1. eMetric https://solutions1.emetric.net/PSSA/Default.aspx Demo Site User Name: d9999 Password: emetric

2. Session Agenda Overview eMetric Available data reports eMetric in the classroom Question and answers

3. eMetric An interactive tool for analyzing PSSA data by district, school, grade, subgroup, and student Stores multiple years of data PSSA and PASA data Reporting category data

4. Things to Keep In Mind Blue words indicate pull down menus Scrolling over graphs gives other options and information Have some questions in mind before you use the interactive web site; this will help you with sifting through the data

5. Data Informed Decision Making DataAnalysis/ Discovery Solutions eMetric is a tool that helps organize data and generate graphs from the data.

7. Navigating the Home Screen Only schools with the selected grade are displayed. Work your way down the screen Radio Buttons Allow 1 Choice Boxes Allow Multiple Choices Select either PSSA or PASA

8. The PASA Screen

9. PASA More Selections

10. PASA Report

11. PSSA Types of Reports Group Summary: Scaled Scores and Performance Levels Group Summary: Reporting Categories Graphical Summary: Performance Levels Graphical Summary: Subscales Individual Reports Cohort Comparison Matched Cohort Comparison Longitudinal Individual Performance

12. Group Summaries ‘Number Tested PL’ includes both PSSA students and PASA students with valid performance level scores ‘Number Tested’ includes only students who took PSSA with a valid scale score For the history data from 2004 through 2006, ‘Number Tested PL’ is the same as ‘Number Tested’ and includes only students with valid PSSA scores.

13. Getting Reports Easily Viewed on Screen Can be disaggregated or modified Getting Text Can be imported into Excel Can use the data to make your own graphs

14. Blue words mean there are drop down menus associated with the screen

16. Disaggregated Data

18. N Counts

19. Downloading and Saving Data

20. Drill To Roster

21. Scores can then be: Sorted –Ascending –Descending Distributed –By performance level Distributed By –Gender, Ethnicity, ED, IEP, LEP, etc. Cross-Tabulated –Performance Levels –Demographics

22. Distributed by Ethnicity

23. Cross Tabulated by Performance

24. Drill To Roster Select a Student

25. Student Data Report

26. Group Summary: Reporting Categories

27. Reporting Categories: Reading

28. Reporting Categories: Mathematics

29. Group Summary: Reporting Categories

30. Reporting Categories

31. Reporting Category Data

32. Calculate Percentages in Categories Number of Questions Average Correct Percent Correct

33. Graphical Summary: Performance Levels

35. Graphical Summary Three Types Bar- Performance levels on one line Histogram- Performance levels horizontally Line- Plots the mean scaled score over time

36. Bar Graphs View the percentage by scrolling over the line. Clicking on the line pulls up a drop down menu.

37. Bar Graph Options Change views by clicking on the options at the bottom. These graphs can be cut and pasted into other documents.

38. Histogram Clicking on the graph will also pull up a drop down menu, just like for bar graphs. Both graphs can be drilled to roster.

39. Line Graphs

40. Graphical Summary: Reporting Categories

43. Individual Reports

46. Search By

47. Individual Reports

48. eMetric in the Classroom Helpful reports: –Summary Reports Contain macro data for tested grade levels in building –Individual Performance Create class rosters of student performance and reporting category data Use Excel to manipulate the data

49. What to do with the reports Summary Reports –Share with staff –Provides a snapshot of the performance of the grades in the building on all of the PSSA –Look at the reporting category data for the grade level Individual Performance –Share with specific teachers –Analyze effectiveness of instruction for targeted anchors or response types –If looking at longitudinal results, examine trends over time

50. Questions Bonnie Dyer bonnie.dyer@aiu3.net