{"id":657,"date":"2018-01-08T16:30:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/?page_id=657"},"modified":"2020-04-03T19:41:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T19:41:56","slug":"scoring-of-pathway-tests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/users-guide\/interpreting-the-results\/scoring-of-pathway-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoring of Pathway Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the modular Pathway Tests that were developed in the past, students had to take all modules to complete the test sequence. With the introduction of End-of-Course (EOC) Tests, students do not take all available EOC Tests in a CTE Pathway. Instead, the student takes the EOC Test for each course they are enrolled in, when a test is available for the course.<\/p>\n

For reporting to the state\u2019s data system, each test score a student took in the current school year is reported at the end of the school year.\u00a0 WebXam no longer reports pathway scores.\u00a0 EMIS manages those calculations.\u00a0 WebXam still provides real-time pathway scoring data to assist in planning, but these scores are not authoritative.<\/p>\n

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  1. In WebXam pathway reports available to teachers and administrators, pathway scores are displayed once a students has completed 2 tests, however, 3 or more tests may be required depending on the program the tests are part of.<\/li>\n
  2. A student\u2019s Pathway Test score is the average of all scores of EOC Tests taken.<\/li>\n
  3. A student\u2019s Pathway Test cutoff is the average of all cutoffs of EOC Tests taken.<\/li>\n
  4. A student is considered passing the Pathway Test only if the Pathway Test score meets or exceeds the Pathway Test cutoff.<\/li>\n
  5. If an EOC Test is taken more than once, only the best score is used in the calculation of Pathway Test score.<\/li>\n
  6. If a student has one or more EOC Tests in field testing, there will be no Pathway Test score until the field tested EOC Tests are finalized and rescored.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The calculation of Pathway Test score can be expressed using the following formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
    Pathway Test score =<\/td>\ns<\/em>1<\/sub> + s<\/em>2<\/sub> + s<\/em>3<\/sub> + \u2026 + sn<\/sub><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    where s<\/em>1<\/sub> through sn<\/sub><\/em> are the student\u2019s EOC Test scores (only the best attempt if an EOC Test is retaken) and n<\/em> is the number of different EOC Tests taken.<\/p>\n

    Similarly, the cutoff score is calculated this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
    Pathway Test cutoff=<\/td>\nc<\/em>1<\/sub> + c<\/em>2<\/sub> + c<\/em>3<\/sub> + \u2026 + cn<\/sub><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    where c<\/em>1<\/sub> through cn<\/sub><\/em> are the cutoffs for the student\u2019s EOC Tests (only the cutoff for the best attempt if an EOC Test is retaken) and n<\/em> is the number of different EOC Tests taken.<\/p>\n

    The Pathway Test is considered passed if Pathway Test score >= Pathway Test cutoff<\/em>.<\/p>\n

    What does this mean for a student?<\/p>\n

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    • If a student passes all EOC Tests taken, the student will pass the Pathway Test.<\/li>\n
    • If a student does not pass any EOC Test, then the student will not pass the Pathway Test.<\/li>\n
    • If the student passes only some EOC Tests, the student may or may not pass the Pathway Test. The passing status will be determined using the formula above.<\/li>\n
    • The students are responsible for all EOC Tests taken. Scores from all EOC Tests will be factored in to the Pathway Test score.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Students should take only the EOC Tests for the courses that have been delivered. Taking additional EOC Tests will not help, and there is a risk of decreasing the overall Pathway Test score if the student is not familiar with the content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      In the modular Pathway Tests that were developed in the past, students had to take all modules to complete the test sequence. With the introduction of End-of-Course (EOC) Tests, students do not take all available EOC Tests in a CTE Pathway. Instead, the student takes the EOC Test for each course they are enrolled in, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":354,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-657","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1269,"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions\/1269"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.webxam.org\/webxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}