ESI: Education Statistics Investigations Sarah McKenzie PhD TOSA: Data and Assessment Fayetteville Public Schools

Goals To practice ‘drilling down’ into school data to identify areas of weakness To practice drawing actionable information from school data To identify appropriate conclusions that can be drawn from different types of data

Evidence Item 1 What: AYP report ? What is the status of McKenzie MS ? What subject is the cause ? What subpopulation is responsible ? Are there other significant changes in demographics WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 2 What: Pie Charts of Proficiency Classes 2008 and 2009 ? What do you notice about the pie charts ? What does this tell you about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 3 What: Information provided by ACSIP chair ? What do you notice about the data ? What does this tell you about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 4 What: Grade Level Pie Charts of literacy performance classes 2008 and 2009 ? What do you notice about the data ? What does this tell you about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 5 What: Tables indicating performance class movement from 2008 to 2009 ? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 6 What: Bar graphs of Literacy passage and writing domain performance by grade- drilling down to item type ? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 7 What: Bar graphs of comparison district Literacy passage performance by grade- drilling down to item type ? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 8 What: Bar graphs of 2009 Seventh Graders’ Literacy passage performance by grade- drilling down to item type- including 2008 and 2009 ? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 9 What: Missing Data ? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

Evidence Item 10 What: SAT 10 Reading Comprehension National Percentile Rank (Norm Referenced Test) ? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT

The Case Against 7th Grade Practical MC 1)Seventh Grade literacy performance has dropped 2)Many students are losing a proficiency category in 7th grade 3)Practical MC scores are noticeably lower that in other districts