Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 1 Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. The Principal’s Tool Box - Effectively Using ERG Data Education Resource Group, Inc. 21 Waterway Avenue, Suite 300 The Woodlands TX  Page 1

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 2 The “Heart and Soul” of Performance Management The greatest challenge to performance improvement is the difficulty that organizations have in seeing themselves as they really are. How well is your organization doing? Where are improvements necessary? Who are the models of high performance? Are your improvement strategies working? Performance Management Functions

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 3 Academic Rating System Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas Public Education Accountability System

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 4 A Level Playing Field - Academic Performance Index

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 5 A Level Playing Field - Financial Performance Index

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 6 Over Forecast Under Forecast Academic Ranking Financial Ranking Under ForecastOver Forecast Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level The ERG Performance Matrix

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 7 Over Forecast Under Forecast Academic Ranking Financial Ranking Under ForecastOver Forecast Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Least Value Most Value The ERG Education Productivity Index Performance is Measured by Both Location and Movement

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 8 Mesquite ISD is a High Performing District

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 9 Setting Campus Performance Goals

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 10 ERG Performance Prescription

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 11 What affects momentum???

Dig a Little Deeper – The Profile Screen Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 12

Looking Vertically With The Profile Screen Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 13 Don’t forget to look at your momentum. Its an early warning indicator!

The Next Step – The Classroom Analyst Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 14 Using the Profile Screen, for this campus, we identified that Math was the subject we wanted to focus on. Does the Classroom Analyst support that?

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 15 The Problem with Growth Measures and Hurdle Rates

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 16 Measuring Growth and Achievement High Achievement & High Growth Low Achievement & High Growth High Achievement & Low Growth Low Achievement & Low Growth

And … we drill again – The Classroom Analyst Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 17 Math – All GradesELAR – All Grades Algebra I Grade 10 Grade 11 Geometry

And … we drill again – The Classroom Analyst Teacher Level Detail Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page th Grade Math Teachers

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 19 Tell Me About Your Campus ….. Access the Campus Analyst by clicking on “Campus “ from the menu on the left. Look at the “square” your campus star is in. Using your worksheet, describe the meaning of your campus’ position in the Matrix.

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 20 Tell Me MORE About Your Campus ….. Using your campus’ data and the Performance Table to the right of the Matrix, complete the following: 1. Did your EPI move up or down? How much did it change? 2. Did your API move up or down? How much did it change? 3. Did your SPI move up or down? How much did it change?

Activity using the ERG Prescription Look at the API - for each of the 5 areas (or 2 for ES & MS), based on that information: 1. What are the areas the data says you should focus on? 2. Is that long enough to achieve or too long? 3. Rewrite the prescription (ie. Based on MISD’s goals, how many years do you think it should take to be the best in the group for Met Standard performance?) 4. Adjust the goal, or adjust the years to achieve it (do you want to be average in a particular area, or do you want to adjust (accelerate) the years to achieve it to be the best?).  Now the big question – what has to change if we are going to achieve these goals in less time? Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 21

What Does Your Profile Say About You? Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 22 Using the Profile Screen, under “Core Academics” expand out Met Standard and also expand Met Standard for each of your campus’ grade levels : 1. What is the primary subject area the data says you should focus on? 2. Is this a singular grade phenomenon or across all grade levels? 3. What is your second priority?

The Next Step – The Classroom Analyst Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 23 Using the Profile Screen, you have determined which subjects and grades need to be focused on. Does the Classroom Analyst support that? To find out, we are going to look at both ELAR & Math for all grades. In the display options, leave the Matrix as Campuses, then choose: Subject: Math STAAR Class: ALL Then click update. Repeat for ELAR.

More Tools – the Classroom Analyst Reports Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 24

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Classroom Analyst - Reports Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 26 Build a familiarity with the range of raw scores in that grade/content and where the teachers fall. (Go to the table between the Performance Matrix and the Growth Matrix)

Practice Guiding Questions Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 27 1.What were some of the particular challenges you faced? 2.Describe your system for assessing mastery of the student expectations? 3.How did you work with the students who weren’t “getting it”. 4.Where will you focus this coming year to increase your raw scores for students? Let’s work on a plan. 5.What type of support can we help you with? Would you like a mentor? An opportunity to visit in some other classrooms? You DO NOT have to show the teacher the Classroom Analyst to have the conversation! ERG organizes the data through valid statistical means so that YOU have the information to guide the teacher’s development!

More Tools – the STAAR Reports Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 28

The Tutorial Report Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 29 The tutorial report identifies those students who scored less than 70% by Reporting Category.

TEKS STAAR Report Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Page 30

Things to Keep in Mind ….  Tool for identifying areas for improvement, not for personnel evaluation  Use the right approach - Confront the brutal fact – but be careful to not confront them brutally!  Conduct autopsies without blame  Avoid misinterpretation of the data – become more familiar with the tool! Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 31

Having the “Talk”  What TO Say: –Do you see areas that really stand-out as strengths or areas you want to focus on? Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 32  What NOT to Say:  Your students’ performance really dropped this year. Did you review at all before the test?

Having the “Talk”  What TO Say: –What steps have you been thinking about for this year? Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 33  What NOT to Say: –I hope you have a plan in mind to fix this.

Having the “Talk”  What TO Say: –What strategies will you be using? Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 34  What NOT to Say: –Do you even like teaching math?

Having the “Talk”  What TO Say: –Would you like to observe in a classroom to see some strategies that worked well this past year? Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 35  What NOT to Say: –I suggest you observe Mrs. Jackson. She really knocked the top off of that area this year.

Having the “Talk”  What TO Say: –Would you be willing to let others observe in your classroom who want to see how you use strong strategies? You have a lot to share. Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 36  What NOT to Say: –I’ve chosen some great teachers for those of you who aren’t sure what you’re doing, to observe. I think it will really help you.

Having the “Talk”  The Positive Results for “What TO Say”: –This is confronting the brutal facts, but allowing the teacher to participate and share his/her observations. This approach builds buy-in and respects the teacher’s professional status. Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 37  The Negative Results from “What NOT to Say”: –This approach will put the individual on the defensive. It then becomes a discussion about blame, not the results and future goals.

Final Thoughts!!  ERG is a tool NOT another program. It tells the story of what is really going on – all the way down to the classroom level.  Many tools reveal performance data, ERG reveals dynamic movement of students’ learning. Which teachers “grow” students the most, i.e. which resources are being deployed successfully for the most benefit.  ERG helps to set campus goals that are based on a total picture. How a campus achieves those goals is up to the principals’ leadership. Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending Page 38