DataDirector: Creating Assessments Winter/Spring 2010 Stan Masters Lenawee ISD

POP Purpose –Train users with “Create Assessments” permission to add local data to the warehouse Objectives –I can create an assessment in DataDirector –I can transform an Excel file to tab delimited format to upload data correctly into DataDirector –I can create a customized report from an assessment Procedures –PowerPoint presentation –Hands on tour of LISD DataDirector site –Hands on tour of LISD Curriculum website

School Improvement Process

WE MUST UTILIZE AN INQUIRY APPROACH TO DATA ANALYSIS WE MUST USE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF DATA We need a data warehouse for our 21 st century schools WE MUST FOCUS ON DATA TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Talking Points for the Purpose of Implementing a Data Warehouse in Lenawee Schools

Source: Presentation by Dr. Victoria Bernhardt, April 2007

FERPA/HIPAA Pre-Test You are in charge of a staff meeting to study student achievement on school improvement goals. As part of your meeting, you are showing a report to the entire staff that shows student scores on a common local assessment. The report shows the student names. In addition, you have given them a paper copy of the report. It is a violation of FERPA to display the results of the assessment to the entire staff. The exception would be a group of teachers working on a specific student strategies, as they are a specific population that then has a “legitimate educational interest” in the information.

assessment for learning –formative (monitors student progress during instruction) –placement (given before instruction to gather information on where to start) –diagnostic (helps find the underlying causes for learning problems) –interim (monitor student proficiency on learning targets) assessment of learning –summative (the final task at the end of a unit, a course, or a semester) Purposes of Assessments Sources: Stiggins, Richard J, Arter, Judith A., Chappuis, Jan, Chappius, Stephen. Classroom Assessment for Student Learning. Assessment Training Institute, Inc., Portland, Oregon, Bravmann, S. L., “P-I Focus: One test doesn’t fit all”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 2, 2004.Seattle Post-Intelligencer Marshall, K. (2006) “Interim Assessments: Keys to Successful Implementation”. NewYork: New Leaders for New Schools.“Interim Assessments: Keys to Successful Implementation”.

Naming Conventions for Assessments and Exams School Year –(e.g., ) Name of Course/Grade –(e.g., U.S. History and Geography) Name of Assessment or Exam –(e.g., World War II) You may also identify the timing of the assessment –(e.g., Fall/Spring or Pre/Post)

Naming Convention for Reports Which 4 th grade students are not making adequate growth based upon the Fall 2007 and Fall 2008 Reading MEAP? The Criteria: –Title in the form of a question –Identify the type(s) of data Demographic, student learning, school processes, and/or perceptions –Identify the source and year(s) of data

Questions? Stan Masters Coordinator of Instructional Data Services Lenawee Intermediate School District 2946 Sutton Road Adrian, Michigan (phone) (fax) Data Warehouse webpage: