Department of Mathematics and Science Millard E. Lightburn, Ph.D. District Science Supervisor Mary Tweedy and Keisha Kidd Curriculum Support Specialists 1 DATA ANALYSIS GRADE 4 SCIENCE SUMMER SYMPOSIUM

Data can… provide feedback on the past and provide a basis to begin planning for the future 2 What Kind of Information can Data Provide us? Department of Mathematics and Science

3 IMPORTANCE OF DATA Facilitate a clear understanding of the gaps between where the school or class is and where it wants to be. Show if school or class goals and objectives are being accomplished. Predict and prevent failures. Predict and ensure successes. Establish foundation for Continuous School Improvement/SIP. Data drives instruction, and professional development. Department of Mathematics and Science

4 Effective Use of Classroom Data Teaching Using Results Planning Student Learning Assessing Source: Dr. Yuwadee Wongbundhit Department of Mathematics and Science

GOAL Share results of District Quarterly Assessments and discuss its importance in driving instruction. Department of Mathematics and Science

Data Analysis DISAGGREGATION OF GRADE 4 QUARTERLY SCIENCE BENCHMARKS ASSESSMENTS (QSBA) Department of Mathematics and Science

NGSSS BIG IDEAS FOR GRADE 4 REPORTING CATEGORIESBIG IDEASNUMBER OF BENCHMARKS NATURE OF SCIENCEBig Idea 1: The Practice of Science Big Idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge Big Idea 3: Role of Theories, Laws, Hypothesis, and Models EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCEBig Idea 5 Earth in Space and Time Big Idea 6 Earth Structures 5 6 PHYSICAL SCIENCEBig Idea 8 Properties of Matter Big Idea 9 Changes in Matter Big Idea 10 Forms of Energy Big Idea 11 Energy Transfer and Transformations Big Idea 12 Motion of Objects LIFE SCIENCEBig Idea 16 Heredity and Reproduction Big Idea 17 Interdependence 4444 TOTAL = 42 Department of Mathematics and Science

Quarterly Science Benchmarks Assessment (QSBA) Question Group PRE-TEST ( Average Score % ) 16,721 QUARTER 1 (Average Score %) 17,262 QUARTER 2 (Average Score %) 16,291 QUARTER 3 (Average Score %) 3,169 QUARTER 4 ( Average Score %) Earth & Space 41%54% Life Science48%61% Physical Science 47%61%57%62% Nature of Science 34%58%59%49% Department of Mathematics and Science

Grade 4 Science QSBA Results AssessmentsNumber of Students Satisfactory Progress (70%+) PRE-TEST (Aug 20 – Sept 7)16,7215% QUARTER 1 (Oct 29-Nov 9)17,26232% QUARTER 2 (Jan 22 –Feb 5)16,29119% QUARTER 3 (March 18-Apr12)3,16938% Quarter 4 (May 20-23)78132% ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS Satisfactory Progress (70%+) BASELINE (August 2012) 23,0766% GRADE 5 SCIENCE BASELINE RESULTS Department of Mathematics and Science

Performance by Benchmarks Quarter 1 Results (Number of Students = 17,262) STANDARDS AVERAGE SCORE (%) SC.4.N.1.1 Raise questions about the natural world, conduct both individual and team investigations 57% SC.4.N.1.2 Compare the observations made by different groups using multiple tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups. 59% SC.4.N.1.3 Explain that science does not always follow a rigidly defined method ("the scientific method") but that science does involve the use of observations and empirical evidence. 58% SC.4.N.1.5 Compare the methods and results of investigations done by other classmates. 41% SC.4.N.1.6 Keep records that describe observations made, carefully distinguishing actual observations from ideas and inferences about the observations. 62% SC.4.N.1.7 Recognize and explain that scientists base their explanations on evidence. 70% SC.4.P.8.1 Measure and compare objects and materials based on their physical properties including: mass, shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste, attraction to magnets. 58% SC.4.P.8.2 Identify properties and common uses of water in each of its states. 69% SC.4.P.8.3 Explore the Law of Conservation of Mass by demonstrating that the mass of a whole object is always the same as the sum of the masses of its parts. 58% SC.4.P.8.4 Investigate and describe that magnets can attract magnetic materials and attract and repel other magnets. 72% SC.4.P.9.1 Identify some familiar changes in materials that result in other materials with different characteristics, such as decaying animal or plant matter, burning, rusting, and cooking. 46% Number of Benchmarks Assessed: 11 Department of Mathematics and Science

Quarter 2 Assessment Results STANDARDS AVERAGE SCORE (%) SC.4.N.1.1 Raise questions about the natural world, conduct both individual and team investigations 23% SC.4.N.1.2 Compare the observations made by different groups using multiple tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups. 65% SC.4.N.1.5 Compare the methods and results of investigations done by other classmates. 58% SC.4.N.1.6 Keep records that describe observations made, carefully distinguishing actual observations from ideas and inferences about the observations. 65% SC.4.N.1.7 Recognize and explain that scientists base their explanations on evidence. 83% SC.4.P.8.1 Measure and compare objects and materials based on their physical properties including: mass, shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste, attraction to magnets. 57% SC.4.E.5.1 Observe that the patterns of stars in the sky stay the same although they appear to shift across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons. 66% SC.4.E.5.2 Describe the changes in the observable shape of the moon over the course of about a month. 56% SC.4.E.5.3 Recognize that Earth revolves around the Sun in a year and rotates on its axis in a 24-hour day. 53% SC.4.E.5.4 Relate that the rotation of Earth (day and night) and apparent movements of the Sun, Moon, and stars are connected. (Annually Assessed) 24%

Quarter 2 Assessment Results cont…… STANDARDS AVERAGE SCORE (%) SC.4.E.6.1 Identify the three categories of rocks: igneous, (formed from molten rock);sedimentary (pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms); and metamorphic (formed from heat and pressure). (Assessed as SC.4.6.2) 46% SC.4.E.6.2 Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks. (Annually Assessed) 69% SC.4.E.6.3 Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable.. ( Annually Assessed) 62% SC.4.E.6.4 Describe the basic differences between physical weathering (breaking down of rock by wind, water, ice, temperature change, and plants) and erosion (movement of rock by gravity, wind, water, and ice). (Annually Assessed) 50% SC.4.E.6.6 Identify resources available in Florida (water, phosphate, oil, limestone, silicon, wind, and solar energy). 64% SC.4.P.8.1 Measure and compare objects and materials based on their physical properties including: mass shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste, attraction to magnets., 57% Number of Benchmarks Assessed in Quarter 2 : 16 Department of Mathematics and Science

Performance by Benchmarks Quarter 3 Results ( Number of Student = 3,169) STANDARDS AVERAGE SCORE (%) SC.4.P.10.1 Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion. 69% SC.4.P.10.2 Investigate and describe that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change. 40% SC.4.P.10.3 Investigate and explain that sound is produced by vibrating objects and that pitch depends on how fast or slow the object vibrates. 64% SC.4.P.10.4 Describe how moving water and air are sources of energy and can be used to move things. 69% SC.4.P.11.1 Recognize that heat flows from a hot object to a cold object and that heat flow may cause materials to change temperature. 68% SC.4.P.11.2 Identify common materials that conduct heat well or poorly. 43% SC.4.P.12.1 Recognize that an object in motion always changes its position and may change its direction. 77% Department of Mathematics and Science

Performance by Benchmarks Quarter 4 Results (Number of Students = 781 STANDARDS AVERAGE SCORE (%) SC.4.N.1.2 Compare the observations made by different groups using multiple tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups. 46% SC.4.N.1.6 Keep records that describe observations made, carefully distinguishing actual observations from ideas and inferences about the observations. 56% SC.4.N.1.7 Recognize and explain that scientists base their explanations on evidence. 48% SC.4.L Identify processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination. 65% SC.4.L Explain that although characteristics of plants and animals are inherited, some characteristics can be affected by the environment. 71% SC.4.L Recognize that animal behaviors may be shaped by heredity and learning. 56% SC.4.L Compare and contrast the major stages in the life cycles of Florida plants and animals, such as those that undergo incomplete and complete metamorphosis, and flowering and nonflowering seed-bearing plants. (Annually Assessed) 70% SC.4.L Compare the seasonal changes in Florida plants and animals to those in other regions of the country. 67% SC.4.L Explain that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food and that when animals eat plants or other animals, the energy stored in the food source is passed to them. 51% SC.4.L Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers. (Annually Assessed) 63% SC.4.L Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment. 46% Department of Mathematics and Science

Analysis of Quarter 3 & 4 Results Number of Students Assessed Q3: 3,169 Satisfactory Progress Q3 : 38% Number of Students Assessed Q4: 781 Satisfactory Progress Q4: 32% Number of Grade 4 students MDCPS : Number of Grade 4 students MDCPS 25,977 What percentage of Gr. 4 students were tested in Q3 and Q4 ? Q3 = 12% Q4= 3% What can you say about the validity of these results? Department of Mathematics and Science

Quarterly Assessment Results K **Cut score for Gr 5 Fall IA = 51% *Cut score for Gr 5 Winter IA= 53% satisfactory Quarter 1 Results 16 GradesAverage Performance Mastery/ Proficiency Grade 551%**49% Grade 460%32% Grade 360%36% Grade 272%64% Grade 166%41% Kinder85%76% GradesAverage Performance Mastery/ Proficiency Grade 5 53%*52% Grade 4 56%19% Grade 3 62%38% Grade 2 79%76% Grade 1 71%59% Kinder 91%93% QUARTER 2 RESULTS QUARTER 1 RESULTS *Cut score for Gr 5 FALL IA= 51% satisfactory Department of Mathematics and Science

Debriefing Protocol Teacher’s debriefing protocol Grade Level Debriefing Protocol

Sample Data Chats form Student Name and ID__________________________ Math FCAT: Achiev. Level _______Math DSS _______ Reading FCAT: Achiev. Level ______ DSS __________ Science Assessment data: Pretest: ______ Quarter 1 ______ Quarter 2 ________ Quarter 3 ______ Quarter 4_______Post-Test______ Student Goals:________________________________ ____________________________________________ Teacher Comment_____________________________ ____________________________________________ Data Chats 18 Department of Mathematics and Science