Mississippi Report Card for 2000-2001
Statewide Testing Results

Test, Subgroup, and Data Value Codes

This page contains information concerning the codes used in the Mississippi Report Card for identifying tests, subgroups, and certain data values.

The following codes are used to identify information about the tests that are part of the assessment system.

(1) The Test
      MCT=Mississippi Curriculum Test (for grades 2-8)
      WRIT=Writing Assessment (for grades 4 and 7)
      SATP=Subject Area Testing Program (for certain courses)
      FLE=Functional Literacy Examination (first administration occurs in grade 11)
      NRT=Norm-Referenced Assessment--the TerraNova Survey (for grades 3-8)
      ACT=ACT Results for 2000/2001 graduating seniors

(2) The Subject Area, Course, or Section of the Test
      READ=Reading
      LANG=Language
      MATH=Mathematics
      ALG1=Algebra I
      BIOL=Biology I
      ENGL=English II
      HIST=U.S. History from 1877
      WRIT=Written Communication
      COMP=Composite (across subjects/sections)
      PASS=Percentage of students passing the test

(3) The Grade (or other information)
      GR2=Grade 2 (same format used for grades 3-8)
      RLC=Reading & Language Conventions component of the English II test
      NAR=Narrative essay on the English II test
      INF=Informative essay on the English II test
      COR=Data for "Core" (or college prep students) on the ACT
      ALL=Data for all students taking the ACT
      L12=Instructional Level Testing at Level 12 (L13=Level 13,etc.)

The test data values represent different kinds of measures for different tests. The following data formats are used in the Mississippi Report Card.

      MCT: BB/PP where BB=% Basic & Above, PP=% Proficient & Above
      WRIT: BB/PP where BB=% Scoring 2 & Above, PP=% Scoring 3 & Above
      Note: For MCT & WRIT, ** means 100%
      SATP (most): XXX.X = Mean Scale Score
      ENGL NAR & INF: X.X = Mean Writing Assessment Raw Score
      NRT: XX.X = Mean NCE Score
      ACT: XX.X = Mean Scale Score
      For all tests:
            "-" means that the student N-Count was 0.
            "<" means that the student N-Count was between 1 and 9.
            The column is left blank for data that could not be disaggregated.

Special note concerning the MCT: There are four proficiency levels on the MCT. They are (from lowest to highest) Minimal, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. The reporting format used in the Mississippi Report Card allows the maximum amount of information to be reported in the smallest possible space and is consistent with the way most states are now reporting assessment results. This format is compliant with federal Title 1 regulations and is similar to the format used for reporting NAEP results.

The percentage of students "Basic & Above" includes all students scoring in the Basic, Proficient, and Advanced proficiency levels. The percentage of students "Proficient and Above" includes all students scoring in the Proficient and Advanced proficiency levels. The percentage of students in the lowest proficiency level (Minimal) can be determined by subtracting the percentage "Basic and Above" from 100%. The percentage of students in the highest proficiency level (Advanced) cannot be determined from the reported data.

Disaggregation of Subgroups

To the extent possible, all test results reported in the Mississippi Report Card are disaggregated by subgroup as required by federal law. The codes used to label the subgroups are listed below followed by additional information about test data disaggregation.

      ALL=All students in the state, the district, or the school
      NDO=Non-Disabled Students Only
      DO=Only Students with Disabilities under IDEA
      MAL=Male
      FEM=Female
      BLK=Black
      WHT=White
      ASI=Asian
      HIS=Hispanic
      NAM=Native American
      OTH=Other Ethnicity
      ELL=English Language Learner
      ED=Economically Disadvantaged
      NED=Not Economically Disadvantaged
      MIG=Migrant

The determination of a student's classification in the following subgroups was made on the basis of the information that was gridded on the student's test answer document.

      NDO=Non-Disabled Students Only ("IDEA" not bubbled)
      DO=Only Students with Disabilities ("IDEA" bubbled)
      MAL=Male
      FEM=Female
      BLK=Black
      WHT=White
      ASI=Asian
      HIS=Hispanic
      NAM=Native American
      OTH=Other Ethnicity
      ELL=English Language Learner

The initial determination of a student's classification in the following subgroups was made on the basis of the demographic information in the student's MSIS record (MSIS is Mississippi's new statewide student level database). Data for these subgroups represented students whose test data could be accurately matched to the MSIS database. The statewide match rate for the MCT, the Writing Assessment, and the FLE ranged from 78% to 86%, but the match rate for individual districts and schools may have been higher or lower.

None of these subgroups are reported for the Subject Area Testing Program (SATP) because of the small number of test records that contained MSIS ID numbers.

Once it was determined that most school districts had not entered into MSIS the data required to accurately determine a student's economic status, all data for the economically disadvantaged and non-economically disadvantaged groups were deleted from the Report Card for 2000-2001.

      ED=Economically Disadvantaged
      NED=Not Economically Disadvantaged
      MIG=Migrant