1. A Data Day Feast and other Mileposts Adventures
Marcia Grabow, Data and Assessment Coordinator, Blaine County
WIFI ACCESS: Network: Silverback Password: summit17
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2. Plan for this morning:
BCSD “training” (in 4 acts)
goals
Share ideas about what’s effective

3. Situation in September 2016
Goals required intentional focus on data
Reduce achievement gap
Increase students in Advanced Opportunities
Focus on core instruction (41% F&R, 28% ELs at elementary)
Attended Silverback Summit LOTS of new features
Blaine County - Mileposts users for a LONG time; extensive elementary use of progress monitoring
Opportunitity: Data Day (3 weeks into school year)
Many competing demands (Literacy Plans, new website, …)

4. Teachers open my email with a smile
Teachers explore new features / reports

5. 6:15 am on Data Day
Subject: Data Day Feast

7. Appetizer: Grade level multi-assessment reports

8. Main Course

9. Dessert - STAR Reports
(very strong correlation between STAR Scale Score and ISAT score)

10. Mileposts Cheat Sheet

11. October: Edify Training K - 5
In the schools - grade-level teams or staff meeting
As soon as Unit 1 Math Assessment completed
Teachers entered scores for each question
Teachers used Edify reports
Item distribution
Score distribution
Performance band

12. End of year: May 26 Data Day
Subject: Reflection Tools

14. Data Dig session for Principals: May 22
Previous year: Handed out charts / graphs on paper
This year: Mileposts Assessment Analytics available, so work session
Hello team - Please bring a laptop/Chromebook and your passwords for: Mileposts, Idaho Portal, and Renaissance Place. Thanks!

15. Data Dig

16. Sample ISAT Target Report (from Idaho Portal)

17. Situation for 2017-18 Focus on Clarity and Core Instruction
Reading, Academic Language, Engagement
Know students name, strengths, and needs
Teachers looking for actionable data
Balanced assessment is understood and used as a powerful means of supporting student learning
Multiple measures (see Brookhart); growth and proficiency
Looking at growth based on starting point - more growth for students with low starting point
Edify & Mileposts - even more new features!

18. Brookhart - 4-quadrant Framework

19. Blaine County Assessments

20. Some options for September 2017-18
Checklist
Treasure Map
Timeline
Spa
Dashboard
Treasure Chest

21. Your Voice Counts! We want your feedback.
Please make the Summit great. Participate by taking a 1 minute session survey after each session attended. Use the QR Code or the URL to access.

22. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/silverback17 A Data Day Feast
Marcia Grabow
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