1. PVAAS Update to PAIU CC September 15, 2016 Kristen Lewald, Ed.D.
PVAAS Statewide Director for PDE
Lancaster-Lebanon IU13

2. Update Topics Reporting Release What’s New with PVAAS Reporting
Onsite Sessions at IUs
2 NEW Video Resources
Certificate for e-Learning Modules
New “home” for PVAAS Resources
SAS Statistical Methodologies
Scenario from IU3 – Brian Stamford
Questions/Info Needed?

3. 2016 PVAAS Reporting Release
Important Note:
On October 6, School Users will not be able to login to PVAAS when new data is first released to District Admin, District Users, School Admin
Will be taken to public site
May think the system is NOT working
Be sure to communicate this with your key communication groups

4. 2016 PVAAS Reporting Release
October 6: PVAAS district, school, and teacher reporting released to District Admin, School Admin, and District User account holders; IU Account Holders
October 6: PEERS updated with PVAAS 0-3 Score (PVAAS Teacher Specific 3 yr average) 
October 13: PEERS updated with SY15-16 SPP Score 
October 20: PVAAS district, school, and teacher reporting released to School User account holders 
November 3: PVAAS public site released

5. What’s NEW in PVAAS for 2016? Teacher Composites 0-100 and 0-3 Scales
3-Year Composites will be available for the first time
Each teacher will receive either a 1-Year, 2-Year, or 3-Year composite depending on how many years of data are available for the teacher
0-100 and 0-3 Scales
The Teacher List and Teacher Value-Added Summary report will list the 3-year teacher value-added composite converted to a scale
The Teacher List and Teacher Value-Added Summary report will also include the 3-year teacher value-added composite converted to a 0-3 scale
Data Packets - Additional Packets Added
District Value Added data packet
School Value Added data packet
College/Career Readiness packets (summaries w/ and /wo student lists)
Keystone Business Rules for PVAAS District/School and PVAAS SPP Score
The rules for including students’ scores for Keystone retests have been adjusted
See document on PVAAS Login page for specifics
Each IU is to share with LEAs via PPT slides from PAIU Statewide System of Support August webinar

6. What’s NEW in PVAAS for 2016? Newly designed PVAAS Login Page
Additional Resources Section in the Help System 
Links in the Help System to PVAAS Resources (Google Site) 
Certificate of Completion for E-Learning Modules
Available for many of the e-Learning modules
These certificates will list the user's name, the name of the module, date of completion, and the amount of time spent viewing the module.
The certificate will only be available to users who complete all sections of the module and complete a check for understanding (ungraded quiz)
As the Certificate of Completion becomes available for a module, “Certificate of Completion available” will be added following the name of the module

7. Keystone Retesters New Business Rules
Resource available: IncludingRetestersKeystoneScores.pdf
On PVAAS login page

8. Fall PVAAS Sessions – On Site
Prepare for PVAAS Fall 2016 On-Site Sessions webinar held August 25
Anyone supporting sessions should view the webinar recording (see below)
Communicate information about registration to person responsible for monitoring
Access the webinar recording & PowerPoint here:

9. Fall PVAAS Sessions – On Site
Preview materials
PowerPoint
Session Workbook
org/pvaas-pl-resources/
Under the School Leaders: Using PVAAS for a Purpose TAB

10. Fall PVAAS Sessions: Monitor Registration
Conference with Teachers
For District & School Administrators ONLY
Watch for others (i.e., teachers) registering so you can contact and direct them to other training resources as needed
Teacher resources can be found at:
/pvaas-pl- resources/home/resources-for- teachers

11. Fall PVAAS Sessions: Monitor Registration
Conference with Teachers
Offer only an AM session to start
If AM session reaches capacity, open PM session
Contact Jen or Joan if you open a PM session
Set registration limits; 60 maximum (or lower if room capacity is less than 60)

12. Fall PVAAS Sessions: Monitor Registration
Success in Algebra I
For broader audience: District level administrators, Curriculum supervisors, Middle & High School Principals, Middle & High School Mathematics Supervisors and Department Heads, Middle & High School Mathematics Teacher Leaders
Offer an AM session only
If AM session reaches capacity, contact PVAAS team before opening a PM session
Set registration limits; 60 maximum (or lower if room capacity is less than 60)

13. Fall PVAAS Sessions: Other Info
An reminder about on-site sessions was sent to all District Admin, District User, and School User account holders
New demo accounts now available for SY16-17

14. On-Site Session Registration Numbers: Conference with Teachers
IU1 – 50 AM session, 13 PM session
IU10 – waiting on #s
IU2/PPS – waiting on #s
IU11 – 2 AM session
IU3 – 17 AM session
IU12 – 17 AM session
IU4 – 8 AM session
IU13 – 14 AM session
IU5 – 9 AM session
IU14 – 11 AM session
IU6 – 3 AM session
IU15 – 25 AM session
IU7 – 17 AM session
IU16 – 16 AM session
IU8 – 25 AM session
IU17 – 4 AM session
IU9 – 20 AM session, 7 PM session
IU18 – waiting on #s

15. On-Site Session Registration Numbers: Conference with Teachers
IU19 – 23 AM session, 9 PM session
IU29 – 6 AM session
IU20 – 38 AM session
IU21 – waiting on #s
IU22 – 32 AM session, 37 PM session
IU23 – 13 AM session
IU24 – 29 AM session
IU25 – 21 AM session
IU27 – 14 AM session
IU28 – 10 AM session

16. On-Site Session Registration Numbers: Success in Algebra I
IU3 – 25 people
IU7 – 10 people
IU15 – 25 people
IU16 – 17 people
IU20 – 41 people
IU 25 – 15 people

17. Video Resources 15 minutes 12 minutes
The bottom is hyperlinked if want to use. In presentation mode, clicking on it takes you directly to the google site where videos are posted.
15 minutes
12 minutes
Click here to link directly to the resources: PVAAS Resources

18. Certificate of Completion for e-Learning Modules
Sample certificate
Name
Date of completion
Title of module
Total minutes of module
As certificate becomes available, it will be noted on the e-Learning page

19. Materials and Resources –Google Site
Tiny url-

20. SAS Statistical Methodologies
Use of robust statistical methodologies:
For general information about the use of “repeated measures” in various industries, the Wikipedia page lists a few: psychology, education, pharmaceutical science, and health-care, especially medicine
Article:
Analytics has helped scientists better understand the lifestyle factors that contribute to the incidence of cancer
Analytics has helped doctors diagnose cancer earlier so that patients can be treated sooner
Analytics has helped scientists discover treatment options for all types of cancer

21. What’s the Point of PVAAS? Use the Data!
Brian Stamford, IU3

22. Use of PVAAS Projections
Local LEA in western PA
Achievement dropped significantly in math from to
64% proficiency in
16% proficiency in
Even though a different group of students was tested, LEA not prepared for this result

23. Use of PVAAS Projections
Upon investigation, PVAAS projections in fall 2015 indicated 18% likely to reach proficiency based on historical data of those students
Revealed the need to analyze the risk of students when PVAAS projections are released in the fall

24. Questions? Feedback? pdepvaas@iu13.org

25. Don’t forget Your Parting Gifts!
One box per IU (boxes are labeled with your IU #)
Box includes 60 copies of each Digging Deeper Into Content Areas document
ELA/Literature
Math/Algebra I
Science/Biology
Please connect with person(s) at your IU assisting with Conference with Teachers session – to ensure these are available in the room prior to 8:30am registration