Using Student Growth Data to Improve Teaching and Learning

1. Using Student Growth Data to Improve Teaching and Learning Mark Howard, Director Research, Evaluation and Assessment September 2013

2. This Presentation IS Using Student Growth (VAM) Data to improve instructional programs IS NOT VAM Scores or ratings used for teacher, principal or assistant principal evaluations

3. Growth vs. proficiency

4. What is Student Growth? • How much academic progress students are making by measuring growth between two points in time • Student growth indicates the amount of growth a student made in a testing subject over the course of one year, relative to their academic peers

5. A More Complete Picture of Student Learning &

6. A More Complete Picture of Student Learning &

7. Growth & ProficiencyUnderstanding the Difference Growth Proficiency

8. Growth & Learning GainsUnderstanding the Difference 257 243 Level 4 251 237 Proficiency Learning Gain

9. Value-added model

10. What is the Value-AddedModel of Student Learning Growth? The difference between Actual Test Score andExpected Test Score Actual student scale score VALUE-ADDED Starting student scale score Expected scale score based on comparison of similar scoring students Pre-Test YEAR 1 Post-Test YEAR 2

11. How is the Expected Score Determined? 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 Year’s Worth of Growth Expected Score 236 FY14 – Grade 6 Average Score of Similar Students Prior Year 229 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 FY13 - Grade 5

12. scatterplots

13. Teacher VAM Scatterplot Diagonal Line: Achieving Expected Score Above the Line: Student Scored Above Expected ACTUAL SCALE SCORE Y axis ACTUAL Score Below the Line: Student Scored Below Expected X axis EXPECTEDScore EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

14. Teacher VAM Scatterplot Jared EXP: 205 ACT: 210 ACTUAL SCALE SCORE Sylvia EXP: 205 ACT: 197 EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

15. Teacher VAM Scatterplot EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

16. Teacher VAM Scatterplot 10 33 20 14 EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

17. Teacher VAM Scatterplot Proficiency Bar 10 33 20 14 EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

18. Example 1 More Students Above the Line Most Students Exceeded Expected Score Above Average Growth Than Below the Line EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

19. Example 2 Most Students Were Below Expected Score Than Above the Line Below Average Growth More Students Below the Line EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

20. Example 3 Highest Students are mostly Above the Line Possibly Refocus Instruction Lowest Students are mostly Below the Line EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

21. Example 4 Possibly Refocus Instruction Lowest Students are mostly Above the Line Highest Students are mostly Below the Line EXPECTED SCALE SCORE

22. Student rosters

23. Sample Teacher Roster Predicted Current Year Score FCAT Scale Score Current year FCAT Scale Score Previous Year Subject Area (Read, Math, Alg) Did This Student Meet the Expected Score? Grade Level Difference Between Actual Score and Predicted SAR gain (for reference) Sample School Sample Teacher 99999999 LAST FIRST Same Students as on Scatterplot 99999999 LAST FIRST 99999999 LAST FIRST 99999999 LAST FIRST 99999999 LAST FIRST 99999999 LAST FIRST

24. What is the District / State Percent Meeting Expected Score?

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