Working Together: Understanding SBA Data

Working Together:Understanding SBA Data Les Morse, Director Assessment & Accountability Alaska Department of Education & Early Development No Child Left Behind Winter Conference January 18, 2006 Anchorage, Alaska

Materials Quality Data Grade Level Expectations Standards Based Assessment Items Test Results Connecting to Instruction Cell phones EVERYONE is essential Timed activities Partner Sharing Table activities Table Moderator Table Timer Whole group Breaks Presentation Outline Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Quality Data http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/results.html Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Quality Data • Policies and Regulations • Standards and Guidelines • Training and Professional Development • Timelines and Calendars • Technology (Hardware + Software + Network) • Data Entry Environment Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Table Discussion Protocol (16 minutes) Round one: 1 minute (+/-) sharing by each participant What “things to do” need to be addressed in terms of quality on role sheet? Round two: 1 minute (+/-) sharing of ideas to put into action within district Quality Data Table Discussion • 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 Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

SBA School Roster Content Average Scale Score State District Standard School Average Proficiency by Scale Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Test Blueprint Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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? Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Results – DataInstructional Program Test connected to standards. Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Results – DataResults to Blueprint Reporting category focused collection of GLEs Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 SBA to GLE Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANCHANGES TO CURRENT PRACTICE Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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” SBA Data Review Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

SBA Data Review Table Discussion Protocol (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? Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/ Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

“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

Working Together: Understanding SBA Data