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How can New York State Assessment results be used to improve the practice of teaching?

Using Student Assessments to Inform Teacher Practice Fred Cohen Nassau BOCES Consultant 516-608-6640 fredcohendata@gmail.com. How can New York State Assessment results be used to improve the practice of teaching? Getting the right information into the right hands is the key to success!.

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How can New York State Assessment results be used to improve the practice of teaching?

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  1. Using Student Assessments to Inform Teacher PracticeFred Cohen Nassau BOCES Consultant516-608-6640 fredcohendata@gmail.com • How can New York State Assessment results be used to improve the practice of teaching? • Getting the right information into the right hands is the key to success! 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  2. Using Student Assessments to Inform Teacher Practiceis Entirely Different from Using Student Assessments to Measure Teacher Effectiveness Someone recently said that using test scores to measure teacher effectiveness is more akin to informing “on” teacher practice than actually informing teachers on ways to improve the practice of teaching. Today’s presentation makes no judgment about using test scores to evaluate teachers. 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  3. A brief reminder: A Teacher’s need to be informed about her or his own students— and the teacher’s own instructional practices—was the original purpose of most Instructional Data Warehouses. • FC’s first observation 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  4. What must every teacher know about her or his students? (What FC did not know did indeed hurt him and his students!) • The Data Warehouse’s first “report”—the Child Assessment Profile (ChAP) Report • Other reports to inform teachers about student performance. 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  5. 1. Required Information prior to the opening of school—The Child Assessment Profile (ChAP) Report or any other summary of student assessment histories 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  6. 2. On Nov 1, detailed information about each student’s performance on the previous assessments. 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  7. 2B. Information available NOW for 2011-2012 teachers on the current Teacher Interface 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  8. Including Constructed Response Questions 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  9. These analyses inform me how my students performed on last year’s assessments. • Compare these reports to other reports on teacher performance. • Is a teacher’s HEDI score more or less informative? • What other reports are available from a typical data warehouse? 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  10. 1. A District ELA 4 Gap Report 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  11. 2. Teacher A ELA 4 Gap Report 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  12. 3. Teacher B ELA 4 Gap Report 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  13. Living Env. District Gap Report 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  14. One Teacher’s LE Gap Report 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  15. Wrong Answer Pattern Analysis 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  16. HEDI—Single Evaluative Metric for a Teacher • Gap Reports offer • Question by question analysis of teacher strengths and weaknesses when compared to a benchmark • Opportunity for collaboration with colleagues who display different (or similar) patterns of success • Skill by skill or genre by genre analysis of teacher strengths and weaknesses (MC vs CR) 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  17. Subgroup Analysis Reports • Subgroup analyses offer important insights for districts, schools and teachers. • How can districts, schools and teachers with many at-risk students compete with districts, schools and teachers that have mainly low-risk populations? • Subgroup analysis is the key. 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  18. District Snapshot • Imagine a District Derf in Nehoc County on planet Farfaraway with the following characteristics. • There are three population groups on the planet—the Long-ears, the Wide ears, and the No ears. • Derf’sLE students outperform county LE; Derf’sWE students outperform county WE; and Derf’sNE students outperform county NE. Yet Derf’s overall performance is well below the County Nehoc’s. Huh? 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  19. Planet Farfaraway 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

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  24. And finally, do teachers, administrators and counselors encourage participation at the highest level of study? • Test one—a more nuanced assessment of Regents results—“percent of enrollment passing” • Test two—a more nuanced assessment of Advanced Placement result—“percent of enrollment passing” 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  25. Regents Participation and Performance 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  26. Regents Participation and Performance 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  27. AP Participation and Performance 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

  28. Using Student Assessments to Inform Teacher PracticeFred Cohen Nassau BOCES Consultant516-608-6640 fredcohendata@gmail.com • How can New York State Assessment results be used to improve the practice of teaching? • Getting the right information into the right hands is the key to success! 1 Merrick Ave Westbury NY 11590

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