Progress and Achievement Test (PAT ... - Waikanae School

Progress and Achievement Test (PAT)

Listening Comprehension 2013

Achievement results with student performance being compared to National Norms.

Waikanae School Listening Comprehension Progress and Achievement Test Analysis 2013

PAT Listening Information Sheet

• PAT Listening Comprehension Stanines enable a student’s achievement to be compared against National Norms. They also enable teachers and parents

to compare student performance across cohort groups

• Stanines and their associated test scores have been scaled and ‘normed’ to fit the ‘Bell Curve of Normal Distribution’

• This test became available in its current form to schools in 2010.

• This test assesses a student’s listening comprehension ability (understanding pieces of taped text that are pre-recorded).

• It is a useful assessment tool in that it enables us to identify students who perform well in oral situations but poorly in written situations. We look for a disparity

between this test and the other tests (STAR, PAT Reading Comprehension and Reading Vocabulary). Students with a range of Stanine scores are often students with

average to above average intelligence but who may have difficulties with reading or writing. As a result this test helps teachers to identify students who may need

targeted teaching and learning e.g. Specialised Group Work, Rainbow Reading, Extension/Remedial Programmes, SPELD tutoring etc.


Description of Ethnic Groupings

Category

Number of

Students in Test

Group

Percentage of Test

Group Description Notes

Asian 20 6% All students identified upon enrolment as

Asian

Maori 38 11% All students identified upon enrolment as

Maori

MELAA 11 3% All students identified upon enrolment as

Middle Eastern , Latin American or, American

New Zealand

European 274 77%

All students identified upon enrolment as New

Zealand European

Other 1 0%

This category includes any students identified

upon enrolment as being any of the other

categories

Pacific Peoples 12 3%

This category includes all students identified

upon enrolment as being Samoan, Fijian, Cook

Island Maori or Other Pacific Peoples

6 of these students are English Language

Learners.

All 356 100% All students tested from Year 3 to Year 8


Achievement Summary

1. Overall performance across the school is well above National Norms. We have 81% of our students at or above Stanine 5. (Norm =60%). This

performance is 21% above the National Norm. It is also a 6% improvement on 2012

2. In comparison to National Norms our ‘tail’ is small. The tail being the 10% students with Stanine Result 1, 2, or 3 (Norm= 23%). This performance is

13% better than the National Norm

3. Maori Performance is well above National Norms and matches or exceeds other ethnic cohorts within the school (allowing for margins of error).

We have 76% of our Maori students at or above Stanine 5 (Norm =60%) Our performance is 16% above the National Norm for all ethnicities.

4. Pacific Peoples are slightly above National Norms with 64% of students at or above Stanine 5 (Norm =60%) This performance is 4% above the

National Norm. It is a big improvement on the results in 2012 when only 30% of this cohort was at or above the norm. This is as much to do with

students moving out of this cohort and shifting to other schools as it is to a lift in the achievement of the students within the cohort

It is important to note that this group contains only 12 students or 3% of the test population. 6 of the 12 students are English Language Learners. Staff

and management are well aware of this issue and are taking all practical steps to lift the achievement of these students to a level commensurate with

others.

Interventions include:

• individualised tutoring for oral language and reading

• in-class teacher aide support in mathematics

• PD for two staff members through Graduate Certificate TEAL

• Use of Lexia programme

• Use of differentiated leaning task and class groupings and programmes etc.

• ELLP used to guide assessment practices and next learning steps

• This student group will feature in our School Targets for 2013 (see 2013 Charter)

5. Gender Performance There is no noticeable difference in performance between the genders

6. Over Time Performance The results over the last three years are trending up (slightly). The exception for this is Pacific Peoples. See point 4 by way of

explanation.


Stanine 1 Stanine 2 Stanine 3 Stanine 4 Stanine 5 Stanine 6 Stanine 7 Stanine 8 Stanine 9

Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 2% 8% 9% 23% 23% 17% 11% 7%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension by All

February 2013 Stanines in Comparison to National Norms



Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance Girls 1% 3% 6% 10% 22% 21% 17% 15% 6%

Performance Boys 0% 2% 8% 9% 24% 24% 17% 8% 7%

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PAT Listening Comprehension by GenderFebruary 2013 Stanines in Comparison to National Norms



Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 3% 11% 11% 27% 19% 14% 8% 8%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 9% 9% 18% 0% 55% 0% 9% 0% 0%

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Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 All

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%

Performance 85% 84% 82% 82% 83% 77% 81%

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Percentage of Students at or Above Stanine 5


Asian Maori MELAA NZ Euro Other Pacific Peoples All

Norm 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%

Performance 80% 76% 82% 82% 100% 64% 81%

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PAT Listening Comprehension by EthnicityFebruary 2013 Comparison to National Norms



2011 2012 2013

Norm 60% 60% 60%

All 71% 75% 81%

Maori 74% 75% 76%

Pacific Peoples 60% 30% 64%

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rtPAT Listening Comprehension Over Time2011, 2012 and 2013 Comparison to National Norms




Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 0% 9% 5% 27% 22% 22% 11% 4%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 5% 5% 5% 23% 16% 23% 7% 14%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 2% 4% 12% 20% 29% 4% 18% 10%

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Norm 4% 7% 12% 17% 20% 17% 12% 7% 4%

Performance 0% 0% 12% 5% 29% 16% 21% 12% 5%

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Performance 2% 2% 10% 10% 20% 26% 16% 7% 8%

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