Tracking Progress

TRACKING PROGRESS

Once we’ve got the first round of assessment data,

what should we do with it?

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Interrogate it!

We’ve got some

questions for you

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Let’s look at a set of data from a quiz.


The average is 78% overall.

So the average is 78% overall.

But what is the average if we look at the results without the lowest-

scoring question or lowest-performing students?


What’s in a Number?

78% average across all items




83% w/o question #4, the lowest-scoring item





89% w/o the 3 students < 25%





89% w/o the 3 students < 25%

92% w/o #4 & w/o 3

So the average is 92% if we ignore the lowest-scoring item and the three

lowest-scoring students.

Does that mean the class did well?


That which we call a number by any other name?

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No!

The point of interrogating data is not

to search for the rosy story.


What the Data Can Tell Us

1) What, if anything, do most students know how to do?

2) What, if anything, are most students still struggling to do?

3) Who are the low, medium, and high performers? How did you make these designations?

4) What are some next steps for this teacher?


1) What, if anything, do most students know how to do?

• Look at performance, especially focusing on performance by standard

• Pay attention to the individual items, not just the overall totals for the standard


2) What, if anything, are most students still struggling to do?

• Look at performance, especially focusing on performance by standard

• Pay attention to the individual items, not just the overall totals for the standard


3) Who are the low, medium, and high performers?

• Look at performance of individual students• Search for trends or patterns that put

students in similar performance bands


3) Who are the low, medium, and high performers?

• An easy way to think about this might be:- Below 70% (low performers)- 70%-80% (medium performers)- 80% and above (high performers)

• That only works if students are spread somewhat evenly within those groups.

• Use your noodle and think critically! • It’s okay if your groupings are higher or lower

than the suggestion above


4) What are some next steps for this teacher?

• You’ll make this determination best when you spend time inside the classroom

• Data is great to tell you the what, but it can’t easily tell you the why

• Use your noodle and think critically!


So Interrogate it!

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questions for you