1. DATA INTERACTION: A PSSA “COOL” Query Tool
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2. Introduction: PSSA data are difficult to use!
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3. Overview Emetric’s DATA INTERACTION supports
powerful PSSA data queries without
programming. To get started, type either:
solutions.emetric.net/PSSA
pssa.emetric.net
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4. Login Page
Username: b99998
Password: emetric
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5. Data Privacy Page
Click: I Agree
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6. Main Menu: 3 Query Modes
The 3 query modes include: Group Summary, Graphical Summary and Individual Performance. The simplest, Group Summary, can be started by clicking Group Summary radio button (top left) and the continue arrow (lower right).
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7. Group Summary: 3 Sections1 1 2 3
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8. Sections 1 & 2: A Simple Query…
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9. …Yields a Simple Group Summary
FAY= AYP Qualified Scores
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10. Quick Overview: Select All…
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11. …Complete Group Summary
Click
Sections 1 & 2 select content and student attributes
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12. Hot-Link to IEP Student Data
All
Students
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13. Group vs. Individual Results
Group (School or District) results include full academic year students, exclude exemptions, home schooled, PASA and LEP Y1 students.
Individual students’ results include everybody. Exemption codes are noted except for LEP Y1.
Thus Individual N counts typically will be > Group Summary N counts.
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14. Group Summary as an Excel File…
Click Here
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15. …File Download Query
Click Here
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16. Group Summary Saved as Excel
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17. Section 3: Group Filtering
Theme: Filtering selects student subsets
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18. Filter Query Identifies 1 Student
When filtering, be aware that students may have multiple attributes!
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19. LEP-IEP Filter Query Query: Do the LEP and IEP subgroups overlap?
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20. LEP-IEP Mostly Separate
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21. Move to Graphical Summary
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22. Graphical Summary Overviews
By selecting different combinations of performance levels, queries such as AYP “heads up” or students needing instructional assistance can quickly be surveyed. The example above looks at the PSSA results in an “AYP” like fashion.
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23. Subgroup Overview
Click for students
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24. Student Data from Bar
Clicking on an IEP Proficient Bar shows only one proficient IEP student. The Graphical Summary indicated 54 IEP students. 54 is the total # of IEP students (Group Summary) regardless of performance level. Thus, clicking on a bar segment FILTERS student data.
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25. Click on Pie Chart Symbol
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26. Group Summary in a Pie Chart
Click Here
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27. Stacked Bar Chart
Note: Neither the Pie nor Stacked Bar Graphs are hot-linked to individual student data records.
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28. Individual Performance
The Individual Performance page has the most query power. Similar to the Group Summary, IP is organized vertically in 4 sections. Section 1 selects scores. Section 2 sets student characteristics. Sections 3 & 4 comprise 2 filters that can be combined for highly selective queries.
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29. Simple Query (no filtering)
Note: The Student Characteristics have more choices than the Group Summary Page.
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30. Individual Student Data
Rank order data by clicking
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31. Summary Statistics Add summary statistics of the student data
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32. Statistics added to Student Data
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33. Filtering: 2 Sections 1st Filter same as Group Summary Filter
2nd Filter adds performance selection
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34. 2 Filters Create Selective Queries
The Individual Student Filters can be used separately or together.
Each Filter can use “and” or “or” logic.
The Filters can be combined with “and-and”, “and-or”, “or-and” or “or-or” logic.
Consider the following examples.
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35. Example #1: Targeted Tutoring
Query: Find all the Black and White Students who scored under 1000 in math or reading
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36. Query Identified 113 Students
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37. Example #2: Multiple Queries
Some questions may require multiple queries. Consider the question whether IEP students show more test variation than LEP students?
Pick S.E. (Standard Error) and IEP with LEP.
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38. 1st Query Results
Save Query
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39. 2nd Query
Now pick LEP students but not IEP students
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40. 2nd Query Results
Save Query
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41. Summary
Group Summary provides information about FAY student queries, links to related individual student demographics and performance in table form and queries requiring filters.
Graphical Summary provides information about FAY student queries, limited links to related individual student demographics and performance in Bar and Pie Charts.
Individual Performance provides more complete information about all student demographics and performance queries, and queries requiring multiple filters.
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42. Saving Results Printing the results page or graph.
Save the Group or Individual data to an Excel spreadsheet by clicking the “Save Text” arrow. The file is downloaded to your computer.
Type a name in the “Save Query” window. The query is saved on the e-Metric computer and can be recalled.
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