Below we present aggregated test results for a number of classrooms using Bridges K-2. Results focus on Grade 2 since few Kindergarten or Grade 1 students take standardized tests.
For these early primary grades Student Work is an excellent alternative for evaluating student progress. For additional feedback on student learning see the Bridges section of What They're Saying
Students in this Bridges Grade 2 classroom outperformed their peers as measured by national percentile rank (NPR). In both 2004-05 and 2005-06 the Bridges students scored at the 84th NPR while both the district and state results were below the 60th NPR.
Incoming third grade Bridges students scored similarly to their peers on the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) in the fall of 2005. The next year's third grade class outperformed their peers across the state -- 71% of the Bridges students scored at or above the proficient level on the test, compared with 67% statewide.
Second grade students scored at the 61st national percentile rank in 1998-99, the year before the district implemented Bridges Grade 2. In the next five school years, the second grade students surpassed this ranking four times and equaled it once. They scored at the 64th national percentile rank in 1999-00, the 61st in 2000-01, the 66th in 2001-02, the 64th in 2002-03, and the 66th in the 2003-04 school year.
Bridges students averaged 37.4 correct responses while other students averaged 35.2. All of the Bridges students met the district mathematics performance standard compared to 89% of the district students. In addition, 91% of Bridges students mastered all 7 of the content standards vs. 62% of district students
Bend, OR
2001-2002
Test: Oregon Plus Test, Oregon
Statewide
Assessment
Case Study 5
All students in this blended second and third grade class met or exceeded the mathematics performance standard on their respective tests compared to 80% of second and 77% of third graders statewide. Furthermore, 93% of second grade Bridges students exceeded the standard vs. 34% of their peers statewide. Similarly, 75% of third grade Bridges students exceeded the state standard vs. 34% for third graders across the state.
Portland, OR
2000-2004
Test: Oregon Plus Test, Oregon
Statewide
Assessment
Case Study 6
Students in this blended second and third grade class scored higher than district and state averages over the four year period. Specifically, 98% of Bridges second grade students met or exceeded the mathematics performance standard compared to 74% of their peers in the district and 80% of second grade students statewide. Likewise, 82% of the third grade students from the blended class met or exceeded the mathematics performance standard compared with 73% of third graders in the district and 78% of those across the state.
In each of the three years studied the second grade students in this multi-grade class scored well above the 50th percentile, or national norm. Their composite math score on the test was at the 60th median national percentile rank in 2000-01, 85 in 2001-02, and 82 in 2002-03.
