Working Together: Understanding SBA Data Les Morse, Director Assessment & Accountability Alaska Department of Education & Early Development No Child Left.

Working Together:Understanding SBA Data

Les Morse, DirectorAssessment & Accountability

Alaska Department of Education & Early Development

No Child Left Behind Winter ConferenceJanuary 18, 2006

Anchorage, Alaska

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Presentation Outline

1. Materials2. Quality Data3. Grade Level

Expectations4. Standards Based

Assessment Items

5. Test Results6. Connecting to

Instruction

1. Cell phones2. EVERYONE is

essential3. Timed activities

Partner Sharing Table activities

Table Moderator Table Timer

4. Whole group5. Breaks

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Materials• School District Folder

– District School Roster with Scale Scores (white)– Scale Proficiency Score Chart (goldenrod)– District Improvement Plan Example (café’ ole’ tan)– District Improvement Plan (1 page, 4 copies) – District Subpopulation Report (white)– Guide to Building a Culture of Quality Data (booklet)– Quality Data Role Sheets (sunshine yellow)– Blueprints (all grades/all contents) (Pink/lavender/blue)– 6th Grade Reading Proficiency Level Descriptor (green)

• Alaska Standards booklet

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Quality Data

http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/results.html

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Quality Data

• A belief that good data are an integral part of teaching and learning

• A belief that everyone in a school is responsible for quality data

• A belief that we can create orderly information from disorderly settings

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Quality Data

• Policies and Regulations

• Standards and Guidelines

• Training and Professional Development

• Timelines and Calendars

• Technology (Hardware + Software + Network)

• Data Entry Environment

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Quality Data

Everybody has a role in developing a Culture of Quality Data

Principal Office Staff Teacher/Counselor/Librarian/Nurse Superintendent Board of Education Data Steward (Data Coordinator) MIS & Technology Staff

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Quality Data Table Discussion

Table Discussion

Protocol (16 minutes)

1. Round one: 1 minute (+/-) sharing by each participant • What “things to do” need

to be addressed in terms of quality on role sheet?

2. Round two: 1 minute (+/-) sharing of ideas to put into action within district

• Distribute Data Quality Role sheets to district team members

• Share, or read non represented role sheets

• Prepare to speak to how “the things to do” are happening in your district

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SBA School Roster

Average Scale ScoreState

District

Standard

Content

School Average Proficiency by Scale

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Test Blueprint

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Test Blueprint

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Test Blueprint

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Test Blueprint

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Test Blueprint

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Test Blueprint to GLE

Partner Sharing 4 minutes (equal time for each)

• Examine 6th Grade Test Blueprint, “Analysis of Content or Structure”.

• Turn to pages 54-59 in standards book to review GLEs within the “Analysis of Content or Structure” strand.

• Discuss: How are the GLEs currently incorporated into the district curriculum and instructional program?

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Results – DataInstructional Program

Test connected to standards.

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Results – DataResults to Blueprint

Reporting category focused collection of GLEs

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SBA to GLE

• Find average scale score for “Analysis of Content or Structure”

• Discuss: How does data reinforce, or not reinforce, the earlier discussion about district curriculum and instruction?

Table Discussion

Protocol (10 minutes total)

• 2 minutes: Complete task

• 1 minute per participant: Address question in box to left

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DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANCHANGES TO CURRENT PRACTICE

District Name:Goal #___ (Performance Standard and GLE to be addressed)

Performance Indicator 1.1 (Baseline)

Performance Target 1.1 (Measurable Change)

CHANGES WE WILL MAKE TO CURRENT PRACTICEScientifically based support for this strategy/materials (reference, or brief description)

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SBA Data Review

• District School Roster

• Identify area by using district average scale score (may be same area already discussed in 6th grade) of greatest challenge (choose only ONE content and ONE grade level).

Table Discussion

Protocol (22 minutes)• 2 minutes: Task to left• 10-16 minutes: Discussion

Rounds– 1 minute per person - Round

1: What aspects of district program needs to be reviewed to address area of challenge?

– 1 minute per person - Round 2: What questions do the data raise for me regarding GLEs, curriculum and instruction?

• 4 minutes: Complete the form “Changes To Current Practice”

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How do we increase student achievement using the GLEs?

• Connect instruction to standards – GLE is what students should know and do.– Teach vocabulary of the GLEs. – GLE is part of the curriculum – Common instructional design model

• Vary Depth of knowledge• Expect written responses• Encourage reading for understanding

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SBA Data Review

Table DiscussionProtocol (17 minutes)

• 1 minutes: Review list on previous page

• 10-16 minutes: Discussion Rounds– 1 minute per person - Round 1: What practices are currently

taking place in the district or our school or my classroom to use the GLEs for improved student achievement?

– 1 minute per person - Round 2: What changes in practices within the district or our school or my classroom will support use of the GLEs for improved student achievement?

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www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/

“Using Data effectively does not mean getting good at crunching numbers. It means getting good at working together.”

“When 19 Heads Are Better Than One” Education Week, December 7, 2005