1. Demystifying DataDirector
Prepared for BCPS Admin Training – October 2013
Mitch Fowler

2. Agenda How Are Students Doing? Reports Overview
Teacher Expectations and Support
Dashboard Usage
Professional Development

3. Outcomes Participants will:
identify ways to efficiently utilize DataDirector to answer the question “How are kids doing?”
determine which DataDirector reports will most efficiently help drive principal and teacher data analysis.
develop a DataDirector dashboard with widgets to help organize and access key data points.

4. Demystifying DataDirector Pre Assessment

5. Activity: How Are Students Doing?
It is expected that administrators will answer the question “How are students doing?” Describe what an administrator might see or hear from a teacher that successfully answers this question. What might you do or say to answer this question?

6. Accessing Assessment Reports
Folder View
List View
Need to know which folder to access.
Helpful to know Assessment ID.

7. Activity: Find an Assessment
Navigate to DataDirector
Locate an Assessment Using Folder View
Locate an Assessment Using List View

8. Helpful Tip: Assessment IDs and Assessment Calendar

9. Activity: Accessing Assessment Reflection
Based on the information you’ve just received in regards to accessing assessments and assessment calendars, what lingering questions do you have about this process for you? For teachers?

10. Assessment Reports Overview
District Level
School Level
Classroom Level
Student Level

11. District Assessment Report
The District Assessment Report displays the buildings within the district that have administered an assessment. There is a breakdown by building and by standard.

12. School Assessment Report
Teacher A
Teacher B
Teacher C
The School Assessment Report displays the teachers within a building that have administered an assessment. There is a breakdown by building and by standard. A question to ask with this report is “What were the areas of strength and weakness across our grade level or department?”

13. Classroom Assessment Report
The Classroom Assessment Report displays how a specific class performed on an assessment. The top portion of the report displays the class performance by standard. A question to ask with this report is “What were the areas of strength and weakness within my class?”

14. Classroom Assessment Report
The bottom half of the Classroom Assessment Report displays how the class performed on individual questions.

15. Classroom Performance Summary Report
The Classroom Performance Summary Report displays how individual students within a class performed. Teachers can see the total percent the student received as well as their performance on sections and standards within the assessment. A question to ask with this report is “What groups of students need to receive remediation within specific standards?”

16. Activity: Reports Reflection
What thoughts do you have on how you might utilize DataDirector Assessment Reports to analyze building data? How might you use these reports to analyze classroom data with teachers?

17. Break

18. Tools of the Trade: Dashboards

19. Activity: Dashboard Planning
Based on what you’ve learned about the DataDirector Dashboard, what widgets might you utilizes to help in answering the question “How are kids doing?”?

20. Teacher Needs?
What might teachers need to be successful to answer the question “How are students doing?” Training Expectations Modeling

22. Demystifying DataDirector Pre Assessment

23. Mitch Fowler fowlerm@calhounisd.org
Questions?
Mitch Fowler