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CHILDREN SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL |
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Academic
Performance |
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| Definition: |
The percent of eligible (non-exempt) public
school students in grades 3 and 8 scoring at the satisfactory or excellent
level on curriculum-based assessments in six content areas: reading,
writing, language usage, mathematics, science and social studies. |
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| Maryland
Result: |
The MSPAP requires students in grades 3, 5, and
8 to apply what they know about reading, writing, language usage,
mathematics, science, and social studies.
Unlike functional tests, which measure basic knowledge, the MSPAP
tests set high expectations and demand high levels of performance. |
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| Indicator: |
Collected by the Maryland State Department of
Education (MSDE), through the Maryland School Performance Assessment
Program (MSPAP) for grades 3, 5, and 8. Data are currently reported out as
the percent of students achieving satisfactory performance and the percent
achieving excellent performance and are available on the state, school
system, and school levels. |
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| Considerations: |
While guidelines are strict about which
students can be exempted (based on degree of disability in the English
language), there may be variability across districts in actual exemption rate. Measures
only include non-exempt public school students. Students who are exempted
from MSPAP are not included in the denominator for the calculation of
MSPAP standards. Students who are excused are included in the denominator
for the calculation of MSPAP standards.
A high exemption rate, therefore, can raise the percentage of
students scoring at the satisfactory and excellent levels. |
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