Beginning – Intermediate October 16, 2012 EVAAS for Educators

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Beginning – Intermediate October 16, 2012

EVAAS for Educators

Today’s PresentersHeather MullinsProfessional Development ConsultantRegion 7Heather.mullinsl@dpi.nc.gov

Robert SoxProfessional Development ConsultantRobert.sox@dpi.nc.gov

Joyce GardnerProfessional Development ConsultantRegion 8Joyce.gardner@dpi.nc.gov

Jason RhodesProfessional Development ConsultantRegion 8email@dpi.nc.gov

Our Agenda • Welcome, Introductions, Agenda Overview

• EVAAS and Data

• System Overview

• Reflective Assessments

• Proactive Assessments

• Reports

• Data-Mining Activity

• Exit Ticket

3

Outcomes:

• Explore reflective assessments• Understand the various EVAAS reports • Be able to create custom reports based on a set of

criteria

Can We Agree?

• To be actively involved• Value differences• Agree to disagree• Listen

eedwards
RMcBroom

Resources

Wikicentral.ncdpi.wikispaces.net

Virtual Professional Development

https://ncdpi.sas.com

Data Literacy Module

https://center.ncsu.edu/nc

Data Resource Guide

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/resources/

Growing Data Literacy Skills

Pre-Assessment

I can:• login to the EVAAS website.

• navigate the EVAAS website to access information I need.

• explain the purpose of various EVAAS reports

• analyze the metrics in reports for instructional planning

• collect evidence to assess student achievement

• collect evidence to assess student learning opportunities

• explain and interpret Value-Added Reports

• explain Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) to others.

• use EVAAS data to initiate conversations about student achievement

• analyze data to customize educational planning

What is Data Literacy?

The understanding needed to:

• Find

• Evaluate

• Utilize

data to inform instruction.

A Data Literate Person Can…

A data literate person possesses the knowledge to gather, analyze, and graphically convey information to support short and long-term

decision-making.

Why should EVAAS Matter to You?

Teachers Principals District Leaders

NC Professional Teaching Standards

Standard I: Teachers demonstrate leadership.

Take responsibility for the progress of all students

Use data to organize, plan, and set goals

Use a variety of assessment data throughout the year to evaluate progress

Analyze data

Standard IV: Teachers facilitate learning for their students.

Use data for short and long range planning

Standard V: Teachers are reflective on their practice.

Collect and analyze student performance data to improve effectiveness

Standard 6 for Teachers

Teachers contribute to the academic success of students.

The work of the teacher results in acceptable, measurable progress for students based on established performance expectations using appropriate data to demonstrate growth.

NC Standards for School Executives

Standard 2: Instructional Leadership

• Focuses his or her own and others’ attention persistently and publicly on learning and teaching by initiating and guiding conversations about instruction and student learning that are oriented towards high expectations and concrete goals;

• Creates processes for collecting and using student test data and other formative data from other sources for the improvement of instruction

• Ensures that there is an appropriate and logical alignment between the curriculum of the school and the state’s accountability program

• Creates processes for collecting and using student test data and other formative data from other sources for the improvement of instruction

Standard 8 for School Executives

Academic Achievement Leadership

School executives will contribute to the academic success of students. The work of the school executive will result in acceptable, measurable progress for students based on established performance expectations using appropriate data to demonstrate growth.

Benefits and Considerations for Teachers

• Understand academic preparedness of students before they enter the classroom.

• Monitor student progress, ensuring growth opportunities for all students.

• Modify curriculum, student support, and instructional strategies to address the needs of all students.

Professional Development

is the Key

• Culture of School

• Sensitivity of Data

• Finger Pointing and Blame Game

• Window vs. Mirror

Benefits for Principals• Gain a consolidated view of student progress and

teacher effectiveness, as well as the impact of instruction and performance.

• Bring clarity to strategic planning and function as a catalyst for conversations that must take place to ensure that all students reach their potential.

• Understand and leverage the strengths of effective teachers.

• Use the valuable resource of effective teaching to benefit as many students as possible.

ACHIEVEMENT VS. GROWTH

Student Achievement

End of School Year

Proficient

Student Growth

End of School Year

Proficient

Start of School Year

Not Proficient

Change over

time

Achievement vs. Growth

Student Achievement: Where are we?

• Highly correlated with demographic factors

Student Growth: How far have we come?

• Highly dependent on what happens as a result of schooling rather than on demographic factors

The EVAAS Philosophy

• All students deserve opportunities to make appropriate academic progress every year.

• There is no “one size fits all” way of educating students who enter a class at different levels of academic achievement.

The EVAAS Philosophy

• Adjustments to instruction should be based on the students’ academic needs, not on socio-economic factors.

• "What teachers know and can do is the most important influence on what students learn." (National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1996)

Achievement and Poverty

How is this fair?

Academic Growth and Poverty

No one is doomed to failure.

Proficiency vs. Growth

Scenario Proficient Growth

5th grader begins the year reading at a 1st grade level. Ends the year reading at a 4th grade level.

 

5th grader begins the year reading at a 7th grade level. Ends the year reading at the 7th grade level.

   

NO

NO

YES

YES

EVAAS Overview

What is EVAAS?

•Education

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•Value

V•A

dded

A

•Assessment

A

•System

SSo What Does It Do?

What is EVAAS?

SAS EVAAS Analyses

Writing

ACT

End of Course

End of Grade

LOOKING AHEAD

Planning for Students’ Needs:

Student Projections to Future Tests

LOOKING BACK

Evaluating Schooling

Effectiveness:

Value Added & Diagnostic Reports

How can EVAAS help me?

Improve the Education Program

EVAAS: Looking Back

Past Program Effectiveness

Local Knowledge &

Expertise

EVAAS: Looking Ahead

Incoming Student Needs

Education Value Added Assessment System

– Answers the question of how effective a schooling experience is for learners

– Produces reports that

• Predict student success

• Show the effects of schooling at particular schools

• Reveal patterns in subgroup performance

Changes in Reporting for 2012-13

2011-12 2012-13

Above

Not Detectably Different

Below

Exceeds Expected Growth

Meets Expected Growth

Does Not Meet Expected Growth

District Value Added Report

• Use to evaluate the overall effectiveness of a district on student progress

• Compares each district to the average district in the state for each subject tested in the given year

• Indicates how a district influences student progress in the tested subjects

Value-Added Reporting

The School Value Added Report compares each school to the average school in the state.

Comparisons are made for each subject tested in the given year and indicate how a school influences student progress in those subjects.

Value-Added Reporting

If the Mean NCE Gain is greater than or equal to zero, the average student in this school has achieved a year’s worth of academic growth in a year

If the Mean NCE Gain is less than zero, the average student in this school has achieved less growth than expected

Value-Added Reporting

The NCE Base is by definition set at 50.0, and it represents the average attainment level of students in the grade and subject, statewide.

If the school mean is greater, the average student in the school is performing at a higher achievement level than the average student in the state.

District Diagnostic Reports

• Use to identify patterns or trends of progress among students expected to score at different achievement levels

Diagnostic Report

District Performance Diagnostic Reports

• Use to identify patterns or trends or progress among students predicted to score at different performance levels as determined by their scores on NC tests

• Students assigned to Projected Performance Levels based on their predicted scores

• Shows the number (Nr) and percentage of students in the district that fall into each Projected Performance Level

District Performance Diagnostic Reports

Interpreting the Pie Chart

Light Red

Green

Yellow

BREAKReturn in 15 minutes.

50

Reflective Assessments

Value-Added Reports

Diagnostic Reports Looking for Patterns

School DiagnosticShed Pattern

School DiagnosticReverse Shed Pattern

School DiagnosticTent Pattern

School DiagnosticV Pattern

School DiagnosticOpportunity Gap Pattern

What would an ideal pattern on a Diagnostic Report

look like for closing the achievement gap?

Diagnostic Reports – Desirable Pattern

Diagnostic Report Desirable Pattern

DIAGNOSTIC & PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTIC REPORTS (PART 2)

Diagnostic Reports – the whiskers

Overview of School Effects (sample data)

Overview of School Effects (sample data)

Overview of School Effects (sample data)

Overview of School Effects

On Your Own• Finish the table.

Do this by yourself.

• Use sample data

• Complete your table.

Overview of School Effects

What did you find?

• Interesting Patterns

• Insights

• Areas of Concern

• Areas of Celebration

Overview of School Effects (sample data)

1. Go to the websitewww.ncdpi.sas.com

1. Go to the website ncdpi.sas.com

1. Go to ncdpi.sas.com

2. BOOKMARK IT!

3. Secure & ConvenientOnline Login

Do you see this?

Then Sit Tight!

Overview of School EffectsIt’s Your Turn!

• Find the blank table.

Do this by yourself.

• Using your data

• Fill in your table.

Overview of School Effects

What did you find?

• Interesting Patterns

• Insights

• Areas of Concern

• Areas of Celebration

Lunch

Student Pattern Report

Student Pattern Report

Key points to remember:

• The report shows growth for the lowest, middle, and highest

achieving students within the chosen group.

• The report can be used to explore the progress of students with

similar educational opportunities.

• Like all diagnostic reports, this report is for diagnostic purposes only.

• A minimum of 15 students is needed to create a Student Pattern

Report.

Student Pattern Report

Student Pattern Report

Key Questions

Student Pattern Report – Key Questions

Different experience?

Different strategies?

Different needs?

Number of hours?

Student Pattern Report – Key Questions

Different experience?

Different strategies?

Different needs?

Number of hours?

Rerun the report with new criteria.

YES!

Student Pattern Report – Next Steps

16 Students who attended for 40+ hours

All 31 Students in the Program

Less Informed Conclusion: We need to change the selection criteria for this program.

More Informed Conclusion: We need to adjust the recommended hours for participants.

CUSTOM STUDENT REPORT

Custom Student Report HANDOUT

Exit Tickets

http://go.ncsu.edu/ncdpi-resa_survey

Today’s PresentersHeather MullinsProfessional Development ConsultantRegion 7Heather.mullinsl@dpi.nc.gov

Robert SoxProfessional Development ConsultantRobert.sox@dpi.nc.gov

Joyce GardnerProfessional Development ConsultantRegion 8Joyce.gardner@dpi.nc.gov

Jason RhodesProfessional Development ConsultantRegion 8email@dpi.nc.gov

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