient Proficient Achievement
Growth Percentile 66 66 90
Growth Level High High High Growth
Thursday, August 22, 13
• Understanding human development (including academic) is
based (fundamentally) on both norms and criteria (e.g., failure
to thrive)
• Under what circumstances do we define distinct norms and
criteria for different groups of individuals (e.g., male/female
height and weight charts)
• In all state assessment programs, students identified as special
education have (on average) lower achievement and lower
growth than non-special education students.
Thursday, August 22, 13
Thank you
Thursday, August 22, 13
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Monitoring Growth & Achievement with Special Education Students — Special Education Development, August 2013.
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