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Information About The Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) Tests

State Testing Information for Delaware
Portions of the following material were taken from the Delaware Department of Education website. Please see our links and source sections at the bottom of the page for more details and references.

General Description of the Tests

The Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP)

• To serve as a measure of progress toward the Delaware Content Standards
• To ensure students apply their academic skills to realistic, everyday problems
• To promote better instruction and curriculum by providing timely reports of students’ strengths and weaknesses
• To serve as a primary indicator in the statewide accountability system

Assessment Information

The Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP)

• Grades: 2-11


• Subjects: Reading, Mathematics, Writing, Science, Social Studies
• Most of the reading and mathematics questions are written by Delaware teachers. Some of them are written by the testing contractor.
• All of the science and social studies questions are written or reviewed by Delaware teachers.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

• Grades: 4, 8, 12
• Subjects: Mathematics, Reading, Science
• The only nationally representative assessment of what American students know and can do in core subjects
• Results can be used to compare student performance across the country because portions of the same assessment are given to students in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
• Reports on results for groups of students, rather than for individual students or schools

The Delaware Alternate Portfolio Assessment (DAPA)

• Grades: 2-11
• The State of Delaware assessment of students with severe cognitive disabilities

Test Descriptions

The Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP)

• Reading

- Assessed using literature that informs, entertains or explains how to perform a task
- Students are asked to read passages and then demonstrate their ability to comprehend, analyze and interpret what they have read by answering multiple choice, short answer, and extended response questions.



• Writing

- First, students are asked to write a response to a prompt about a passage they are given to read.
- Second, students are asked to provide a written response to a prompt with a specific purpose and audience in mind.



• Mathematics

- Assesses a student’s ability to grasp key concepts and solve realistic problems
- Multiple choice, short answer, and extended response questions are used to assess students’ conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and knowledge of mathematical processes across core areas such as computation, measurement, algebra, and geometry.



• Science

- Assesses a student’s ability to grasp key scientific principles and solve realistic problems
- Multiple choice questions and short answer questions are used to assess students’ conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and knowledge of scientific principles across core areas such as ecology, diversity of living things, life processes, dynamic systems, space, energy, properties of materials, and the nature and application of science and technology.
- Focused on reasoning and analysis


• Social Studies

- Assesses a student’s ability to grasp key concepts and apply this knowledge to everyday living within a diverse world, and within a democratic system
- Multiple choice questions and short answer questions are used to assess students’ conceptual knowledge and analytical abilities across core areas such as civics, economics, geography, and history.
- Focused on reasoning and analysis across core areas

Testing Schedule
Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) Testing Dates (Fall 2009 - Spring 2010)

Source:
Delaware Department of Education

Source Accessed Date:
October 06, 2009

Links
Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP)
DSTP Parent and Educator Guides
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
NAEP/Delaware Differences
Delaware Alternate Portfolio Assessment (DAPA)

 
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