Using Data to Support Learning:

Examples of Best Practices

March 6, 2008

There Is Nothing Standard About a Student

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Mark Malaspina

President

The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill

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Session Objectives

• To review sample best practices in educational reporting and individualized instruction:

1. Parent reports in print and online

2. Teacher reports in print and online

3. Student personalized learning program

4. Accountability reports for schools and districts

• To participate in developing a potential national roadmap for rolling out educational reporting and individualized instruction

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Using Assessment Data to Promote Student Learning

Curriculum

AssessmentSystem

ClassroomInstruction

Student Learning

Reporting System

Standards

Student Engagement

ParentalEngagement

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Required Competencies and Technology

Effective reporting and individualized instruction require:

4 key competencies 1 integrated technology system

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Engaging Parents around Assessment Data

• Parents are often frustrated by standardized test results. Reports do not provide clear information. Reports do not explain what the scores mean. Reports do not include steps for how parents can help

their children.

• But if assessment reports are clear and useful, they can motivate and engage parents.

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Action Reports for Parents

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Parent Network: Florida Example

In Spring 2006, Grow launched the FCAT Parent Network on behalf of the Florida Department of Education.

• Over 1.8 million Florida families have access to student level state assessment score information immediately after all test data has been scored and validated.

• Multi-lingual in English, Spanish, and Haitian-Creole.

• Received over 5.3 million visits and over 145 million successful hits since the April 2006 launch.

• Won the state’s prestigious Prudential Financial-Davis Productivity award, which recognizes quality government initiatives that save taxpayer money.

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Parent Network: Demo

Engaging Parents in Their Children’s

Future

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Helping Teachers Adjust Instruction Based on Student Needs

• Teacher’s goal is to help all students master standards

• Teacher seeks to adjust instruction based on ongoing information about students’ progress

• Effective reporting systems must enable teacher to:

1. Prioritize instruction Which topic areas to emphasize Best practices include “data-based planning”

2. Differentiate instruction How to teach students according to their specific needs Best practices include “small group instruction”

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Typical Assessment Reports Fail to Meet Teacher Needs

Student NameScale Score

(0-200) Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5Student A 102 55% 62% 38% 40% 60%Student B 198 100% 100% 100% 100% 95%Student C 46 0% 18% 22% 22% 100%Student D 156 88% 86% 55% 66% 95%Student E 150 100% 87% 76% 12% 100%Student F 176 88% 100% 87% 100% 65%Student G 146 80% 65% 46% 100% 74%Student H 154 80% 90% 90% 50% 75%Student I 158 67% 88% 60% 90% 90%Student J 108 70% 50% 60% 30% 60%Student K 162 75% 80% 84% 66% 100%Student L 162 80% 66% 67% 92% 100%Student M 180 80% 86% 100% 86% 98%Student N 166 70% 79% 86% 90% 90%Student O 124 90% 62% 55% 88% 15%Student P 200 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%Student Q 102 0% 90% 5% 60% 100%Student R 200 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%Student S 146 60% 60% 60% 85% 100%Student T 44 22% 46% 12% 10% 20%

Average 144 70% 76% 65% 69% 82%

Disadvantages

• Does not help teachers to prioritize by topic (percent-correct is insufficient)

• Does not help teachers to differentiate (No student distribution information within a topic)

• Does not link back to instructional actions

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Online Reports for Teachers: Demo

“Students in PARS districts also scored significantly higher on retakes compared to their counterparts in control districts.”

- CPRE Report on Ohio PARS  Project, Oct 2007

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MyGuide™ Teacher and Tutor Guide

Communication to families and

tutors

Professional development/

implementation support

The MyGuide™ Personal Learning Program

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MyGuideTM

Individualized guides based on assessment results

• Level of instructional content varies with student needs

Customized fully to educational standards

Built upon a solid foundation of research

Helps educators and tutors create a strong network of support for achievement and enhanced instruction

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Individualized Logins Multimedia Tutorials

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Individualized logins create profiles that store summative data while recording student activity in the PLS.

Multimedia Tutorials match students with adaptive instruction based on a diagnostic assessment.

Personal Learning Site

Thank you.