Maine Educational Assessment

Narrative Summary of Student Performance

 

October 25, 2001

 

The following summary statements describe the percent of students who Partially Meet, Meet, or Exceed the performance standards for the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) given in the 2000 – 20001 school year:

 

• English Language Arts assessment in reading demonstrates consistently strong student performance across the three-year period. In the 2001 school year, ninety-two percent (92 %) of fourth grade students score at or above the Partially Meets standards level with 49% scoring at or above Meets standards.  Eighty-nine percent (89%) of eighth grade students score at or above Partially Meets the standards with 41% scoring at or above Meets the standards.  Ninety-five percent (95%) of students at grade 11 score at or above Partially Meets the standards with 52% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards.

 

• English Language Arts assessment in writing shows increasing percentages of students at grades eight and eleven scoring at Meets the standards.  In the 2001 school year 89% of eighth grade students scored at or above Partially Meets the standards with 39 % of students at or above Meets the standards. In grade eleven, 91% students scored at or above the Partially Meets the standards with 41 % scoring at or above the Meets the standards. While grade 8 and 11 performance has shown gains each year, grade 4 student performance has varied.  In the 2001 school year, 78% of grade four scored at or above Partially Meets the standards with 11% scoring at or above Meets the standards.

 

• Mathematics assessment for the 2001 school year shows 77% of grade four students scoring at or above Partially Meets the standards with 23% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards.  In grade eight, 64% of students score at or above Partially Meets the standards with 20% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards.  In grade eleven, 62% of students score at or above Partially Meets the standards with 23% scoring at or above the Meets the standard.

 

• Science and Technology assessments for the 2001 school year shows 72% of fourth grade students scoring at or above Partially Meets the standards with 4% scoring at or above Meets the standard.  In grade eight 71% of students score at or above Partially Meets the standards with 17% scoring at or above Meets the standards.  In grade eleven 72% of students score at or above Partially Meets the standards with 8% scoring at or above Meets the standards.

 

• Social Studies assessments for the 2001 school year shows 87% of grade four students scoring at or above the Partially Meets the standards with 30% of the students scoring at or above Meets the standards.  In grade eight, 81% of the students scored at or above Partially Meets the standards with 27% of the students scoring at or above Meets the standards.  In grade eleven, 71% of students scored at or above Partially Meets the standards with 22% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards.

 

• Health Education assessment for the 2001 school year shows 95% of fourth grade students scoring at or above Partially Meets the standards level with 29% of students scoring at or above the Meets the standards level.  In grade eight 98% of students scored at or above Partially Meets the standards level with 38% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards level.  In grade eleven 96% of students scored at or above Partially Meets the standards level with 31% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards.

 

• Visual and Performing Arts assessment for the 2001 school year shows 77% of grade four students scoring at or above the Partially Meets the standards level with 27% of students scoring at or above the Meets the standards level.  In grade eight 71% of students scored at or above the Partially Meets the standards level with 30% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards. In grade eleven 62% of students scored at or above the Partially Meets the standards level with 25% of students scoring at or above Meets the standards.