Data Director BasicsAugust 23, 20138:30am-3:00pm

8:30-9:45 Data Director Features and Capabilities

9:45-10:30 Multiple Measures and Assessment Use

10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:30 Data points within Data Director 11:30-12:30 Lunch 12:30-12:45 Useful and Meaningful Data 12:45-2:00 Practice and Application 2:00-2:15 Data Sharing and Conversations 2:15-2:30 Questions; Survey

Agenda

www.jcisd.org Programs and Services Data and Assessment Data Director Log In to Data Director

Note: Videos/Other Resources

www.datadirector.com/jackson

Log in=first initial last name Password for initial log in=pw12345

FERPA District website shortcuts

Data Director Access

Data Director Features and Capabilities

Application Switcher Overview Assessments Reports Curriculum Students Programs

Note: Application Switcher is located at top and bottom of page

Overview Page Updates All Students vs My Students Staff without student rosters Help Change Sites

Assessments

Find Assessment Subject

ELA versus Reading

Naming conventions (2013-2014 4th Grade Reading-QRI-

September)

Assessment Id Number Can’t find an assessment OR no

data appears within an assessment? Permissions/Sharing Who created the assessment?

Create Assessment Answer Sheet Assessment

Scanning documents Standards linked to items Depth of Knowledge for items Number of items per standard Label for items

Item Bank Assessment Assess2Know or My Item Bank

Summary Assessment Summary description Excel-like Column Descriptors Calculation field

Note: Duplicates from year to year Change date in 3 areas for duplicates.

SAVE Note: Adding materials

Reports

My Reports Permissions/Sharing Email users about Report

Shared Reports Meeting Preparation

School Improvement, Grade Level, Departments, IEPs

Observations noted beforehand to make the best use of meeting time, colleague collaboration and planning for what’s next/intentional follow up

Pre-Built Reports MEAP Strand and GLCE Analysis

(example) MME Strand Analysis (example)

Turn and Talk:

Describe a way that a Data Director Report could be useful.

Curriculum and Students

Curriculum Browse

CCSS app (www.MasteryConnect.com)

Search By standard code Click on “+” sign to drill down to

desired content area/grade level/standards

Students Left menu

Advanced Search District Entry Date Teachers

Center Menu Name Grade Period Class lists with UICs

Individual Student Report Multiple years of data

Note: Period scheduling for elementary

Programs

Create a Program Add Teachers Add Students Link Assessments

If no data appears within an Assessment?

Share Program with others!

Note: Program participation does display on Individual Student Report

Turn and Talk:

Explain how a Data Director Program could be useful.

*Demographics

*Perceptions

*Student Learning

*School Processes

List 2 to 3 examples of each type of measurement that your school/district utilizes

*Note: PDF available on the ISD website

Multiple Measures of Data

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Multiple Measures of Data

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AssessmentsOF

Learning

Assessments FORLearning

AssessmentsAS

LearningFor systems analysis &

systems change•Summative•Teacher-directed; government directed•After Teaching•Teach-Test-Move On

For Learning analysis & instructional change

•Interim•Teacher-Directed & Student Involved•During Teaching•R4 – Students Rethink, Revise, Resubmit; Teachers Re-teach differently•Loop of Teach-Assess-Redo-Move On

For Learning analysis & instructional change

•Interim/Formative•Student-Led; Teacher Guided•During Learning•Students self-assess, self-monitor and “own” the assessment process and progress•Loop of set goal, work, self-assess, self-adjust, continue

Define and give an example of each type of assessment and its use:

Summative Interim Formative

BREAK

Video: Differentiated Instruction and Formative Assessment www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXbuE-21I4 What connections do you see with our work today?

Assessment Use

What data do you see in Data Director? Demographics: ______________________________________ Perceptions: ______________________________________ Student Learning: ______________________________________ School Processes: ______________________________________

Give an example of a data point that reflects the following assessment types?

Summative: ______________________________________________ Interim: ______________________________________________ Formative: ______________________________________________

Data Points

LUNCH

How do we know what data points to put in Data Director?

What are the criteria for Quality Data? Reliability-repeatable and consistent scores Validity-measures what is intended (specific

skills/expectations-aligns with performance verbs/nouns) Context-range that determines meaning (performance) Purpose-reason that the data is important Specificity-represent one point of information Source-origin of data

Useful and Meaningful Data

What data would you find useful and meaningful? Why?

What data would be helpful to have for the beginning of the school year?

This afternoon’s work=Practice and Application

Options: Create an Answer Sheet Assessment-link standards, DOK, item types,

view answer document Create a Summary Assessment-Add “sample” data to review-pre/post

calculation Create a Custom Report specifically to answer a question-make

observations about data Create a Program-Add teachers/students/link assessments Work through the Data Director Training Checklist EVERYONE-PLEASE “Share” your work with someone and let them

know what you are sharing with them and why.

Useful and Meaningful Data

Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Chart

http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/sia/msip/DOK_Chart.pdf Webb’s Depth of Knowledge for Four Content Areas-pdf Quality Rubrics

http://qualityrubrics.pbworks.com/w/page/992395/Home Smarter Balanced Practice Assessments

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/ Formative Assessment

A Favorite Formative Assessment: The Exit Slip-pdf

Chocolate Chip Cookie Scoring Guide

Assessment Resources

Permissions and Sharing within Data Director Adding materials to assessments Excel and PDF formats Balanced Assessment System-student growth Data and Assessment calendar Custom Report creation and review before scheduled

meetings Data recording versus data use Will data discussion focus on curriculum, instruction,

quality of assessment? Intentional follow up-by whom? When? Sharing data with all stakeholders (students, parents,

staff)

Data Sharing and

Conversations

Data Sharing and

Conversations

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