Project Results and Student Perspectives

Transcript: So now we are going to look at the results from both assessments that were given to students. The first assessment was the unit one exam. As you can see here, everything is color coded. We can see that only a small percentage of students, 2%, will be considered to have been advanced on the assessment. It's 13.7%, or seven students, that will be considered proficient. 23.5% of students, or twelve, are considered to be or to have basic knowledge of these standards. 23.5% of students, or twelve students, are considered to be below basic, and then 37.3% of students, or 19 students, are considered to be far below basic. You can see here that the assessment had eight questions. Seven of those questions were multiple choice, and then one was a constructed response question. 

So, this is basically a breakdown of student performance based on the standard. So for standard ELAGSE11-12RL1, 24 or 40% of students, 47% of students did not master that standard. 27 or 52.9% of students, however, did master that particular standard based on the assessment. The next standard, which is ELAGSE11-12RL6, 51% of students, or 26 did not master the standard, while 25, or 49% of students did. And then ELAGSE11-12RL2, 43 or 84.3% of students did not master that particular standard, while eight or 15.7% of students did. Then for the last standard, ELAGSE11-12RL3 27 students, or 52.9% of students did not master that particular standard, while 24, or 47.1% of students did. And as you can see, it's kind of a mixed bag. But having only 50% of students, having only 50% of students, 52.9% being the largest amount 52.9% being the largest amount of students actually mastered one of the standards. Those aren't great results. I wouldn't even say they're good. 

So this chart here, it shows the breakdown of the scores based on demographics. And I'm just going to start here and go left to right. So for Black or African American students, which was 15 students, the average score was a 55.6%. For Hispanic students, which was 19 students, the average score was 61.4%. For students of mixed race, the average score was 77.8%, and that was four students. For White students, which was 13 students, the average score was 72.7%. For special education students, which was eleven students, the average score was 50.5%. For English-only students, which was 28 students, the average score was 63.9%. And for students who were initially fluent in English or deemed proficient, which was six students, the average score was 74. And those are students who have been removed from the ESL program at our school. And that's the English as a second language program. But they're still being monitored, so they're not officially ESOL students anymore, but the program still monitors them and checks in on them, every semester. For English Learners, the average score was a 42.2%. That was five students. For students who are redesignated as fluent English proficient students, which was seven, the average score was a 61.9%. And then for students who are in the to-be-determined category, which was five students, the average was a 75.6%. So this chart is important because this kind of just goes back to some of the research that I've mentioned on other pages and the research that kind of discusses how students who are underprivileged, so Black or African American students, Hispanic students, and ESOL students as well are all disadvantaged when it comes to these kinds of tests. When you're talking about a multiple-choice test, there are some biases there that aren't or haven't been addressed. And if you look at these scores, it does correlate because the African American students averaged 55.6%, English learner students averaged 42.2%. Hispanic students averaged 61.4%, which was lower than white students who averaged 72.7%. And I also would argue that special education students who also averaged 50.5% also are at a disadvantage on these kinds of tests. 

And then these are the project results for the Purple Hibiscus Culture Project. I have it listed here where you can see the average score is at the top, the single number that doesn't have a percentage. And then underneath that is the average or percent of students who had that particular score. 21.2% of students, which is right here, got a zero. But it's not because they legitimately got a zero. It's because they did not complete the assignment. 1.9% of students got a 52. 1.9% of students got a 68. 5.8% of students got a 72. 3.8% of students got a 75. 3.8% of students got an 85. 8% 3.8% of students got an 85. 8% of students got an 82. 3.8% of students got an 87. 7.7% of students got a 91. 9% 7.7% of students got a 91.9% 7.7% of students got a 91.9% of students got a 92. 3.8% of students got a 95. 1.9% of students got a 97. 5.8% of students got a 98. 1.9% of students got a 48, and then 7.7% of students got a 90. Then 11.5% of students got a 100 on this. If you compare this to what we saw up here with the percentages score-wise, you should be able to see that while there are more zeros, obviously, due to not making an attempt, there are a much larger number of students, even if you start here to 72, who were able to score or at least pass the assignment. And then, of course, that ranged all the way up to getting a 100, which, of course, is an A, and in my county, a 72 would be a D. The Ds starting here all the way up, besides this 48 to one hundred. So it's clear here, though, that students, at least, were able to if you're looking at the data, they were able to display their mastery a little bit better and make meaning a little bit better because they did have options on how they could show what they had learned for the unit and also showing the evidence that they did master these standards. 

So this is the assessment comparison. The unit exam is the blue lines, and the purple line is the Purple Hibiscus Culture Project. Notice the blue that whenever you see the dots here, the dots indicate where a score falls. If you look closely, you can see these dots. And this is a line chart, by the way. So the way it's set up, the scores are over here on the left side. So keep that in mind as well. Does range from zero to a 25, then to a 50, then to a 75, then to 100. So you should be able to see, though, that the unit exam scores, since almost every student did take that exam, they don't dip all the way down to zero. So the lowest score is around a 40%. However, you should also be able to see that there are very few scores that are at the 100 level or even in the A range at all. So,, we see a few that are up there in the B's, but then from there, it dips down into failing. Whereas with the Purple Hibiscus Culture project, you can see that there are some zeros present. But then you should also be able to see that there are more students that are higher up in the hundred category, which would be A's and B's before you get down to 75 and lower. So if you're following this line for the Purple Hibiscus Culture project, even though it does dip lower, it also rises higher. And there are more dots that are above and going up from in between 50 and 75. Whereas, as you can see with this blue line, which is the unit exam, many of the scores are falling from 50 to 75. So in my reflection, I will be discussing reasons why student scores did fall a little bit lower on the Purple Hibiscus Culture Project, since the scores for the unit test would be a little bit more self-explanatory.