Testing Information

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Oklahoma Core Curriculum testing - Grades 3,4,5 - Spring 2007
Oklahoma Core Curriculum testing - Grades 6,7,8 - Spring 2007
End of Instruction testing 2007

The Oklahoma State Testing Program

Who will be tested?

  • Grades 3 through Grade 8 – The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT), Criterion Referenced Tests covering the Priority Academics Student Skills (PASS)
  • Secondary Level - The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test (OCCT), End of Instruction (EOI), Criterion Referenced Tests covering the Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS)

What is being tested?

  • Grades 3 and 4 Mathematics and Reading
  • Grade 5 Mathematics, Reading, Science, U.S. History, Writing
  • Grade 6 Mathematics and Reading
  • Grade 7 Mathematics, Reading, Geography
  • Grade 8 Mathematics, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Writing
  • Secondary Algebra I, English II, U.S. History, Biology I

How can parents help their children do well?

  • Encourage your child to take responsibility for homework and class study.
  • Praise your child for work done well.
  • Be aware of test dates; schedule appointments on non-testing dates.
  • Gather available test preparation materials.
  • Review practice materials with your child ahead of time.
  • See that your child is rested and eats breakfast.
  • See that your child arrives at school on time and is relaxed.
  • Encourage your child to do the best work possible.
  • Make sure your child attends school every day

Where do I find more information?

  • Your child’s teacher and school
  • The Parent Guide distributed one week prior to testing
  • Oklahoma State Department of Education, Student Assessment (405) 521-3341
  • Oklahoma State Department of Education websites:
    http://sde.state.ok.us or http://title3.sde.state.ok.us/studentassessment/

 


Basic Definitions of Testing Terms

Criterion Referenced Testing Terms

The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests (OCCT ) are standards-based criterion-referenced tests with results reported in terms of performance levels.
The levels are:

  1. Advanced: Students consistently demonstrate a thorough understanding of the knowledge and skills expected of all students at this grade level
  2. Satisfactory: Students demonstrate a general understanding of the knowledge and skills expected at this grade level.
  3. Limited Knowledge: Students demonstrate a partial understanding of the knowledge and skills expected at this grade level.
  4. Unsatisfactory: Students do not demonstrate at least a Limited Knowledge level of the knowledge and skills expected at this grade level.

OPI Score - Oklahoma Performance Index is a scaled score that places students into one of the four performance levels

Norm Referenced Testing Terms

Raw Score - the number of questions answered correctly; this score is the basis for all other derived scores

Scaled Scores - represent approximately equal units on a continuous scale; scale scores make it possible to compare scores in a given content area from one form to another and from one level to another; they are not equivalent from one subtest area to another or from one type of test to another.

Percentile Ranks - percentile ranks range form a low of 1 to a high of 99, with 50 denoting average performance; they are useful obtaining a students relative standing in comparison with other students in the same grade, taking the same test at a comparable time; percentile ranks do not represent actual amounts of ability; they are not equal units along the scale

Stanines - stanines are normalized standard scores; they indicate a students' relative standing in a reference group, the stanine score ranges form a low of 1 to a high of 9, stanine scores of 1, 2, and 3 are usually considered below average; stanines scores of 4, 5, and 6 are generally considered average; and stanine scores of 7, 8, and 9 are above average; stanines represent approximately equal units of ability

Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) - the NCE is a normalized standard score with a mean of 50. The score is often used to enable test users to manipulate the data algebraically; the NCE has a direct, fixed relationship to percentile ranks

Grade Equivalent - a score that represents the typical performance of students tested in a given month of the school year; the scores range from K to PHS, where K designates Kindergarten and PHS represents Post High School. The score ranges in between are given with a numeral to the left of a decimal and to the right of the decimal. The numeral to the left refers to the grade for which the performance is typical; the numeral to the right refers to the school month of the year

Example of GE - if a 3rd grader received a GE of 5.9, this students score is about the same as what a typical 5th grader in the 9th month of school would have been had they taken the third grade test

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