Using Data to Make Decisions

Regarding Professional and

Personalized Learning: WV General

Summative

Assessment – Part 1

County Chief Instructional

Leadership Meeting

July 24, 2015

Dr. Vaughn G. Rhudy, NBCTExecutive Director

Timothy ButcherCoordinator

Office of Assessment

• New baseline of data• Can’t compare WESTEST 2 ELA and

math results with West Virginia General Summative Assessment results– Different standards– Different item types

A New Beginning

Balanced Assessment System

• English language arts/literacy and mathematics (grades 3-11)– Computer Adaptive Test (CAT)– Performance Task (PT)

• Science (grades 4, 6 and 10)– Fixed-Form

New Tests

WVGSA

• Statewide –759,742 tests completed– Number of tests

• 4 tests per student in grades 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 • 5 tests per student in grades 4, 6, 10

• Reports Available Through Online Reporting System

• Overall percent proficient• Percent in Each Achievement Level by

Grade, District, School, Roster and Student

• District, School and Student Performance on Each Claim

New Reports

Overall Data

Overall Data

Percent Proficient/Achievement

State

County

Schools

Achievement Levels

State

County

School

Teachers (if

rostered)

Achievement Levels

Achievement Levels

Achievement Levels

ELA Claims

Math Claims

Claim #1 – Concepts & Procedures“Students can explain and apply mathematical concepts and interpret and carry out mathematical procedures with precision and fluency.”

Claim #2 – Problem Solving*“Students can solve a range of complex well-posed problems in pure and applied mathematics, making productive use of knowledge and problem solving strategies.”

Claim #3 – Communicating Reasoning“Students can clearly and precisely construct viable arguments to support their own reasoning and to critique the reasoning of others.”

Claim #4 – Modeling and Data Analysis*“Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct and use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.”

*On the reports, Claims 2 and 4 are combined.

Claim Performance Levels

ELA Claim Performance Levels

Math Claim Performance Levels

Claim Performance Levels

Performance on Targets

Sample Student Report

Communicating Results

• Develop a plan for communicating district results

• Use professional learning to analyze data• Print Individual Student Reports

– Distribute to parents– Include letter from State Superintendent– Include Parent Guide– Include Informational Sheet

Printing Reports

Student-level reports:• More than 99% of individual student test

results have been posted to the Online Reporting System (ORS).

Printing Reports

Student-level reports:• WVDE recommends the following:

– While the posting of a small number of individual student results is pending, districts may print the individual student reports at their discretion.

Printing Reports

Prior to printing a district should consider:

Printing Reports

Prior to printing a district should consider:• State Level Data

– Statistically unlikely to change• Average scale score

– =/- range

• Percent proficient

Printing Reports

Prior to printing a district should consider:• District Level Data

– Statistically may change slightly for a district not having all student results posted in ORS

• Average scale score – +/- range

• Percent proficient

Printing Reports

Prior to printing a district should consider:• School Level Data

– Statistically may change slightly for a school not having all student results posted in ORS

• Average scale score – +/- range

• Percent proficient

Printing Reports

Prior to printing a district should consider:• School Level Data

– All individual student reports might not be available for printing at this time

– Keep a list of missing reports• Print once all results posted• If still missing notify Office of Assessment

Assessment Toolkits

• Available soon• Will be posted on department website

– Will provide location at a later date

• Toolkits– District Personnel– School Administrators & Counselors– Teachers– Students/Parents