SRA Guide - Scoring Student Responses

SRA Guide
Scoring Student Responses
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RUBRICS
       Scoring rubrics provide the criteria for evaluating and scoring student performance. The SRA PATs for the language arts literacy reading cluster and mathematics are scored by using item-specific rubrics which are individual scoring guides supplied for each PAT. For your convenience, the generic scoring rubrics for the LAL reading cluster and mathematics can be found in appendices D and E in the SRA administration manual.. The New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric is used to score the SRA PATs for the language arts literacy writing cluster.

SCORERS
       For reading and for mathematics, two content-certified panel members must independently score each SRA PAT. The two independent ratings must be equal (agreeing) or within one point of each other (contiguous/adjacent).
       Scores may only be a whole number - fractional scores are not used..

THE SCORE
       READING AND MATHEMATICS
       The final score for each reading PAT and each mathematics PAT is the mean (average) score of the reader rating from the two independent scores. No rounding is permitted.
       For example, the proficient score for mathematics is a mean score of 2 for each PAT which means that the two SRA panel members each scored the student's response a 2 or better. Similarly, the proficient score for reading is a mean score of 3 for each PAT which means that the two SRA panel members each scored the student's response a 3 or better.
       However, if the two SRA panel members' scores disagree by more than one point, a third content-certified panel member must score the response. For mathematics, if there are three readers, the proficient score is still 2 but it is the mean of the two highest contiguous scores. For reading, if there are three readers, the proficient score is still 3 but it is the mean of the two highest contiguous scores.
       Further, if no two of the three scores are contiguous, the student must complete another mathematics or reading PAT.

       WRITING
       Two content-certified panel members must independently score each PAT. The two independently derived scores must be equal (agreeing) or within one point of each other (contiguous/adjacent). These two scores are summed (not averaged). The proficient score for writing is a summed score of 7 or better for each PAT.
       If the two scores are not adjacent, a third SRA panel member must independently score the writing PAT. The proficient score is still 7 or better, but it is the sum of the two highest contiguous scores. If no two of the three scores are contiguous, the student must complete another writing PAT.

RECORDING THE SCORES
       Each student's scoring history should be recorded on the HSPA SRA Student Response Tracking Sheet (Appendix H). The Student Response Tracking Sheet is a record of an individual student's successful completion of the SRA process.
       A separate sheet should be completed for each content area.
       The completed Student Response Tracking Sheet should be kept in the district's permanent record.