Spotlight on Students

Achievement Test Scores on the Rise

Across the country, schools are seeing remarkable jumps in state and national achievement test scores for students who have trained with Fast ForWord programs.

In Manchester, Tennessee students who used Fast ForWord programs in conjunction with the district's targeted initiatives, made big language and reading gains on the Terra Nova achievement test, and dramatically surpassed state expectations.

--April 2000 Terra Nova Results before Fast ForWord--

Language @665 / Reading @655

--Expected Score April, 2001--

Language @675 / Reading @675

--April 2001 Terra Nova Results after Fast ForWord--

Language @700 / Reading @685

And for more good news, students made statistically significant gains in other Terra Nova subjects including math, science, and social studies. In conjunction with effective curriculum, Fast ForWord programs train the brain to learn better and faster across all areas of study, and make other learning skills easier to acquire.

--For more info: www.ScientificLearning.com or www.BrainConnection.com--

Here is our Report Card for the 2007-2008 School Year

Academic Achievement
 Academic Growth
Math
A
Math
A
Reading
A
Reading
A
Language Arts
A
Language Arts
A
Social Studies
A
Social Studies
A
Science
A
Science
A
Writing
A
ATTENDANCE
95.9%

2008 TVAAS School Report for Westwood Elementary School

TCAP CRT MATH (MEAN SCORES)

Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
State Base Year (1998)
50.0
50.0
50.0
50.0
State 3-yr-average
59.8
59.8
59.3
58.4
2004 Mean
43.0
52.6
48.3
51.7
2005 Mean
53.3
53.7
52.9
61.4
2006 Mean
57.5
54.8
57.0
55.8
2007 Mean
63.7
57.2
60.5
57.9
2008 Mean
52.0
57.1
64.5
63.3

TCAP CRT SOCIAL STUDIES (MEAN SCORES)

Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
State Base Year (1998)
50.0
50.0
50.0
50.0
State 3-yr-average
54.2
57.9
58.2
54.7
2004 Mean
41.3
47.4
54.0
55.6
2005 Mean
51.6
60.7
56.5
55.8
2006 Mean
52.8
61.7
63.0
57.3
2007 Mean
60.0
62.6
66.1
58.2
2008 Mean
47.3
64.6
66.8
63.1

TCAP CRT SCIENCE (MEAN SCORES)

Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
State Base Year (1998)
50.0
50.0
50.0
50.0
State 3-yr-average
56.3
59.2
57.7
55.7
2004 Mean
43.5
53.0
54.3
53.5
2005 Mean
52.9
56.8
61.4
63.3
2006 Mean
57.6
57.8
63.4
57.2
2007 Mean
59.6
60.1
68.5
62.9
2008 Mean
49.6
57.2
64.8
65.3

TCAP CRT READING/LANGUAGE (MEAN SCORES)

Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade
State Base Year (1998)
50.0
50.0
50.0
50.0
State 3-yr-average
54.2
54.3
57.8
60.0
2004 Mean
39.9
45.7
56.0
55.8
2005 Mean
49.3
45.4
57.1
59.8
2006 Mean
49.9
52.7
63.7
60.7
2007 Mean
58.7
53.7
66.6
65.9
2008 Mean
51.5
57.2
67.6
70.5

Value Added Scores

Reading and Language Growth Standard 2006 -- 8.4
Reading and Language Growth Standard 2007 -- 6.6
Reading and Language Growth Standard 2008 -- 5.5
3-year Average -- 6.8 (State 3 year Average --2.8)

Math Growth Standard 2006 -- 2.6
Math Growth Standard 2007 -- 2.1
Math Growth Standard 2008 -- 1.1
3-year Average -- 2.0 (State 3 year Average -- 0.9)

Science Mean 2006 -- 2.4
Science Gain 2007 -- 4.3
Science Gain 2008 -- 2.3
3-year Average -- 2.3 (State 3 year Average -- 1.2)

Social Studies Mean 2006 -- 4.4
Social Studies Gain 2007 -- 3.1
Social Studies Gain 2008 -- 3.3
3-year Average -- 3.3 (State 3 year Average -- 1.7)

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