Closing the Achievement Gap: Using Mileposts for Intervention Strategies

Presentation Focus: Administrators and Teachers Who are you? User Experience Personal Experience: Results Set the Tone Look at the Data: Make it pop Achievement Data: Big Picture to Small Picture Fall Goals Spring To Spring Growth Comparison: Teacher to Teacher Individual Students Training and Recall Setting up Learning Goals Advanced Filtering and List Manager Monitoring Plans and Interventions

Recognition Reinforcing Positive Behavior Learners of the Month Four positives to every negative Reinforcing Positive Behavior Excellence in LEP Instruction Catch kids doing Good Things

Kids Solving Problems Another Way

Getting ready for next year ISAT Testing Getting ready for next year

Looking at Data 2004-2011: LEP: 2003-04: 7% 2010-2011: 22%

“Basic Math” classes had flat growth levels Intervention Decisions Based on Data and Discussion Math P & A % Data shows: 2004 White Hispanic SWD LEP Econ 76.5% 83% 40% 42% 38% 44% What trends did we identify and Foresee? “Basic Math” classes had flat growth levels Highest achieving students had minimal growth Huge Achievement Gap in Sub Categories Demographics were going to change radically in the next five to seven years with 3-5x growth in Hispanic and ESL

What changes did we make because of the data trends we found? Basic Math was set up to teach kids at their level Flat Growth Double Dip Kids – Math lab to Foundational Math Advanced Kids were getting Straight A’s, but showed minimal growth or decline Bouncing off the ceiling Advanced math classes in a leveled program Huge Achievement Gap 40 Point Difference in sub groups Needed a true reading program: Read 180 Testing was not part of our Culture Huge Gap, no accountability Mileposts – teacher Goals, Spring to Spring growth results, and PLC’s Kids not prepared Low Scores and decline Incentives, recognition, and training – Show them the data too and their ranking!

Look at our Data Group % Tested Reading Math Language Science State 99.4% 92.2% 88.1% 74.2% 53.4% District 99.9% 94.2% 90.6% 89.0% 80.7% WRMS 100% 96.6% 91.4% 89.6% 81.7% White 93.9/97.8/99.1 90.2/94.5/94.7 Hispanic 84.8/86.1/90.2 79.3/82.3/83.6 LEP 67.8/78.5/83.5 63.6/75.4/75.3 Econ. Disadv 88.2/88.3/91.9 83.0/84.4/85.2 SWD 62.3/78.6/89.1 53.5/66.9/70.5

Do We Have a Data Flat Line?

Misconceptions and Faulty Perceptions Reflecting On Data: Misconceptions and Faulty Perceptions VS. Disaggregating, Trending and Drilling Down

Big Picture Small Picture

Disaggregating the Data to the Smallest Picture: Individual Students Bad Teacher? Amazing Teacher? Missed two questions: 7th Grade Perfect Score 6th Grade

Percentages of Proficient and Advanced 2004-2011 ISAT Math Percentages of Proficient and Advanced 2004-2011

Percentage of Proficient and Advanced 2004-2011 ISAT Reading Percentage of Proficient and Advanced 2004-2011

Medium Picture: Classroom by Classroom Fall Teacher Goal Sheets

Data Straight from Mileposts – You just use Fill-in Color Medium Picture: Classroom by Classroom Critical need for support and/or remediation – Below Proficient or Low Proficient

Spring to Spring Growth Changing Levels of Proficiency Gaining on AYP in the P&A %

Big Picture: Whole School Teacher by Teacher Decisions Based on what the Data Illuminates ☠

Looking at Cohort Data Biggest Picture District and State Math ISAT Data 2009-2012 Why the decline in 7th grade?

Biggest Picture District and State Cohort Data ISAT Reading Data 2009-2012 Seeing Steady and continuous growth

Screen Casts to Help You After the Session Advanced Filtering and List Manager Building Goal Sheets Monitoring Plans and Interventions Take Away Tips Screen Casts to Help You After the Session