2016 STUDENT ASSESSMENT RESULTS

PARCC BACKGROUND
PARCC is New Mexicos annual Math and English Language Arts assessment for all
students in grades 3-11. PARCC is an important measure because it measures realworld skills like problem-solving, critical thinking, and reasoning.
Last years PARCC results set a new proficiency baseline for New Mexicos students
that will be the starting point for measuring future growth. In order to be
considered proficient, a student must earn a 4 or 5 on each assessment.
PARCC results identify where a student is doing well or where they need more
support.
PARCC aligns to the content and skills students practice in their classrooms and
schools every day and provides accurate information about how well students are
meeting the expectations for their grade level.
PARCC scores are intended to be used alongside other meaningful information,
including a student's classroom performance, report card grades, and teacher
observations, to give a more complete picture of student progress.
2016 PARCC Administration:
422,952 math and reading assessments were administered statewide in 2016
(compared to 404,431 in 2015).
Thats approximately 217,000 students in Grades 3-11 who participated (compared
to around 208,000 who took one or more PARCC tests in 2015).
New Mexico had nearly 99% of participating students take the PARCC assessment on
computer this year.
Across New Mexico, approximately 97% of eligible students completed the annual
assessment, compared to just over 95% last year.

OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS

New Mexico is rising:

o Up 1.3 percentage points in proficiency across all grades in ELA, with 57 of 89
districts showing gains.
o Up 2.5 percentage points in proficiency across all grades in Math, with 77 of 89
districts showing gains.
MATH: more than 7,300 more students are on grade level compared to last year
o 4,363 more Hispanic students are proficient in Math compared to last year
o 5,020 more economically disadvantaged students are proficient in Math
compared to last year.
o Economically disadvantaged students matched statewide growth rates
o Elementary math showed the most improvement, 4,000+ more students
proficient.
o Hispanic students showed positive gains in proficiency in all grades.
ELA: More than 5,000 more students are on grade level compared to last year
o 3,239 more Hispanic students are proficient in ELA compared to last year
o 4,061 more economically disadvantaged students are proficient in ELA compared
to last year.
o American Indian students showed the highest rate of growth in reading
o 8th grade ELA saw the greatest growth in proficiency.
o Middle school reading showed more growth than ES or HS in proficiency.
o 10th grade reading for American Indian students is up 5.5 percentage points.
o 8th grade reading for Hispanic students is up 3.2 percentage points.
o Economically disadvantaged students exceeded statewide growth rates
New Mexicos students made unprecedented progress in 19 of 21 tested areas in
Math, Science, and English Language
o STEM Investments are paying off: Increases in Math, 2.5 percentage points and
Science, 2.7 percentage points show our students are demonstrating the
benefits from an increased focus and investment in STEM.
Schools that continue to embrace reform and new opportunities for kids are beginning
to see success.
o 84 low-performing schools, historically with Fs and Ds, have embraced reform
and created a network of schools doubling and tripling state growth rates. In
total, these schools serve approximately 19,000 students, equivalent to the third
largest district in the state.
o 83% of students in PPE schools are economically disadvantaged vs 71%
statewide
o 23% of students in PPE schools are Native American vs 11% statewide
o 16% of students in PPE schools are English Language Learners vs 12% statewide
o PPE schools increased Math proficiency by 4.24% vs state average of 2.5%
o PPE schools increased ELA proficiency by 4.87% vs state average of 1.3%

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESULTS

2015
Proficiency

2016
Proficiency

% Points
Difference

# more
students
proficient

Grade 3 ELA 24,268

24.9

24.1

-0.73

195

Grade 4 ELA 24,004

23.7

25.0

1.25

478

Grade 5 ELA 24,253

23.7

24.7

0.98

492

Grade 6 ELA 23,877

21.9

24.2

2.3

731

Grade 7 ELA 23,614

21.1

23.0

1.9

597

Grade 8 ELA 23,448

22.8

25.7

2.89

917

Grade 9 ELA 24,166

26.8

27.4

0.64

413

Grade 10 ELA 22,293

31.3

32.1

0.86

470

Grade 11 ELA 20,932

44.5

44.9

0.37

657

Grade and Content Area

student participation

Subgroup

2014-2015
Reading
Proficiency %

2014-2015
# Students
Proficient in
Reading

2015-2016
Reading
Proficiency %

2015-2016
# Students
Proficient in
Reading

% Points
Change

#
Students
Change

All Students

26.4

53,524

27.7

58,550

1.3

+5,026

Economically
18.6
Disadvantaged

26,252

20.2

30,313

1.6

+4,061

American
Indian

13.6

2,959

16.9

3,853

3.3

+894

Hispanic

21.4

26,234

22.9

29,473

1.5

+3,239

Asian

53.8

1,686

55.1

1,758

1.3

+72

English
Language
Learners

3.5

842

4.3

1,087

0.8

+245

Caucasian

42.4

21,636

42.8

22,346

0.4

+710

Students
w/Disabilities

3.7

698

4.0

1,157

0.3

+459

Migrant

6.7

10

6.9

11

0.2

+1

African
American

24.1

1,009

23.9

1,120

-0.2

+111

MATHEMATICS RESULTS
% Points
Change

# more
students
proficient

2015
Proficiency

2016
Proficiency

Grade 3 MATH 25,578

25.2

29.9

4.76

1,558

Grade 4 MATH 24,867

18.5

23.1

4.63

1,307

Grade 5 MATH 24,619

20.5

25.2

4.75

1,345

Grade 6 MATH 24,013

18.6

19.7

1.17

435

Grade 7 MATH 23,919

15.2

17.3

2.14

649

Grade 8 MATH 24,452

16.9

19.2

2.31

706

Grade 9 MATH 24,990

16.0

18.2

2.16

845

Grade 10 MATH 22,812

12.4

13.2

0.73

283

Grade 11 MATH 17,319

9.6

9.4

-0.17

172

Grade and Content Area

student participation

Subgroup

2014-2015
Math
Proficiency
%

2014-2015
# Students
Proficient
in Math

2015-2016
Math
Proficiency %

2015-2016
# Students
Proficient
in Math

% Points
Change

#
Students
Change

All Students

17.4

35,075

19.9

42,414

2.5

7,339

Economically
Disadvantaged

12.0

17,188

14.5

22,208

2.5

5,020

Caucasian

29.7

14,760

33.1

16,979

3.4

2,219

Asian

45.5

1,383

48.2

1,493

2.7

110

Hispanic

13.4

16,548

15.9

20,911

2.5

4,363

American
Indian

8.6

1,837

10.4

2,356

1.8

519

English
Language
Learners

4.6

1,290

6.0

1,725

1.4

435

Migrant

4.7

11

5.9

13

1.2

African
American

13.3

547

14.4

675

1.1

128

Students
w/Disabilities

3.4

634

4.0

1,149

0.6

515

PARCC PERFORMANCE LEVELS

PARCC includes 5 performance levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.

o Level 1: Did not yet meet expectations
o Level 2: Partially met expectations
o Level 3: Approached expectations
o Level 4: Met expectations
o Level 5: Exceeded expectations

A student earning a performance level of 4 or 5 on the PARCC assessment means the

student meets or exceeds expectations for their grade level as determined by the New
Mexico State Standards for all public school students.

For the first time in 2016, New Mexico can see how its students are progressing on PARCC
over multiple years.

What was assessed?

PARCC tests students in Math and English Language Arts (ELA):
English Language Arts (ELA) - All students in grades 3-11 take the ELA assessment
specific to their grade level.
Math - Students in grades 3-7 take the math assessment specific to their grade.
Math - For math grades 8-11, PARCC tests Grade 8 Math, Algebra I, Algebra II,
Geometry, and Integrated Math 1, 2, 3 in the year that the student was enrolled.
o Note - 8th Graders: A number of high-performing 8th graders took the
Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or Integrated Math 1 assessment.
Approximately 5,200 eighth gradersor about 21% of the 8th
grade populationtook assessments for higher level math courses
(including Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Integrated Math 1)
with almost 4,800 taking the PARCC Algebra I exam.
As a group, eighth graders who took the Algebra I test
outperformed all other high school students who took that exam.
o Note - 9th Graders: Some high-performing 9th graders took the Algebra II
test and also outperformed all other high school students who took that
exam.
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For 9 graders taking Algebra II test, performance was 51% proficient (compared to
15.7% overall).
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SBA Science Background

The Standards Based Assessment-Science (SBA-Science) is New Mexicos annual
science assessment for all students in grades 4, 7, and 11.
In the 2016 SBA Science Administration, 71,109 students in grades 4, 7, and 11
took the SBA science tests.

SBA-Science Results
Assessment &
Participation
Grade 4 Science
25,093
Grade 7 Science
24,113
Grade 11 Science
21,903

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

26.47

30.71

38.64

4.18

21.42

34.01

34.72

9.85

19.48

41.48

35.76

3.28

2016
3&4

2015
3&4

2016 v.
2015

42.8

42.3

+0.5

44.6

39.7

+4.9

39.0

35.9

+3.1

SBA Science includes 4 performance levels: 1, 2, 3, or 4.

o Level 1: Beginning Step
o Level 2: Nearing Proficiency
o Level 3: Proficient
o Level 4: Advanced

2016
Assessment
Results
Appendix

Mathematics Results by Subject and Grade

Subject

Grade

Math Grade 8

Algebra 1

Number

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

19,268

35.8

32.3

20.6

11.0

0.3

4,793

5.2

14.9

31.8

46.4

1.6

Algebra 1

18,958

22.1

37.4

27.2

13.1

0.1

Algebra 1

10

1,806

31.9

46.2

17.4

4.5

0.0

Algebra 1

11

573

32.6

45.5

18.2

3.7

0.0

Algebra 2

15

0.0

13.3

33.3

40.0

13.3

Algebra 2

668

10.2

14.1

25.1

45.7

4.9

Algebra 2

10

5,320

23.3

24.0

26.9

24.5

1.3

Algebra 2

11

14,220

38.6

30.5

20.5

10.0

0.4

Geometry

365

3.3

11.8

27.1

52.1

5.8

Geometry

4,841

5.9

24.1

36.0

31.8

2.3

Geometry

10

15,060

13.3

45.3

31.5

9.9

0.1

Geometry

11

1,911

20.3

54.0

22.0

3.7

0.0

Integrated Math 1

11

0.0

0.0

27.3

72.7

0.0

Integrated Math 1

468

31.8

42.1

17.7

8.3

0.0

Integrated Math 1

10

72

31.9

44.4

19.4

4.2

0.0

Integrated Math 1

11

22

40.9

45.5

9.1

4.5

0.0

Integrated Math 2

53

30.2

39.6

20.8

7.5

1.9

Integrated Math 2

10

497

30.4

40.4

22.3

6.6

0.2

Integrated Math 2

11

91

31.9

45.1

16.5

5.5

1.1

Integrated Math 3

50.0

0.0

0.0

50.0

0.0

Integrated Math 3

10

57

38.6

10.5

29.8

21.1

0.0

Integrated Math 3

11

502

49.4

20.7

19.1

10.6

0.2

Mathematics Results by Subject

Grade/ Level 1
Subject 2015
8th
ALG1
GEOM
ALG2

38.2
18.7
12
30.2

Level 1
2016

Level 2
2015

Level 2
2016

Level 3
2015

Level 3
2016

Level 4
2015

Level 4
2016

Level 5
2015

35.8
19.8
12.1
33.8

32.9
37
43.9
30

32.3
33.9
41
28.3

19.9
26.9
31.5
22.1

20.6
27.1
31.5
22.2

8.9
17
12
17

11
18.7
14.7
14.9

0.2
0.4
0.6
0.7

%
Level 5 Level 4 & 5 Level 4 & 5
2015
2016
Change
2016
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.8

9.1
17.4
12.6
17.7

11.3
19.2
15.4
15.7

2.2
1.8
2.8
-2