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Data and Data Director

September 22, 2010

Where is Data Director?How do I log in?

• www.jcisd.org

• Learning Services

• Data Initiatives

• Data Director

• “Log into Data Director”

• Log in= first initial, last name

• Password= pw12345

Help Documents

• Upper right side of screen

– Download and save in a folder on your desktop

– Download and create a folder on a shared drive

– Print and insert into a Data Director reference binder/folder

Students

• How may I view students?

– A specific school year– A specific grade– A specific student– A group of students within a program

– FERPA reminder…

Students

• What will I see?

– A list of students with their respective UICs• Excel and PDF availability• Excel steps to create class lists for recording data

– Reference Document

• Student Profile Report– The data we have for that student-longitudinal– How might we use this information?

» IEPs…MEAP Strand data…

Reports

• What reports are available?– Prebuilt examples– Pull up one example and share with someone

What do you see?

– Generating reports• What do we want to know? • Step by step-Help Document + Data Coach +

experience using the software

Assessments

• What assessments are within Data Director?– By content area; grade level

– Is there data you don’t see, but would like to?

– Assessment Reports• Pull up one example, share with someone• What do you see?• How might you use this information?

Assessments

– Is there data you already have that would be useful to import into Data Director?

– Excel recording or adding/editing scores

– Examples of assessments…• ELA-STAR Reading, Rigby Scores,

Comprehension Quizzes (SI work)• Math-STAR Math, Geometry Quizzes (SI work)

Exams

• What exams are within Data Director?

• What is the difference between an assessment and an exam?

• Exams-Standards linked, Item Analysis• Assessments-snapshots of data• Examples of exams…

Quarterly Math Exams; Pre and Post Tests with specific standard focus; Formative assessments with specific standard focus; Unit tests with standards linked to each question

Exams

• Exam Reports– Pull up an exam report and share with

someone–What do you see?

–How might you use this information?

Where do we go from here?

• What data do we want in Data Director?

• How will we prepare for this?– Excel use; linking standards to questions; specific

dates for data collection and Data Director uploads and data discussions (Academic/Assessment Calendar)

– How can this tool assist us with meeting our School Improvement goals?

Resources

• Data Coach and Administrator– Data Director Help Documents

• JCISD – Website: Learning Services→Data Initiatives

• RDI Session Resources are there for you!• Dania [email protected] and Brad [email protected]

• Paula Gates• [email protected]

– (517) 764-5200 ext 2038

THANK YOU!

• There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data.Ken Thompson

• Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but sail we must and not drift, nor lie at anchor.Oliver Wendell Holmes