1. Spring 2014
Results
Focus:
Subgroups
All Grades
Measure:
District Annual
Writing Prompt
Time frame for
Target Monitoring
Spring 2015
Results
Percent Expected
To Meet / Exceed
Standard
Subgroups:
Base-line Data
Current Data
Targets
Yr. 1
Yr. 2
Yr. 3
End of Year %
ELL
40% 1 50 2 65 3 75
Spec. Ed.
25% 30 40
FRL
32% 60
Writing
Grade: B+
Time: 75 min. (7/15 slides – 5 min. of 30 min. for complete exercise)
Resources Required: Chart paper and markers
Purpose: Illustrate the product for this activity – Dissecting the target template
Lecture Notes: This is a picture of what we’re going to ask you to do with one of your target templates in just a few minutes. You’ll post it on a piece of chart paper and then identify all the important pieces of your template.
Activity Notes: Show this slide while they are working. Walk through the example so they can see how the “anatomy” is based on their decisions about how they put their target templates together. They should be able to explain their target template decisions. This exercise pushes them to not just review but to justify why they decided to complete the template the way they did. And, if they can’t, what they need to do to improve or refine it. Read the summary box – rationale for their grade.
Facilitator Note: The teams will remain at their own tables but the charts should be posted at the end of the activity so others can see what they have done.
Summary: We believe these targets are challenging but attainable because we have already begun to
focus on these subgroups and have writing interventions in place. They leave us short of our goal and we can only measure annually. The whole target needs to be supplemented with formative results.
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2. Current Data (# of ALL students)
Baseline
Results
Number of Students
In Algebra I
Subject:
Algebra I (Operations)
Grade:
Department:
Subject:
Subgroup:
N= 105 Students
Current Data (# of ALL students)
Forms
Target
(# of ALL students)
Blue 8
Baseline 14
Green 24 30
Yellow 28 36
Red 44 25 23
Progress Check 35 27 45 15 10
Results
What Now? 52
Measure: District Math
Benchmark Assessment
District Benchmark
Projected # of
Students on
Mid-point Exam
Projected # of
Students on Final Exam
Actual # of Students
On Mid-point Exam
Time: 75 minutes (8/15 slides)
Resources Required: Not in participant manual
Purpose: Common Assessment Targets by zone/student
Lecture Notes: Walk through this example to show how formative assessments using zone analyses are used to create the targets. In this example, the end result still leaves 4 students short of meeting the standard. Additional supports would need to be provided for those students.
Activity Notes:
Plan Forward
Actual # of Students
On Final Exam
Grade: A-
Summary: Formative measure allows for periodic monitoring and
adjustment of practice. Targets are realistic, measurable and time-bound.
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3. Spring 2014
Results (D)
Focus:
Grades 3-5
Spring 2015
Results
Measure:
DEA
Time frame for
Target Monitoring
Percent Expected
To Meet / Exceed
Standard
Focus: Reading Grades 3-5
Base-line Data
Spring 2014
% Levels
3 & 4
Current Year
Actual Data -Spring
Targets
Yearly Spring Data
Cohort 1
Grade 3
56%
62%
70%
77%
2015
60%
2016
65%
2017
75%
Cohort 2
Grade 4
48%
58%
55%
63%
Cohort 3
Grade 5
72%
Reading
Grade: B
Time: 75 min. (9/15 slides – 5 min. of 30 min. for complete exercise)
Resources Required: Chart paper and markers
Purpose: Illustrate how cohort analyses can be used to create targets.
Lecture Notes: Walk through this example.
Facilitator Note: The teams will remain at their own tables but the charts should be posted at the end of the activity so others can see what they have done.
Summary: We believe these targets were not challenging enough and should probably have been increased after the results came in. We also would like a target template that allows us to monitor more frequently using A and B data during the year. We would also like to follow our Cohort 2 and 3 groups into middle school to see if they are continuing to improve.
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