ANALYSIS QUESTIONS TO ASK, USING NORMES REPORTS….

Growth Summaries…

What % of students met expected gains for the year (each group)

Any group hugely different from Combined Pop. (% meeting growth?)—Groups? Subjects?

How do each grade-level summaries compare in % meeting growth?

Do patterns exist—grade level groups? --subgroups perform PERSISTENTLY different?

Growth Rosters &Individual Student Reports Which students didn’t meet expected

growth?

Is there a pattern among those students?

Which students didn’t meet proficiency (lost ground this year)?

Is there a pattern?

Additional information…..see next slide:

Additional Information for Gr. Roster/Ind. Student Reports

What do you know about students’ performance in that subject that could: inform further instructional action or intervention?

What add’l. information do you need to guide your decisions about instruction/intervention?

What resources do you have to gather that additional information?

Digging into Details,at appropriate levels: Do subgroups demonstrate differences in

achievement?

Do these differences constitute achievement gaps between groups?

Answer the following about those differences:

Are those differences large?

Are those differences meaningful?

Is the school closing any gaps in achievement?

Digging into details, value of identifying MEANINGFUL gaps:

Improvement efforts must be based on documented needs rather than perceived needs.

For efforts to be effective, MUST identify:

Where the achievement gaps exist (schools, classrooms, students)

How large the gaps are when they exist

Whether the gaps have been persistent OVER TIME

Source:

NORMES, University of Arkansas, June 2011 data analysis presentation by Kelli Blackford, Research Associate