Welcome/Introductions

Welcome/Introductions

• Welcome/Introductions

• Structure for the day

• Materials review

Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) as an adaptive assessment

• Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP) as an adaptive assessment

• Student RIT scores

• RIT scale

• NWEA Normative Data

• DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning

• Primary Grades Instructional Data

• Class Breakdown by Overall RIT Report and Class Breakdown by Goal Report

External locus of control

• External locus of control

• Lack of ownership

• Punitive

Consider how you will implement what you’ve learned in the:

• Consider how you will implement what you’ve learned in the:

• Next month
• Next semester
• Next year

Interpret and apply data from key reports

• Interpret and apply data from key reports

• Use data to evaluate academic needs in the classroom

• Set goals with students

Status

• Status

• Instructional Resources-Class by RIT

• Teacher Report

• Online Individual Student Progress Report

• Dynamic Reporting Suite

• Growth

• Achievement Status and Growth (ASG) Reports

Grade-level norms

• Grade-level norms

• Typical performance
• Beginning-of-Year, Middle-of-Year, and End-of-Year

Instructional planning

• Instructional planning

• Screening

• Growth

• Goal-setting

• Informing instructional decisions

Instructional applications:

• Instructional applications:

• Intervention/remediation
• Reading support in content areas
• Visual picture of diversity

Instructional applications:

• Instructional applications:

• Flexible grouping
• Designing instructional plans
• Differentiating instruction
• Identify relative strengths and weaknesses
• Transition into DesCartes/Primary Grades Instructional Data

Student Data

• Student Data

• Test Type
• Standard Error
• RIT/RIT Range
• Percentile/Percentile Range
• Lexile
• Goal Performance Area

• Summary Data

• Mean/Median
• Standard Deviation

Normative Data

• Normative Data

• State Scale Alignment Study

Key points on the text version

• Key points on the text version

• District Average
• Norm Group Average
• Student Growth
• Typical Growth
• Descriptors
• Key point on the graph version
• Grade(G/x)

Parent Conferences

• Parent Conferences

• DesCartes Framework
• Normative Data
• State Proficiency Tables
• RIT Reference Charts

Conference with each student

• Conference with each student

• Review performance

• Celebrate success
• Set content goal
• Set growth goal

• Make a plan

• The teacher will _____.
• The student will _____.

Doesn’t evaluate:

• Doesn’t evaluate:

• Genre
• Theme
• Content
• Interest
• Quality

Physical Growth vs. Academic Growth

• Physical Growth vs. Academic Growth

• Typical Growth

• Normative Data
• RIT Point Growth Norms

Comparing growth targets

• Comparing growth targets

• Look at sample report

• Questions for consideration

• Reasons targets are different
• Talking to students about differences
• Impact on teachers
• Helping parents understand

Growth Index

• Growth Index

• Percent of Students Meeting Target

• Percent of Target Met

Provides opportunity for differentiated learning for all groups

• Provides opportunity for differentiated learning for all groups

• Includes application of reports and resources

• Demonstrates and practice accessing reports and resources

Consider how you will implement what you’ve learned:

• Consider how you will implement what you’ve learned:

• Interpret and apply data from key reports
• Use data to evaluate academic needs in the classroom
• Set goals with students

Access and apply key online reports and resources

• Access and apply key online reports and resources

• Exercise new learnings through practical application

• Create a plan to communicate and share data with all stakeholders

Tour of Online Reports and Resources

• Tour of Online Reports and Resources

• Application Activities/Product Sharing

Let’s continue…

• Let’s continue…

Who needs information about our data?

• Who needs information about our data?

• What’s our plan for communication?

• Students
• Parents
• Colleagues
• Other stakeholders

Student Goal Setting Worksheet

• Student Goal Setting Worksheet

• Individual Student Booklist Report

• Online Individual Student Progress Report

Interpreting and applying data

• Interpreting and applying data

• Using resources

• Communication

• Professional development

Online Trainings

• Online Trainings

• Available at NWEA web site

• Climbing the Data Ladder

• Growth and Goals

• Custom Training

• Consultative Days

• Modularization Options

• NWEA Annual Summer Conference

• State and Regional Members Groups

Online, self-paced courses

• Online, self-paced courses

• Professional Development related to:

• Accessing and understanding data
• Instruction, curriculum, program

Consider how you will implement what you’ve learned:

• Consider how you will implement what you’ve learned:

• Access and apply key online reports and resources
• Exercise new learnings through practical application
• Create a plan to communicate and share data with all stakeholders

How do we ensure that all staff share answerability for student learning?

• How do we ensure that all staff share answerability for student learning?

• To whom and how do we provide accurate and timely information?

• How and when will we structure conversations around the data?

Find Time:

• Find Time:

• Early release days

• Use substitute teachers creatively

• Streamline “administrivia”

Mission driven

• Mission driven
• Culture and ownership
• Answerability
• Expert use of data
• Staff development
• Effective instruction
• Quality student assessment
• Dynamic learning environment
• High quality curriculum
• Strategic use of resources

What will your realized plan look like?

• What will your realized plan look like?

• How will you make the plan visible?

• What evidence of success will we see?

• How will you celebrate your success?