1. Using NWEA Data Jennifer Wells Capital Region BOCES Jennifer.wells@neric.org

3. On the Index Card... Please answer the following: 1) Your name, district, and role 2) Web-based or client server? 3) What is working well with NWEA? 4) What questions or needs do you have regarding NWEA? 5) Your goal for today – I hope by the end of today, I can/will __________

4. Parking Lot Throughout the day, please use the sticky notes to jot down questions/wonderings. We will come back to this often

5. Agenda Essential Reports for Administrators We have our data, so now what? ◦ Ways to set Targets for SLO’s/APPR DesCartes and CCLS and EngageNY Modules and... How to Make it All Work Resources for Administrators/Districts

6. Accessing MARC

7. Class Report 7

8. Web-based Class Report 8

9. Class Breakdown by RIT Report 9

10. Class Breakdown by Goal Report 10

11. Student Progress Report 11

12. More Information about Reports https://nwea.adobeconnect.com/_a2032905 06/mapessentials

13. Enjoy a Break

14. What You’ve Done So Far... How did you use you NWEA data last year? Please chart out and be ready to share with the whole group.

15. Uses of Data from MAP ® Assessments Finding gaps Monitoring progress Monitoring programs Conferencing Informing instructional decisions What else?

16. Normative Data

17. NWEA™ Research What are expected RIT and growth scores? Normative Data, grades K-11 Scale Alignment Studies ◦ Aligns RIT scale with state proficiency benchmarks ◦ NWEA Goal Structures t y p i c a l

18. Nassau BOCES http://www.nassauboces.org/site/handlers/fil edownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=1800&d ataid=3683&FileName=NWEA%20and%20 APPR%20Boces%20presentation%202-13- 12.pdfhttp://www.nassauboces.org/site/handlers/fil edownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=1800&d ataid=3683&FileName=NWEA%20and%20 APPR%20Boces%20presentation%202-13- 12.pdf

19. Setting Targets One district’s criteria... 1) Students who score above the end of the year mean for their grade level based on national norms specific to NWEA will meet their target by maintaining their status as above grade level by the end of the year. 2) Students who score at or between the beginning and end of the year means for their grade level based on national norms specific to NWEA will meet their target by increasing their RIT score by the end of the year. 3) Students who score below the beginning of the year mean for their grade level based on national norms specific to NWEA will meet their target by increasing their RIT score.

20. Resources

21. LUNCH!

22. 22 DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning® and Primary Grades Instructional Data DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning ® and Primary Grades Instructional Data

23. Climbing the Data Ladder Instructional Ladders

24. Look No Further... http://www.fortheteachers.org/

25. DesCartes and EngageNY Modules http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/r esource/attachments/ela_map_grade_3.pdf How might you use NWEA and DesCartes within the modules?

26. Welcome Back

27. Resources

28. Wrapping it Up