DATABASED DECISION MAKING John Billen D ata A
DATA-BASED DECISION MAKING John Billen
D ata… A T A WHO AM I? #1 SUBGROUP?
D ata… A T A Video
D ata… A HART & RISLEY STUDY T 32 million receptive word gap A 600 word expressive word gap
D ata… A What kinds of assessments are there? T A
D ata… A Informal Assessments T day to day…. A
D ata…Assessment A Formal Assessments T State testing… teacher created assessments… evaluation… A
D ata… A What is (is there) the difference between T evaluation and assessment A
D ata… How? A T A FOUR STEP SIMPLE PROCESS Collect & organize Analyze Interpret Take action Parsley et al, 2006, Selecting the Right Data
D ata… First… Why? A T A …Answer these questions…. . What am I looking for? Individual student/ group/grade level/snapshot Who am I looking for? Building/teachers/myself Why am I looking? Future instructional purposes Meeting subgroup needs Meeting individual student needs
D ata… Where? A T A Data is found multiple places: District/school information Assessments (DIBELS, classroom) State standardized assessments State website Day to day information
D ata…Collect & Organize A T A What are you collecting? #1 test scores Demographic data Attendance Suspension rates Subgroups Individual subtests
D ata… Analyze A T A Looking at JPM’s? Looking at % Proficient? Looking at subgroups? Cohorts? Looking at Homerooms for upcoming year?
D ata… Interpret A T A What does this mean? If I have a JPM lower? If I have a subgroup? Is it the group of students?
D ata… Take Action A T A What can I do in my own environment? More attention to subgroups? Extra tutoring? Professional development? Area of weakness that needs to be addressed? Grade Level? Content area?
D ata… before we go… TERMINOLOGY A JPM F/R T Subgroups A Assessment/Evaluation Subtests DFG
D ata… How? A MYTH…. T A You do not need to be a data junkie or Have a degree in statistics… In fact all you have to do…. is take the time to look at data
D ata… How? A THE ONION T A …data is like peeling away layers of an onion there is certain information on the outside but until you really look at it, the real information may not be as apparent EXAMPLES…
D ata… Surprises A T A GRADE 3 (2004 -2005) GRADE 4 (2005 -2006) GRADE 5 (2006 -2007) GRADE 6 (2007 -2008) Average SPECIAL EDUCATION PP P 47% 53% 70% 30% 25% 75% 89% 11% 58% 42% CONCLUSION?
D ata… Surprises A Actually…. Only 3 of 12 or 25% of this T year’s sixth grade special education students have been A in the school since first grade
Working with Text Recognition of central idea or theme Recognition of supporting details Extrapolation of information/following directions Retelling (vocabulary) Recognition of text organization Recognition of a purpose for reading
Analyzing Text Questioning, Clarifying, Predicting Prediction of tentative meaning Forming of opinions Making judgments, drawing conclusions Literary elements and textual conventions
D ata… A T A Present 5 th Graders Working with Text, scored a 6. 2 below the District mean, but above the DFG, and State Mean However, when Analyzing Text, the same 5 th Graders scored a 7. 4, above the District, DFG, and State Mean scores This was significantly higher Both LEL and Special Ed students followed this same trend NOTE : THIS IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE
D A T A YEAR 08 -09 F/R Total Percent GRADE 1 32 88 36% GRADE 2 25 71 35% GRADE 3 27 79 34% GRADE 4 30 85 35% GRADE 5 24 82 29% GRADE 6 20 96 21% TOTALS 158 501 32%
D ata… How? A How about over time? T A
YEAR 08 -09 F/R YEAR 07 -08 Total Percent F/R YEAR 06 -07 Total Percent F/R YEAR 05 -06 Total Percent. F/R Total Percent GRADE 1 32 88 36% 21 64 33% 28 80 35% 7 77 9% GRADE 2 25 71 35% 23 73 32% 25 82 30% 14 79 18% GRADE 3 27 79 34% 30 82 37% 30 85 35% 21 90 23% GRADE 4 30 85 35% 25 84 30% 28 93 30% 28 111 25% GRADE 5 24 82 29% 26 95 27% 29 101 29% 30 130 23% GRADE 6 20 96 21% 30 101 30% 27 126 21% 27 121 22% TOTALS 158 501 32% 155 499 31% 167 567 28% 127 608 21% RETURN
D A T A Data… Individual Teacher Data
D ata creation… A T A District based data management system: …or a creation of your own…. spreadsheets
300 250 LAL MATH 200 150 0 5 10 15 20 25
D ata… A T A How to make a scattergram… GO TO Insert GO TO Scattergram Click on Scattergram GO TO Select Data Highlight row of Math scores to enter Click OK Right click on Chart Click Select Data – select actual data Choose Title & Data will be added
D ata… A T A Class Standardized Test CLASS 1 SCORES
D ata… A WHAT TO DO FROM CLASS STANDARDIZED TEST T tutorlist A
D ata… A ANALYZING AN T ASSESSMENT/TEST A Class 1 test
D ata… A ANALYZING AN T ASSESSMENT/TEST (AGAIN) A Class 2 test
D ata… Assessment A How to reteach…. T A Is there a need?
D ata… Assessment A T A What kinds of assessments are we giving? (Class, School-wide) Assessment Guide
D ata… A T A ANSWER TO SUBGROUP QUESTION…
Aha? 2008 SCORES LAL MATH MALE FEMALE Gr. 3 67 89 75 80 Gr. 4 84 86 87 88 Gr. 5 55 76 63 73 Gr. 6 60 89 77 87
D ata… A T A CONCLUSION
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