Iowa Assessments Profile Report: College Readiness

1 iowa Assessments Profile report : College Readiness iowa Graduating Class 2013 Table of Contents Results for the iowa Assessments Page 3 Comparison of the iowa Assessments and the ACT Page 6 College Readiness Benchmarks for All iowa Students Page 11 Part 1: Results for the iowa Assessments Table 1: Summary Statistics for Grade 11 Students on iowa assessment Tests Overall Content Area Mean SD N Reading 35741 Written Expression 21344 Math 35740 Science 35683 Female Male Content Area Mean SD N Mean SD N Reading 17569 18172 Written Expression 10412 10932 Math 17569 18171 Science 17540 18143 Table 2: Summary Statistics for Grade 11 Students on iowa assessment Tests by Gender Table 2 shows the means, standard deviations, and sample sizes for scores on the Grade 11 iowa Assessments by gender.

2 Table 1 shows the means, standard deviations, and sample sizes for scores on the Grade 11 iowa Assessments . FRL Non-FRL Content Area Mean SD N Mean SD N Reading 10682 25059 Written Expression 5534 15810 Math 10675 25065 Science 10649 25034 Table 4: Summary Statistics for Grade 11 Students on iowa assessment Tests for Students in the Free/Reduced Lunch Program (FRL) and Students not in the Program (Non-FRL) Table 4 shows the means, standard deviations, and sample sizes for Grade 11 iowa Assessments content area scores by FRL ( , Students in the Free/reduced lunch program and students not in the Free/reduced lunch program). Asian Black / African American Hispanic / Latino White Content Area Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N Reading 755 1441 2436 30225 Written Expression 374 591 1018 18921 Math 762 1439 2434 30222 Science 759 1429 2425 30189 Table 3: Summary Statistics for Grade 11 Students on iowa assessment Tests by Race Table 3 shows the means, standard deviations, and sample sizes for scores on the Grade 11 iowa Assessments by race.

3 Part 2: Comparison of the iowa Assessments and the ACT ACT Test Mean SD N Reading 19269 English 11223 Math 19271 Science 19264 Table 5: Summary Statistics for Grade 11 iowa assessment Tests for Students with and without ACT Scores Table 6: ACT Summary Statistics for Grade 11 students with iowa assessment Scores Table 6 shows the means, standard deviations, and sample sizes of ACT scores. Table 5 shows the means, standard deviations, and sample sizes for scores on the Grade 11 iowa Assessments , grouped by students who took the ACT and students who did not take the ACT. Students with ACT Scores Students without ACT Scores iowa assessment Test Mean SD N Mean SD N Reading 19269 16472 Written Expression 11223 10121 Math 19271 16469 Science 19264 16419 iowa assessment Score Reading 303 English 293 Math 312 Science 321 Table 7: iowa assessment Benchmark Scores Table 7 shows the iowa assessment Benchmarks.

4 Table 8 : Correlation between iowa Assessments and ACT scores Pearson Correlation Coefficients iowa assessment Reading iowa assessment Written Expression iowa assessment Math iowa assessment Science ACT Reading ACT English ACT Math ACT Science Table 8 provides the correlation coefficients for students taking both the ACT and the iowa Assessments iowa assessment WRITTEN EXPRESSION READING MATHEMATICS SCIENCE SCORES N CP N CP N CP N CP 361-Above 23 100 658 100 189 100 656 100 351-360 644 1231 213 2020 341-350 950 1593 662 1609 331-340 1826 0 2043 1755 321-330 1279 3330 3369 2907 311-320 1147 1491 3181 1919 301-310 1544 2528 2674 1786 291-300 1216 2024 1635 2277 281-290 908 2314 775 1207 271-280 638 1952 1404

5 1326 261-270 421 1057 1721 598 251-260 192 318 727 466 241-250 173 223 262 175 231-240 126 191 180 297 221-230 42 72 109 82 211-220 30 85 66 0 201-210 28 57 33 121 191-200 9 49 19 25 181-190 6 54 6 27 171-180 5 21 2 11 161-170 5 20 1 0 0 151-160 3 0 0 0 0 0 141-150 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL N 11215 19269 19271 19264 MEAN (SD) ( ) ( ) ( ) 313 ( ) *Intervals containing cut score for proficiency are displayed using obtainable scores on the right. **Written expression subtest is not required by all districts. Table 9: iowa assessment Score Distribution for Students who Took the ACT Table 9 shows the score distributions of the students who took the iowa Assessments . The yellow bars highlight the interval that contains the benchmark cut-scores for College Readiness .

6 Figure 1: Percent of ACT examinees who met or exceeded the College Readiness benchmarks iowa Assessments Reading Benchmark = 303 iowa Assessments Written Expression Benchmark = 293** iowa Assessments Math Benchmark = 312 iowa Assessments Science Benchmark = 321 56% 74% 50% 46% 34% 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%ReadingWritten ExpressionMathScienceAllIowa Content Area test Of students who took the corresponding section of the ACT approximately: 56% met the iowa assessment Reading benchmark; 74% met the iowa Assessments Written Expression benchmark; 50% met iowa Assessments Mathematics benchmark; and 46% met iowa Assessments Science benchmark. Of students who took all four corresponding sections of the ACT, 34% met all four iowa assessment Readiness benchmarks. **Not all students in the state of iowa complete the Written Expression test.

7 Part 3: College Readiness Benchmarks for all iowa Students Figure 1 shows the percentage of examinees that met or exceeded the College Readiness benchmark score on each of the four iowa assessment tests. Figures 2-9 show the percentage of examinees separated by gender, FRL, and race that met or exceeded the College Readiness benchmark score on each of the four iowa assessment tests. Figures 10-11 show the percentage of examinees, separated by the same groupings, that met or exceeded the College Readiness benchmark scores on all four of the iowa assessment tests. For the graphs that show performance by race, there are individuals of other ethnicities, such as those of Native American background, that also took the content area tests, but the size of the samples were too small to adequately represent average performance of these ethnic groups.

8 Figure 2: Percent of All iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks iowa Assessments Reading Benchmark = 303 iowa Assessments Written Expression Benchmark = 293 iowa Assessments Math Benchmark = 312 iowa Assessments Science Benchmark = 321 41% 55% 35% 33% 22% 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%ReadingWritten ExpressionMathScienceAll52% 77% 63% 55% 59% 48% 23% 37% 45% 41% Non-FRLFRLMaleFemaleAll StudentsDid not meetMet or exceededFigure 3: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Reading Reading Benchmark: 303 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 20% 40% N = 35741 N = 17569 N = 18172 N = 10682 N = 25059 59% 60% 84% 80% 56% 41% 40% 16% 20% 44% All StudentsAsianBlack/African AmericanHispanic/LatinoWhiteDid not meetMet or exceededFigure 4: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Reading 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 60% 40% 20% N=30225 N=2436 N=1441 N=755 N=30225 Reading Benchmark: 303 38% 66% 52% 38% 45% 62% 34% 48% 62% 55% -100%-80%-60%-40%-20%0%20%40%60%80%Non-F RLFRLMaleFemaleAll StudentsDid not meetMet or exceededFigure 5: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Written Expression Written Expression Benchmark.

9 293 N = 21344 N = 10412 N = 10932 N = 5534 N = 15810 80% 60% 40% 20% 45% 45% 71% 69% 43% 55% 55% 29% 31% 57% All StudentsAsianBlack/African AmericanHispanic/LatinoWhiteDid not meetMet or exceededWritten Expression Benchmark: 293 N=18921 N=374 N=591 N=374 N=21344 0% 20% 40% 60% 60% 40% 20% Figure 6: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Written Expression 57% 84% 62% 68% 65% 43% 16% 38% 32% 35% -100%-80%-60%-40%-20%0%20%40%60%Non-FRLF RLMaleFemaleAll StudentsDid not meetMet or exceededFigure 7: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Mathematics Mathematics Benchmark: 312 N = 35740 N = 17569 N = 18171 N = 10675 N = 25065 80% 60% 40% 20% 65% 56% 90% 86% 62% 35% 44% 10% 14% 38% All StudentsAsianBlack/African AmericanHispanic/LatinoWhiteMathematics Benchmark: 312 Did not meetMet or exceeded0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 60% 40% 20% Figure 8: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Mathematics N=30222 N=2434 N=1439 N=762 N=35740 60% 83% 66% 68% 67% 40% 17% 34% 32% 33% -100%-80%-60%-40%-20%0%20%40%60%Non-FRLF RLMaleFemaleAll StudentsDid not meetMet or exceededFigure 9: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Science Science Benchmark.

10 321 N = 35683 N = 17540 N = 18143 N = 10649 N = 25034 80% 60% 40% 20% 67% 64% 91% 86% 64% 33% 36% 9% 14% 36% All studentsAsianBlack/African AmericanHispanic/LatinoWhiteScience Benchmark: 321 Did not meetMet or exceeded0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 60% 40% 20% Figure 10: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded College Readiness Benchmarks in Science N=30189 N=2425 N=1429 N=759 N=35683 73% 91% 78% 78% 78% 27% 9% 22% 22% 22% -100%-80%-60%-40%-20%0%20%40%60%Non-FRLF RLMaleFemaleAll StudentsDid not meetMet or exceededFigure 11: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded all College Readiness Benchmarks Benchmarks: Reading: 303, Written Expression: 293, Math: 312, Science: 321 80% 60% 40% 20% N = 21292 N = 10391 N = 10901 N = 5505 N = 15787 0% 60% 40% 20% 80% 100% Figure 12: Percent of iowa Students who met or exceeded all College Readiness Benchmarks 77% 94% 93% 68% 78% 23% 6% 7% 32% 22% WhiteHispanic/LatinoBlack/African AmericanAsianAll StudentsDid not meetMet or exceeded20% 40% 60% 80% N=18891 N=1009 N=583 N=372 N=21292 Benchmarks: Reading: 303, Written Expression: 293, Math: 312, Science: 321