Read the Standards! Read the Standards! How do you teach the standards?

1. Read the Standards! Read the Standards!How do you teach the standards? Accessing and Using the MCA-III Math Data on the AIR Website January 2013

2. Agenda: • Overview and Connections • AIR website • Accessing the Data • Data Reports • Using the Data • Feedback

3. Today’s Learning Targets After Before I can show how to access and maneuver through the data on the AIR website. I can describe how to use AIR MCA-III strand and benchmark data to inform math instruction and the use of the SPPS math resources.

4. Why? What is the impact?10 weeks between testing windows

5. AIR? 1= AIR is something you breathe! 2= I’ve heard of AIR and have signed on one time 3= I know what AIR is and used it several times in this year. 4 = I know all the MCA data reports (strand, benchmark, student….) available to me at AIR. 5 = Not only do I know AIR, my staff is trained on AIR and using the data there as well.

6. MCA-III Data Achievement Level Descriptors Connections Standards/ Benchmarks & Test Specs Progress Monitoring Common Assessments Unwrapped Documents Sequencing Guides

7. AIR = American Institutes for ResearchMinnesota Assessments Portal http://www.mnstateassessments.org/ Use Firefox browser • This is MN’s site for MCA data and information. • Online MCA data is immediate. • OLPA = Optional Local Purpose Assessment

8. Online Math Item Samplers & ResourcesHighly Recommended

9. Resources Student Resources Calculators, Tutorials, Formula Sheets

10. Accessing the Datahttp://www.mnstateassessments.org/Use Firefox browser

11. Minnesota Assessments Portal Home Page

12. User Roles • All users must be assigned a user role in TIDE. • Each user has “Look Down” access when viewing score results. • Teacher-level users must be associated with their students via Rosters. This can be done in one of two ways: • Uploading rosters in TIDE • Using the Manage Rosters feature in the ORS

13. Logging in to the System

14. Username: SPPS email addressPassword: link emailed fromMNHelpDesk, Subject: User Account Information To reset a password

15. Score ReportstoView Student Data

16. Homepage for Principal or SAC First, select the test, administration, and the student reports you want. Choose OLPA

17. Homepage: Global Tools Print or export page for records Search for data on a specific student Click “Score Reports” to return to this Homepage at any time Easy access to the User Guide

18. Exploring the Data Select a particular grade and subject in either table to view more data

19. Exploring Subject-Level Data

20. Exploring Subject-Level Data

21. Exploring Subject-Level Data

22. Exploring the Data: Using the Navigation Tool Click the Navigation Tool to Explore the Data

23. Navigating the “Who” Dimension The user can move back and forth between less detailed levels of aggregation and more detailed levels of aggregation, all the way down to the student level.

24. Navigating the “Who” Dimension

25. Navigating the “Who” Dimension

26. Navigating the “Who” Dimension

27. Navigating the “Who” Dimension

28. Navigating the “Who” Dimension

29. Navigating the “What” Dimension The user can navigate down from the subject level to view finer-grain detail on strand and benchmark performance.

30. Navigating the “What” Dimension

31. Navigating the “What” Dimension Stanines 1-3 below average 4-6 average 7-9 above average

32. Navigating the “What” Dimension

33. Navigating the “What” Dimension Links to Learning Point Navigator

34. Using the Dataand SPPS Math Resourcesto Impact Instruction

35. MCA-III Data Achievement Level Descriptors Connections Standards/ Benchmarks & Test Specs Progress Monitoring Unwrapped Documents Sequencing Guides Common Assessments

36. #1 MCA STRAND data for group Stanines (1-3 below average, 4-6 average, 7-9 above average) Strength Weakness

37. Why are we weak in Data Analysis?

38. Have we taught the Data strand! Achievement Level Descriptors How do I teach the standards?

39. #2 MCA BENCHMARK data for group

40. Build on STRENGTHS! Why did our students perform well on this benchmark?

41. What benchmarks have been taught?What benchmarks have students mastered?

42. #3 Student Strand Performance Stanines (1-3 below average, 4-6 average, 7-9 above average)

43. #4 Student ReportsScale Score and Achievement Levels Have individual student conferences about their MCA data.

44. Scale Scores 347 66-99: Exceeds 50-65: Meets 40-49: Partially Meets 1-39: Does Not Meet Grade Level

45. Action Items – Next Steps • Get access to AIR’s math data and spend some time investigating your students data. (Work with your site’s Assessment Coordinator to get access to AIR’s website.) • Train staff on the data they can find at this site. Think about how you can use this data to inform instruction. • Read the grade-level standardsand Achievement Level Descriptors found at the math department’s website. • Use the common assessments and progress monitoring for each unit and plan instruction that will help students master grade-level learning targets. • Convene a Data Team meeting with a focus on math achievement and plan specific action steps.

46. MCA-III Data Achievement Level Descriptors Connections Standards/ Benchmarks & Test Specs Progress Monitoring Unwrapped Documents Sequencing Guides Common Assessments

47. Today’s Learning Targets After Before I can show how to access and maneuver through the data on the AIR website. I can describe how to use AIR MCA-III strand and benchmark data to inform math instruction and the use of the SPPS math resources.

48. Reminders: • Feedback Sheets • Housekeeping: • Timesheets & Leads Data • Poster Pickup (Math, Reading, Writing, Art) in TR2 • K-1 Assessment Feedback • Watch for info on 2nd visits for FES Math Review What: Teaching the 5th Grade Math High Priority Benchmarks Who: 5th grade math teachers and others who support 5th graders When: Th 1/17 will focus on Benchmark 5.1.3.4 Tu 2/5 will focus on Benchmark 5.3.2.1 & 5.3.2.4 Th 2/28 will focus on Benchmark 5.4.1.2 Time: 4:30-7:00 p.m. Where: 345 Plato, Training Room 1 PLEASE REGISTER ON PDEXPRESS.