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Assessment & Data Driven Instruction Session 1: What Data Do We Have? Session 2: What Does it Mean? Session 3: What Do We Do With It?

Session Overview Objectives Describe the different types of achievement data we collect as a network Explain how to access the different data and reports Pull sample data from each assessment report

Student Achievement Data ISTEP+ and ECA Acuity NWEA Google Docs – your one-stop shop!

ISTEP+ and ECA Learning Connection Reports Achievement Reports Admin Reports  Growth Model-Enrollment  ECA Status Accountability Reports  Growth Model- Accountability Report When would these reports be useful to pull? What would you use them for?

INORS – ISTEP+ Reports INORS Acad. Standards Summary Prof. Performance Summary Proficiency Roster Class Academic Standards When would these reports be useful to pull? What would you use them for?

iTester – ECA Reports iTester Administration Reports Summary Disaggregate Roster When would these reports be useful to pull? What would you use them for?

Acuity - Overview ISTEP+ and ECA Predictive Assessment Grades 3-8 Math and ELA Grade 6 Science Grade 7 Social Studies Algebra I English 10 Assess increasingly more difficult content, so less of a growth measure. Timed to authentically prepare for ISTEP/ECA

Acuity - Accessing Reports Assessment Reports Filter by student, class, or school Item Analysis Reports Filter by class or school Roster Reports Filter by class or school Summary Reports Filter by student, class, or school

NWEA - Overview Adaptive, growth-based assessments All grades, math and reading Taken 2-3 times per year, depending on the grade level’s testing environment Can be taken as needed (RTI) Adapts to student responses to determine their “level” of overall skill. At 42 (reading) and 52 (math) questions, one of the biggest hassles is scheduling.

NWEA - Accessing arlington-admin.mapnwea.org ctas-admin.mapnwea.org ctprep-admin.mapnwea.org View Reports & Instructional Resources MAP Reports Achievement Status and Growth Report Class Report Grade Report Student Growth Summary Report Student Goal Setting and Progress Report (teacher)

Google Docs – One-Stop Shop!

Application – Report Discovery For the remaining time, work with your table to find all of the data on the handout.

Final Thoughts Data-driven organizations do it better by: recognizing that data doesn’t belong to IT expecting all employees and departments to share data supporting using data in employees’ day-to-day work investing in training employees about how to use data in their jobs tolerating questions and disagreements about decisions – as long as it’s based on data analysis having executives that value data and support a data-driven culture