Transcript Interpreting Your Child*s ITBS and CogAT Scores

Interpreting Your Child’s
CRCT Scores:
It’s About Improving
Achievement!
West Bainbridge
Elementary School
Parent Workshop
Belinda Ingram
Guidance Counselor
C riterion
R eferenced
C ompetency
T est
Georgia
Performance
Standards
Scores and Reports GPS/QCC
QCC/GPS
• Scale scores may range from
150 to 450 (QCC)
650 to 950 (GPS)
Highest obtainable scale score can differ by test.
• CRCT also reports student achievement in terms of
performance levels(1-3):
Exceeds Standard (3)
350 & Above or 850 & ↑
Meets Standard (2)
300 – 349 or 800 - 849
Does Not Meet Standard(1)
Below 300 or Below 800
What Can Parents Do to Help
Improve Scores?
Emphasize
meaning
of words
Play
word
games
Vocabulary
Teach
words
in
context
Discuss
new
or unusual
words
Follow up
with writing
or drawing
Relate stories
to personal
experiences
Read with
your child
Reading
Comprehension
Retell stories
Make
predictions
Repeated
readings of
favorite books
Identify
similarities
and
differences
Point out
words with
similar
spellings
Find new
words
while
reading
Spelling
Play spelling
type games
Practice
spelling
conventions
Read
math-type
stories
Encourage
creative
problem
solving
Use graphs,
charts,
timetables,
diagrams
Use real
life math
Math
Use
estimation
and mental
math
Look for
patterns in
everyday
items
Ask if an
answer is
reasonable
Students log on to the Online Assessment
System
From the Welcome screen, students can
choose to take Student Tests
To take a student test, click View Student
Tests
The OAS provides pre-constructed tests for
each subject area. Select a subject.
Highlight a test and click Take Test
Students answer the multiple choice
questions, clicking on Next Question to go
to the next page or Grade My Test when
finished
After
completing
the test,
the
student
sees the
results of
the test ….
…and decides whether to send the test to
a teacher, to save the test, or to discard it
To view results from Student Tests that
have been saved, choose View Student
Tests
Any Questions??