Student Growth Data

2013-14 School Year

Microcomputers
By Nicholas Gayan
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Growth Data Chapter 3
Chapter 3 data consisted of the following pre and post test scores:
Raw Score (out of 95) Grade (% out of 100)
Pre Post Pre Post
50 78 56 87
37 68 41 76
48 70 53 78
41 64 46 71
49 79 54 88
63 88 70 98
50 80 56 89
62 76 69 84
56 78 62 87
26 66 29 73
71 85 79 94
61 87 68 97
60 77 67 86
44 72 49 80
35 69 39 77
53 64 59 71
63 73 70 81
39 77 43 86
35 71 39 79
36 53 40 59
43 57 48 63
62 82 69 91
48 82 53 91
55 74 61 82
46 72 51 80
46 79 51 88
45 77 50 86
62 84 69 93
40 69 44 77
49 83 54 92
56 85 62 94

The average scores (out of 100%) for each are as follows:
Pre Post
Chapter 3 55 83
Chapter 6 45 83
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Observations
As expected, all of the students scores improved but for each test, the average shows a different
comparison. Both of the Post test scores, ironically, showed an average of 83. The difference between
the two was the Pre average which was 55 for the Chapter 3 and 45 for the Chapter 6.
The differences were most likely attributed to the content in each lesson. For Chapter 3, the students
had already been working in Chapters 1 and 2 which dealt with different formatting and techniques in
Microsoft Word. Chapter 3 expanded on that with the students learning formatting that would be
considered the most common formatting in Word. This, the students were most likely already familiar
with much of the content even from using other programs like Google Docs.
Chapter 6 dealt with creating formulas in Microsoft Excel. Though some of the students had been
exposed to creating some simple formulas before, this was more difficult for them going into the lesson.
The larger increase in the average probably resulted in them learning more information that they didnt
know coming in than chapter 3.
The next few pages shows bar charts for both Chapter 3 and Chapter 6. There is an Average Score
comparing the pre and post tests as well as a chart that show the letter grade breakdown for each test.

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Letter Grade Distributions
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Chapter 6 Test Average
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Chapter 6 Test Avearge
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