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