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2004, 4th & 8th Grade ELA & Math Results

Updated 16 Oct 2006

2003 Commentary on S-G's Scores
2002 Commentary on S-G's Scores
2001 Commentary on S-G's Scores
Tables Comparing Capital Region Scores

Resources:
bullet2004 - NYSED English Language Arts Test Results
2004 - NYSED Math Test Results
bulletMy commentary on S-G's ELA results

Percentage of NY Schools Having Higher Scores Than S-G
Still think S-G is the Blue Ribbon National School of Excellence it was in the early '90s?  Still think superintendent Marcelle deserved a new contract for an unprecedented 5 years?
Score 2004 2003 2002 2001
4th ELA Mean 34% 40% 30% 17%
4th ELA Top Level 38% 38% 29% 13%
4th Math Mean 34% 40% 42%
4th Math Top Level 34% 45% 45%
8th ELA Mean 40% 45% 30% 33%
8th ELA Top Level 42% 58% 53% 33%
8th Math Mean 31% 32% 35%
8th Math Top Level* 25% 28% 24%

* Note: S-G eighth graders who take 8th grade math in 7th grade--about 10% of the class-- do not take the 8th grade math exam until the 8th grade.

S-G 5-Year Improvement on
4th & 8th Grade State Exams
 ELA & Math Scores Combined
Rank out of 41 Capital Region School Districts
Score Rank
4th Gr. Mean Score 38th
4th Gr. % in Top Level 33rd
8th Gr. Mean Score 39th
8th Gr. % in Top Level 38th

 

S-G Math & English Scores
Grades 8 and 4
1999-2002
RED: Fails to meet standards
Shaded areas are the same graduating class.
Level 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Math8 1

 11 12 12 10 6 5
2 32 24 27 29 29 26
3 44 48 48 45 53 52
4 12 16 13 16 12 17
English8 1 2 7 6 3 5 3
2 30 40 38 49 50 45
3 51 41 44 39 41 41
4 16 12 12 9 4 11
Math4 1 1 0 0 1 2 1
2 13 10 11 18 15 8
3 50 62 53 54 52 56
4 36 27 36 27 31 35
English4 1 0 1 4 2 4 2
2 30 14 17 19 21 24
3 59 50 49 51 50 58
4 11 35 30 28 25 16

In addition to showing S-G's performance on state exams, the table above permits a comparison of the performance of 8th graders in 2003/2004 with their 1999/2000 4th grade performance.  Based on 2003 scores, by 8th grade three-quarters of our best English students and two-thirds of our best math students had been normalized.  Based on 2004 scores, by 8th grade we lost 70% of our top performing English students and 37% of our top performing math students.

 

S-G Ranking Among 41 Capital District Schools

Score/ Year

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

4th Grade Mean

 17

22

18

12

8

11

4th Grade Top Level

 15

22

16

11

10

13

8th Grade Mean

 22

26

21

14

14

14

8th Grade Top Level

 20

27

15

16

10

11

 

 
CAPITAL DISTRICT SCHOOLS RANKED BY THE SUM OF THE MEAN SCORES IN 4th GRADE ENGLISH AND 4th GRADE MATH (1999-2001)

2004
2003
 2002
2001
2000 (1999) Rank

 District Name (Number Tested)
 4th Grade English Mean Score
2004 2003 2002 2001  2000 (1999)		 4th Grade Math Mean Score
2004 2003 2002 2001  2000 (1999)		 Combined Math & English Scores
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 (1999)
State Math High (over 100 students tested) PS 9 Sarah Anderson School (Manhattan) 698 713  1411
State ELA High (over 100 students tested) George M. Davis Elementary School (Westchester)  710 705 1415
1 4 2 6 6 (6) Niskayuna (518.377.4666) (331) 680 677 686 674 680 (667) 688 680 674 677 671 (673) 1368 1357 1360 1351 1351 (1340)
2 5 1 2 1 (3) Bethlehem (518.439.7098) (364) 674 676 688 683 687 (670) 682 677 674 687 675 (685) 1356 1353 1362 1370 1362 (1355)
3 3 3 3 7 (4) Voorheesville (518.765.3313) (87) 672 680 681 684 680 (671) 678 680 673 682 670 (678) 1350 1360 1357 1366 1350 (1349)
4 21 11 13 19 (18) So. Glens Falls (518.793.9617) (249) 672 661 673 672 667 (657) 677 671 667 670 661 (664) 1349 1332 1340  1342 1328 (1321)
5 6 8 18 12 (14) E. Greenbush (518.477.2755) (348) 671 673 684 667 668 (654) 677 677 664 672 666 (674) 1348 1350 1348 1339 1334 (1328) 
6 11 5 5 9 (10) North Colonie (518.785.8591) (413) 667 673 683 678 678 (659) 678 672 669 676 665 (672) 1345 1345 1352 1354 1343 (1331)
7 10 14 19 16 (16) Saratoga Springs (518.583.4708) (537) 672 673 675 670 670 (657) 672 673 662 669 660 (666) 1344 1346 1337 1339 1330 (1323)
8 14 15 15 10 (7) Guilderland (518.456.6200) (446) 664 666 672 671 674 (660) 680 676 663 670 668 (675) 1344 1342 1335 1341 1342 (1335)
9 26 16 11 14 (26) Stillwater (518.664.8656) (120) 669 656 670 671 670 (648) 674 670 664 678 674 (660) 1343 1326 1334 1349 1334 (1308)
10 16 7 14 31 (19) Schuylerville (518.695.3255) (131) 673 666 673 666 658 (653) 669 672 675 676 651 (666) 1342 1338 1348 1342 1309  (1319)
11 8 4 4 11 (9) Burnt Hills Ballston Lake (518.399.6407) (282) 668 674 683 681 671 (661) 673 673 669 681 670 (673) 1341 1347 1352 1362 1341 (1334)
12 13 12 16 20 (25) So. Colonie (518.869.3576) (415) 668 670 671 669 666 (650) 672 672 668 672 659 (660) 1340 1342 1339 1341 1325 (1310)
13 12 17 1 3 (2) Maplewood-Colonie (518.273.1512) (23) 669 682 684 689 685 (663) 668 663 650 691 671 (700) 1337 1345  1334 1380 1356 (1363)
14 28 38 36 30 (32) Corinth (518.654.2601) (86) 671 667 646 654 658 (644) 663 657 645 656 652 (655) 1334 1324 1291 1310 1310 (1299)
15 2 6 17 2 (1) Menands (518.465.4561) (18) 662 680 676 668 686 (683) 671 686 674 671 671 (693) 1333 1366 1350 1339 1357 (1376)
16 7 10 10 13 (17) Averill Park (518.674.7055) (236) 665 680 674 675 667 (655) 667 670 671 674 667 (666) 1332 1350 1345 1349 1334 (1321)
17 22 18 12 8 (11) SCOTIA-GLENVILLE (518.382.1215) (221) 663 665 673 673 680 (660) 669 666 661 674 666 (670) 1332 1331 1334 1347 1346 (1330)
18 17 26 22 33 (30) Schalmont (518.355.9200) (156) 660 663 659 662 655 (645) 671 674 660 667 651 (658) 1331 1337 1319 1329 1306 (1303)
19 1 20 39 37 (20) Green Island (518.273.1422) (25) 667 692 670 654 644 (648) 662 676 657 649 649 (670) 1329 1368 1327 1303 1293 (1318)
20 9 9 8 5 (5) Schodack (518.732.2297) (114) 662 671 670 669 674 (665) 667 675 675 680 677 (675) 1329 1346 1345 1349 1351 (1340)
21 29 21 34 24 (33) Hoosic Valley (518.753.4450) (91) 661 660 667 654 663 (642) 668 663 658 657 653 (654) 1329 1323 1325 1311 1316 (1296)
22 18 19 20 15 (15) Shenendehowa (518.877.6251) (739) 662 667 673 670 672 (657) 666 668 660 666 658 (668) 1328 1335 1333 1336 1330 (1325)
23 25 13 7 23 (23) Edinburg (518.863.8412) (12) 657 661 663 672 671 (641) 670 667 675 678 648 (671) 1327 1328 1338 1350 1319 (1312)
24 19 23 24 17 (13) Brunswick (518.279.4600) (107) 661 669 668 665 673 (661) 663 666 653 659 656 (668) 1324 1335 1321 1324 1329 (1329)
25 35 30 26 32 (21) Berne-Knox-Westerlo (518.872.1293) (74) 657 660 656 660 655 (652) 667 656 659 663 653 (663) 1324 1316 1315 1323 1308 (1315)
26 31 25 27 26 (29) Ballston Spa (518.884.7195) (353) 659 664 664 662 657 (647) 663 657 656 659 655 (657) 1322 1321 1320 1321 1312 (1304)
27 33 22 21 18 (28) Rotterdam-Mohonasen (518.356.8200) (248) 652 653 657 663 666 (648) 668 665 664 671 663 (658) 1320 1318 1321 1334 1329 (1306)
28 23 28 25 21 (8) Duanesburg (518.895.2279) (78) 657 664 662 660 667 (667) 662 666 655 663 656 (667) 1319 1330 1317 1323 1323 (1334)
29 15 37 30 25 (24) Waterford-Halfmoon (518.237.0800) (65) 663 682 652 663 665 (648) 654 657 640 655 650 (664) 1317 1339 1292 1318