Stepping Stones to Using Data

Agenda 1.Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) as an adaptive assessment 2.Student RIT scores 3.RIT scale 4.NWEA Normative Data 5.DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning 6.Class Breakdown by Overall RIT Report and Class Breakdown by Goal Report 2

Goals  Interpret and apply data from key reports  Use data to evaluate academic needs in the classroom  Set goals with students 3

4 Examining Essential Reports Status  Instructional Resources-Class by RIT  Teacher Report  Online Individual Student Progress Report

Normative Data: Bringing Context to the Data  Grade-level norms  Typical performance  Beginning-of-Year, Middle-of-Year, and End-of-Year 5

Uses for Essential Reports  Instructional planning  Screening  Growth  Goal-setting  Informing instructional decisions 6

Interpreting the Class Breakdown by Overall RIT Report 7

Applying the Class Breakdown by Overall RIT Report  Instructional applications: 1.Intervention/remediation 2.Reading support in content areas 3.Visual picture of diversity 8

Interpreting the Class Breakdown by Goal Report 9 H.R. Frale (213)

Applying the Class Breakdown by Goal Report  Instructional applications:  Flexible grouping  Designing instructional plans  Differentiating instruction  Identify relative strengths and weaknesses  Transition into DesCartes 10

Activity: Applying the class breakdown by data.  Use your Class Breakdown by Goal Report or the sample Class Breakdown by Goal Report to work through the activity questions. 1.Look at the distribution of students in each goal area. What instructional implications does this have for you? 2.How might you use this report to work with another teacher in your grade/subject to plan for instruction? 11

Interpreting DesCartes 12 DesCartes  Aligned to goal structure of NWEA standards  10 point RIT divisions:  Skills  Concepts  New vocabulary, signs, and symbols

Applying DesCartes 13

DesCartes 1.Examine the page of DesCartes from your class. 2.Find the middle RIT band in any goal area. 3.The center column lists skills and concepts that students scoring in that range will be ready to learn.  Identify 2-3 skills in that goal area that students are ready to learn.  List 2-3 strategies you might use to work with students on the skills and concepts presented here. 14

Interpreting the Teacher Report  Student Data  Test Type  Standard Error  RIT/RIT Range  Percentile/Percentile Range  Lexile  Goal Performance Area  Summary Data  Mean/Median  Standard Deviation 15

Interpreting the Online Individual Student Progress Report  Key points on the text version  District Average  Norm Group Average  Student Growth  Typical Growth  Descriptors  Key point on the graph version 16

Applying the Online Individual Student Progress Report  Parent Conferences  DesCartes Framework  Normative Data  RIT Reference Charts 17

Interpreting and Applying the Student Goal Setting Worksheet  Conference with each student  Review performance  Celebrate success  Set content goal  Set growth goal  Make a plan  The teacher will _____.  The student will _____. 18

Individual Student Booklist  Book options for summer reading 19

Connecting with Students and Parents  Student Goal Setting Worksheet  Individual Student Booklist Report  Online Individual Student Progress Report 20

Connecting with Colleagues  Interpreting and applying data  Using resources  Communication  Professional development 21

Professional Development Support  Online Trainings  Available at NWEA web site  Climbing the Data Ladder  Growth and Goals  Custom Training  Consultative Days  Modularization Options  NWEA Annual Summer Conference  State and Regional Members Groups 22

Knowledge Academy Courses  Online, self-paced courses  Professional Development related to:  Accessing and understanding data  Instruction, curriculum, program 23