1. SCIENCE SUMMER SYMPOSIUM
DATA ANALYSIS GRADE 3
SCIENCE SUMMER SYMPOSIUM
Millard E. Lightburn, Ph.D.
District Science Supervisor
Mary Tweedy and Keisha Kidd
Curriculum Support Specialists

2. What Kind of Information can Data Provide us?
Data can…
provide feedback on the past and
provide a basis to begin planning
for the future
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3. IMPORTANCE OF DATA
Facilitate a clear understanding of the gaps between where the school or class is and where it wants to be.
Show if school or class goals and objectives are being accomplished.
Predict and prevent failures.
Predict and ensure successes.
Establish foundation for Continuous School Improvement/SIP.
Data drives instruction, and professional development.
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4. Effective Use of Classroom Data
Planning
Using Results
Teaching
Student
Learning
For assessment to be effective, teachers need to use assessment results to diagnose student progress, improve classroom practices, plan instruction, report student progress, and modify teaching and learning processes.
We are expected teachers use a variety of performance based-classroom assessments for monitoring student achievement and guiding learners to higher levels of achievement.
We require students produce portfolio of their works and rubrics, create project-based learning.
Assessing
Source:
Dr. Yuwadee Wongbundhit
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5. GOAL
Share results of District Quarterly Assessments and discuss its importance in driving instruction.
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6. Data Analysis
DISAGGREGATION OF GRADE 4 QUARTERLY SCIENCE BENCHMARKS ASSESSMENTS (QSBA)
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7. NGSSS BIG IDEAS FOR GRADE 4
REPORTING CATEGORIES
BIG IDEAS
NUMBER OF BENCHMARKS
NATURE OF SCIENCE
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
Big Idea 3: Role of Theories, Laws, Hypothesis, and Models 7 3
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
Big Idea 5 Earth in Space and Time
Big Idea 6 Earth Structures 5 1
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Big Idea 8 Properties of Matter
Big Idea 9 Changes in Matter
Big Idea 10 Forms of Energy
Big Idea 11 Energy Transfer and Transformations 4 2
LIFE SCIENCE
Big Idea 16 Heredity and Reproduction
Big Idea 17 Interdependence
TOTAL = 32
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8. Quarterly Science Benchmarks Assessment (QSBA)
Question Group
PRE-TEST (Average Score % )
16,721
QUARTER 1
(Average Score %)
17,262
QUARTER 2
16,291
QUARTER 3
3,169
QUARTER 4
(Average Score %) 781
781
Earth & Space
41%
54%
Life Science
48%
61%
Physical Science
47%
57%
62%
Nature of Science
34%
58%
59%
49%
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9. Grade 3 Science QSBA Results 2012-2013
Assessments
Number of Students
Satisfactory Progress (70%+)
PRE-TEST (Aug 20 – Sept 7)
17,672 9%
QUARTER 1 (Oct 29-Nov 9)
18,300
36%
QUARTER 2 (Jan 22 –Feb 5)
16,917 38
QUARTER 3 (March 18-Apr12)
3,937
67%
Quarter 4 (May 20-23)
1,101
20%
GRADE 4 SCIENCE PRETEST RESULTS
ASSESSMENT
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
Satisfactory Progress (70%+)
PRE-TEST (August 2012) 5%
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10. Performance by Benchmarks Quarter 1 Results Gr 3 (Number of Students = 17,672)
STANDARDS
AVERAGE SCORE (%)
SC.3.N Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them individually and in teams through free exploration and systematic investigations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.
57%
SC.3.N Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.
51%
SC.3.N Recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check each others' evidence and explanations.
55%
SC.3.N Explain that empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to help validate explanations of natural phenomena.
47%
SC.3.P Measure and compare temperatures of various samples of solids and liquids.
79%
SC.3.P Measure and compare the mass and volume of solids and liquids.
59%
SC.3.P Compare materials and objects according to properties such as size, shape, color, texture, and hardness.
SC.3.P Describe the changes water undergoes when it changes state through heating and cooling by using familiar scientific terms such as melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, and condensation.
67%
Number of Benchmarks Assessed: 8
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11. Quarter 2 Assessment Results Gr 3 (Students = 16,917)
STANDARDS
AVERAGE SCORE (%)
SC.3.N Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.
62%
SC.3.N Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial, written, or simple charts and graphs, of investigations conducted.
70%
SC.3.N Recognize the importance of communication among scientists.
55%
SC.3.N Recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check each others' evidence and explanations.
66%
SC.3.N Explain that empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to help validate explanations of natural phenomena.
21%
SC.3.E Demonstrate that radiant energy from the Sun can heat objects and when the Sun is not present, heat may be lost.
SC.3.P Identify some basic forms of energy such as light, heat, sound, electrical, and mechanical.
57%
SC.3.P Recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
58%
SC.3.P Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another.
76%
SC.3.P Demonstrate that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
60%
SC.3.P Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.
SC.3.P Investigate, observe, and explain that heat is produced when one object rubs against another, such as rubbing one's hands together.
69%

12. Performance by Benchmarks Quarter 3 Results ( Number of Student = 3,937)
STANDARDS
AVERAGE SCORE (%)
SC.3.N Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.
51%
SC.3.E Explain that stars can be different; some are smaller, some are larger, and some appear brighter than others; all except the Sun are so far away that they look like points of light.
73%
SC.3.E Identify the Sun as a star that emits energy; some of it in the form of light.
76%
SC.3.E Recognize that the Sun appears large and bright because it is the closest star to Earth..
77%
SC.3.E Explore the Law of Gravity by demonstrating that gravity is a force that can be overcome.
64%
SC.3.E Investigate that the number of stars that can be seen through telescopes is dramatically greater than those seen by the unaided eye.
81%
Benchmark SC.3.L Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.
70%
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13. Performance by Benchmarks Quarter 4 Results Grades 3 (Number of Students = 1,101
STANDARDS
AVERAGE SCORE (%)
SC.3.N Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them individually and in teams through free exploration and systematic investigations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.
47%
SC.3.N Compare the observations made by different groups using the same tools and seek reasons to explain the differences across groups.
19%
SC.3.N Recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check each others' evidence and explanations.
50%
SC.3.N Explain that empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to help validate explanations of natural phenomena.
46%
SC.3.L Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction. (Annually Assessed)
SC.3.L Investigate and describe how plants respond to stimuli (heat, light, gravity), such as the way plant stems grow toward light and their roots grow downward in response to gravity. (Assessed as SC.3.L.14.1)
66%
SC.3.L Classify flowering and nonflowering plants into major groups such as those that produce seeds, or those like ferns and mosses that produce spores, according to their physical characteristics.
40%
SC.3.L Describe how animals and plants respond to changing seasons.
56%
SC.3.L Recognize that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food.
51%
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14. Analysis of Quarter 3 & 4 Results
Number of Students Assessed Q3: 3,937
Satisfactory Progress Q3 : 67%
Number of Students Assessed Q4: 1,101
Satisfactory Progress Q4: 20%
Number of Grade 3 students MDCPS :
26,653
What percentage of Gr. 4 students were tested in Q3 and Q4 ? Q3 = 15% Q4= 4%
What can you say about the validity of these results?
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15. Quarterly Assessment Results K-5 2012-2013
QUARTER 1 RESULTS
Quarter 1 Results
**Cut score for Gr 5 Fall IA = 51%
QUARTER 2 RESULTS
Grades
Average Performance
Mastery/ Proficiency
Grade 5
51%
**49%
Grade 4
60%
32%
Grade 3
36%
Grade 2
72%
64%
Grade 1
66%
41%
Kinder
85%
76%
Grades
Average Performance
Mastery/ Proficiency
Grade 5
53%
*52%
Grade 4
56%
19%
Grade 3
62%
38%
Grade 2
79%
76%
Grade 1
71%
59%
Kinder
91%
93%
**Cut score for Gr 5 FALL IA= 51% satisfactory
*Cut score for Gr 5 Winter IA= 53% satisfactory
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16. Debriefing Protocol Teacher’s debriefing protocol
Grade Level Debriefing Protocol

17. Data Chats Sample Data Chats form
Student Name and ID__________________________
Math FCAT: Achiev. Level _______Math DSS _______
Reading FCAT: Achiev. Level ______ DSS __________
Science Assessment data:
Pretest: ______ Quarter 1 ______ Quarter 2 ________
Quarter 3 ______ Quarter 4_______Post-Test______
Student Goals:________________________________
____________________________________________
Teacher Comment_____________________________
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