Aspire

Dear Parents,


    Students in grades 4th - 8th,  ACT Aspire assessment results from the Spring 2018 tests are available on your PowerSchool account. The attached information will give you instructions to download the results.  Accessing ACT Aspire Results on PowerSchool


     We are pleased with the results for the third year taking this assessment, which is very rigorous and challenges the students. The assessment results provide us with a baseline on our current achievements and areas in need of improvement. ACT Aspire is designed to measure how well students are understanding topics, concepts and skills required to succeed under the Common Core standards and focus on identifying what students should know at the end of each grade level.


  We learned, upon release of the scores, that students’ writing scores will not be released to individual schools.  Their scores have been calculated into their ELA composite score but the individual scores have not been shared with us.  As writing is a critical skill for future success, we will maintain our goal of improving the overall writing skills of our students at all grade levels, including primary.  We continue to work on strategies in math and reading to improve our integration of knowledge in reading and written justification in math.  We will also once again take the ACT Interim practice tests three times this year and complete quizlets to help students prepare for the type of questions that will appear on Aspire in the Spring of 2019.  


   The previous and current progress and readiness levels are outlined below. Our students are on target and showing growth at each grade and overall reaching the ready benchmark set by ACT.  The attached ACT readiness chart will provide you with information on the levels of readiness for each grade and subject.


   We will continue to analyze the results to find ways to improve our current practices to ensure that St. Catherine Alexandria students are ready for their future educational endeavors.



Please feel free to contact me with any questions.


Sincerely,


Arlene Baumann

Principal

ACT ASPIRE 2016 - 2017 - 2018



English

Scale Score

Math

Scale Score


Reading

Scale Score

Science

Scale Score

Spring 2018


419

Exceeding

416

Ready

415

Ready

417

Close




Current 5th Grade


English

Scale Score

Math

Scale Score


Reading

Scale Score

Science

Scale Score

Writing

Scale Score

Spring 2017

3rd grade scores



420

Exceeding

417

Exceeding

417

Ready

420

Ready

426

Close


Spring 2018

4th grade scores

424

Exceeding

418

Meeting

417

Ready

421

Ready

Not

Available




Current 6th Grade



English

Scale score

Math

Scale Score


Reading

Scale Score

Science

Scale Score

Writing

Scale Score

Spring 2016

3rd grade scores


420

Exceeding

415

Ready

416

Ready

419

Ready

427

Close

Spring 2017

4th grade scores

424

Exceeding

417

Ready

420

Ready

420

Ready

428

Ready

Spring 2018

5th grade scores

427

Exceeding

419

Ready

420

Ready

424

Ready

Not

Available





Current 7th Grade



English

Scale score

Math

Scale Score


Reading

Scale Score

Science

Scale Score

Writing

Scale Score

Spring 2016

4th grade scores

425

Exceeding

417

Ready

419

Ready

422

Ready

426

Close

Spring 2017

5th grade scores

429

Exceeding

419

Ready

422

Ready

425

Ready

428

Ready

Spring 2018

6th grade scores

430

Exceeding

423

Ready

423

Ready

424

Ready

Not

Available


Current 8th Graders



English

Scale score

Math

Scale Score


Reading

Scale Score

Science

Scale Score

Writing

Scale Score

Spring 2016

5th grade scores

427

Exceeding

418

Ready

421

Ready

424

Ready

425

Close

Spring 2017

6th grade scores

429

Exceeding

423

Ready

423

Ready

425

Ready

434

Ready

Spring 2018

7th grade scores

431

Exceeding

423

Ready

423

Ready

427

Ready

Not

Available



Class of 2018



English

Scale score

Math

Scale Score


Reading

Scale Score

Science

Scale Score

Writing

Scale Score

Spring 2016

6th grade scores

430

Exceeding

421

Ready

424

Ready

425

Ready

428

Ready

Spring 2017

7th grade scores

433

Exceeding

423

Ready

425

Ready

427

Ready

428

Ready

Spring 2018

8th grade scores

430

Exceeding

425

Ready

426

Ready

428

Ready

Not

Available

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