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Connecting the Management of Data to the NYS and Local District Assessment Systems

Connecting the Management of Data to the NYS and Local District Assessment Systems. Joan Thompson, Superintendent Hendrick Hudson School District November 2, 2005. Essential Questions to Focus Today’s Presentation. What are the major components of a district’s assessment program?

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Connecting the Management of Data to the NYS and Local District Assessment Systems

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  1. Connecting the Management of Data to the NYS and Local District Assessment Systems Joan Thompson, SuperintendentHendrick Hudson School District November 2, 2005

  2. Essential Questions to Focus Today’s Presentation • What are the major components of a district’s assessment program? • How can we best use data from the warehouse in the district, school, program and classroom level? • How can the data be managed? • How can the assessment data be made meaningful for administrators and teachers?

  3. Five Reasons Not to Develop a Data Warehouse • 5-You want to save money for your school or district • 4-You have no time to work with data • 3-You want more data reports from NYSED • 2-You do not know the current assessments used in your district K-12 • 1-You want to increase your popularity with your staff

  4. Five Reasons to Develop and Utilize a Data Warehouse • 5-Using the current system of permanent record cards is less then efficient • 4-Assessment comes from multiple sources • 3-Teachers utilize their skills to better understand students needs and revise their instruction • 2-A data warehouse assists in improving program effectiveness • 1-A data warehouse works to improve student achievement

  5. Triangular Model Instruction performance traditional portfolio Assessment Curriculum

  6. What Are the Major Components of a District’s Assessment Program ? • Standardized testing • Traditional classroom assessments • Locally developed performance assessments • Portfolio • NYSED assessments including regents

  7. District Goals Utilize Assessment Data

  8. Districtwide applications • Value added statistics along with state and national data

  9. Schoolwide applications • Program decisions • Item analysis – 4th grade Science • Standardized tests - Reading • Academic Intervention Services • Enrichment/Gifted Services • Communication with parents/community

  10. Program or classroom applications • Culture of data inquiry • Inform instruction • Grouping • Student profiles • Uses in secondary school • Next steps

  11. What can administrators learn about students? • Profile groups of students for a specific purpose or program • Assist in completing required reports (local or SED) • Review trends in order to evaluate program design and/or materials

  12. What can teachers learn about their students? • Academic profile for each student • Informs instruction based on years of assessment data • Provides a picture of the range of students’ academic abilities as portrayed through the assessments

  13. Currently Available Data Reports • NYS Assessments • Local Assessments • Standardized Tests • Regents and Course Grades

  14. Cognos Upfront – Welcome Screen

  15. Local Assessments by School

  16. Local Assessments by Grade Student Names Covered

  17. Individual Student Reports

  18. INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS

  19. COGNOS QUERY • Provides for customizing reports in a user friendly way • Ability to select the data fields you wish to explore • Adds possibilities of graphs, charts, etc.

  20. Select the columns in Student Grades you would like to display

  21. Use Split View to see both graph and data

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