Liberty University

• EDUC 741

• DATA ANALYSIS AND GOALS 2 Data Collection and Analysis Brewster Middle School is located on Camp Lejeune Marine Base in North Carolina. Our school has a population of 524 in grades 6-8. Our students are all children of those in the military and live on base. 43% of the population is white, 19.5% African American, 18% Hispanic/Latino, 8.5% multi-racial, 6.5% other or not stated and less than 1% Asian. Of all these students 62% qualify for free or reduced lunch. During the 2018-2019 school year we changed our standardized assessment from Terra Nova to the PARCC test, which is a computerized test. Our first PARCC data we can examine is from 2017-2018. Sixth grade had an overall proficiency of 32.4% in math and 41.2% in literacy. Seventh grade did not take the new PARCC exam, but had a 60.8 % proficiency in literacy. Students taking eighth grade math were not tested, however both our Algebra1 and Geometry students were tested and both had 100% proficiency. The eighth grade was 60.8 % proficient in literacy. The test scores were lower than the Terra Nova test scores, however this was the first year of a new test, and the students have never taken a 100% computer test before. We expected a learning curve for this reason. Our school will be closely examining the data from the PARCC test for the 2018-2019 school year to determine its effectiveness and what needs to be done to help the students be more successful. The administration at our school has asked each grade level