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Assessment without victims: An interview with Rick Stiggins

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:33:22 -0000

Tags: ctap4data, assessment, formative assessment, best_practice

by: Anne Bubnic

Assessment FOR Learning: What a Difference A Word Makes [pdf]

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:45:07 -0000

Article by Rick Stiggins.

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Article by Rick Stiggins. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, formative assessment, nsdc

by: Anne Bubnic

Finding Balance: Assessment in the Middle School Classroom [Stiggins]

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:21:40 -0000

Most teachers routinely develop and communicate to students and parents the various plans and policies that govern the middle school classroom. Usually, this includes a classroom management plan, a grading policy, an instructional plan linked to state and district curriculum standards, a homework policy, and perhaps an intervention plan detailing what will happen for students if they fall behind.\n\nRarely do teachers include a classroom assessment plan. Most teachers typically don't develop this plan because it has been our history to see assessment as a series of isolated testing events: tests given at the end of an instructional unit or time period, like the end of a semester. However, as it turns out, students achieve at higher levels when teachers think more deeply about how their classroom assessments fit into their larger instructional environment.

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Most teachers routinely develop and communicate to students and parents the various plans and policies that govern the middle school classroom. Usually, this includes a classroom management plan, a grading policy, an instructional plan linked to state and district curriculum standards, a homework policy, and perhaps an intervention plan detailing what will happen for students if they fall behind.\n\nRarely do teachers include a classroom assessment plan. Most teachers typically don't develop this plan because it has been our history to see assessment as a series of isolated testing events: tests given at the end of an instructional unit or time period, like the end of a semester. However, as it turns out, students achieve at higher levels when teachers think more deeply about how their classroom assessments fit into their larger instructional environment. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, assessment, stiggins

by: Anne Bubnic

Improving School Board Decision-Making: The Data Connection

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:18:00 -0000

These materials are for school board members who want to know more about how to use data to make good decisions for children in public schools. Trainers who work with school board members also can use these materials at state and national conferences or in local training sessions.

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These materials are for school board members who want to know more about how to use data to make good decisions for children in public schools. Trainers who work with school board members also can use these materials at state and national conferences or in local training sessions. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, data driven decision making, data analysis, school board

by: Anne Bubnic

Student Grouping in a PLC

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:11:45 -0000

There is a significant difference between differentiated instruction and differentiated curriculum. Tracking is dedicated to the later. Differentiated instruction is not just clustering all students with similar learning needs into one group and providing them with different curriculum, but rather it requires giving students who are struggling to learn the essentials more time, more support, and new learning experiences with different strategies and different structures such as small-group instruction and individual tutoring.

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There is a significant difference between differentiated instruction and differentiated curriculum. Tracking is dedicated to the later. Differentiated instruction is not just clustering all students with similar learning needs into one group and providing them with different curriculum, but rather it requires giving students who are struggling to learn the essentials more time, more support, and new learning experiences with different strategies and different structures such as small-group instruction and individual tutoring. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, differentiated instruction, achievement gap

by: Anne Bubnic

Leading the Charge for Real-Time Data

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:57:28 -0000

Well before the idea of using data to manage schools gained prominence on the national stage, Oklahoma’s Western Heights school district had made the ideal of real-time, data-driven decisionmaking a reality. Back in 2001, Superintendent Joe Kitchens was already being spotlighted for his focus on creating a longitudinal-data system that would give teachers in the 3,400-student district the ability to make quick decisions to improve student learning, while reducing the time spent compiling reports.

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Well before the idea of using data to manage schools gained prominence on the national stage, Oklahoma’s Western Heights school district had made the ideal of real-time, data-driven decisionmaking a reality. Back in 2001, Superintendent Joe Kitchens was already being spotlighted for his focus on creating a longitudinal-data system that would give teachers in the 3,400-student district the ability to make quick decisions to improve student learning, while reducing the time spent compiling reports. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ARRA_education, stimulus, data_systems

by: Anne Bubnic

Integrating Data Into the Decision-Making Equation.

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:12:20 -0000

The successful integration of data into a district's decision-making process requires both a culture of change and a data management system to support change. Nice chart of progress quadrants included in the discussion.

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The successful integration of data into a district's decision-making process requires both a culture of change and a data management system to support change. Nice chart of progress quadrants included in the discussion. - Anne Bubnic

Highlights and Sticky Notes:

As school districts embark on the change process, they face many barriers to the adoption of data-driven decision making.

School district leaders have not embraced continuous improvement.
Priorities are not clear and goals are not tied to measurable objectives.
Data is not collected uniformly between organizations and over time.
Outdated technology cannot be used effectively.
Educators lack training to define data requirements and apply data.
Stakeholders do not trust the data collected or how it will be used.

Reports need to be timely, tied to objectives, and available to people with the responsibility and ability to act on them. Data reports that show data in different ways such as tables, charts, graphs, and trends enable more people to access and understand the information. Some of the decisions that might be made with data reports include:

Tracking student achievement for diagnosis and placement
Changing beliefs and attitudes that all students can learn
Guiding teacher professional development
Linking interventions to results
Using data to create school improvement plans and assess progress
Allocating district resources

The IT infrastructure underpinning most data-driven decision making systems requires a significant investment in hardware, software, implementation, and maintenance.

Tags: ctap4data

by: Anne Bubnic

What are Benchmark Assessments and How Do They Work? -

Mon, 04 May 2009 17:05:34 -0000

Tags: ctap4data

by: Anne Bubnic

Predictive Value of Selected Benchmark Assessments in the MidAtlantic Region.

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:46:41 -0000

Many school districts have begun to administer periodic assessments to complement end-of-the-year state testing. Assessments are used to guide instruction, monitor student learning, evaluate teachers and predict scores on future state tests.

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Many school districts have begun to administer periodic assessments to complement end-of-the-year state testing. Assessments are used to guide instruction, monitor student learning, evaluate teachers and predict scores on future state tests. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctapdata, benchmark_assessments, study_island, star_math, star_reading, terranova

by: Anne Bubnic

Pivot Tables and Charts [Video Tutorials]

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:56:17 -0000

The Pivot tables and chartsfeature in Excel lets educators begin disaggregating and analyzing data within seconds (literally) of receiving original data files from state departments, testing companies, and/or school districts. These ten tutorials show how to use what is perhaps the most powerful data analysis tool within Excel

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The Pivot tables and chartsfeature in Excel lets educators begin disaggregating and analyzing data within seconds (literally) of receiving original data files from state departments, testing companies, and/or school districts. These ten tutorials show how to use what is perhaps the most powerful data analysis tool within Excel - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, pivot_table, excel, video

by: Anne Bubnic

Wake-Up Call Brings a Jolt of Alignment to the Curriculum

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:34:45 -0000

From the National Staff Development Council. Teacher leaders hear the warning and develop common assessments to improve student achievement.

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From the National Staff Development Council. Teacher leaders hear the warning and develop common assessments to improve student achievement.
- Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, common_assessment

by: Anne Bubnic

ISTE Classroom Observation Tool

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:44:14 -0000

The ISTE Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT®) is a FREE online tool that provides a set of questions to guide classroom observations of a number of key components of technology integration. 1. TEACHERS can use ICOT to learn from colleagues. 2.

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The ISTE Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT®) is a FREE online tool that provides a set of questions to guide classroom observations of a number of key components of technology integration.
1. TEACHERS can use ICOT to learn from colleagues.
2. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, assessment, ISTE, digital_learning

by: Anne Bubnic

Crunching the Numbers - American School Board Article [pdf]

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:17:28 -0000

Districts are collecting more data than ever, but are they using it to improve performance?

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Districts are collecting more data than ever, but are they using it to improve performance?
- Anne Bubnic

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by: Anne Bubnic

Consider the Evidence: Evidence-driven decision-making

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:09:20 -0000

All schools have data about student achievement. To make the most of these data to improve learning, we need to take be aware of many other factors - evidence that describes our students' wider learning environment.

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All schools have data about student achievement. To make the most of these data to improve learning, we need to take be aware of many other factors - evidence that describes our students' wider learning environment. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, student_achievement, perceptions, school_processes, demographics

by: Anne Bubnic

Framework for a Comprehensive Ed Data System in California

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:49 -0000

The 118 page report, "Framework for a Comprehensive Education Data System in California – Unlocking the Power of Data to Continually Improve Public Education," recommends significantly expanding and linking information from California's K-12 system to data from pre-K, higher education, workforce, and social services data systems to inform decisions that extend beyond K-12.

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The 118 page report, "Framework for a Comprehensive Education Data System in California – Unlocking the Power of Data to Continually Improve Public Education," recommends significantly expanding and linking information from California's K-12 system to data from pre-K, higher education, workforce, and social services data systems to inform decisions that extend beyond K-12. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, calpads, caltides, student_achievement

by: Anne Bubnic

Software tools for data driven research and analysis

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:55:33 -0000

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A colleague and I have been working over 7 years with 150 UK secondary schools developing new software tools to support action research by individual teachers into factors that impact on the relationship between teaching and learning for different groups of learners.
This approach uses 'Within School Varaition' as its focus, a subject investigated by the National College for School Leadership over a two year period.
There is good evidence that this aproach is effective in raising school standards.
Schools using this approach have had improved school inspection results.
The best evidence is the many comments from headteachers and senior school leaders which can be seen at www.4matrix.org/comments
The website www.4matrix.org provides more details of this project. - Mike Bostock

Tags: software, 4matrix, research, data, analysis, Ofsted

by: Mike Bostock

Better Data Seen as Vital to Improving Nation's Schools

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:10:16 -0000

Imagine the research possibilities if every student in the country carried a "virtual backpack" stuffed with statistics on his or her entire educational history. The data, traveling with students as they moved from school to school, could be used to update parents on their children's learning progress, register students in school, or import information when they moved to a new city or entered college.

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Imagine the research possibilities if every student in the country carried a "virtual backpack" stuffed with statistics on his or her entire educational history. The data, traveling with students as they moved from school to school, could be used to update parents on their children's learning progress, register students in school, or import information when they moved to a new city or entered college. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctapdata

by: Anne Bubnic

Have You Ever Wondered About the Use of Multiple Measures in Math?

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:24:29 -0000

One of the current buzzwords in use in the state of California and across the nation is multiple measures. But what does this phrase really mean for students, teachers, schools, and districts? Quite simply by multiple measures we mean the use of a variety of assessment formats that allow educators to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their students so that the curriculum can be adjusted to meet the needs of those students.

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One of the current buzzwords in use in the state of California and across the nation is multiple measures. But what does this phrase really mean for students, teachers, schools, and districts? Quite simply by multiple measures we mean the use of a variety of assessment formats that allow educators to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their students so that the curriculum can be adjusted to meet the needs of those students. - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, assessments, math

by: Anne Bubnic

Measuring Student Progress: How Do You Develop Reliable Assessments?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:55:25 -0000

Assessment Guru Grant Wiggins on Measuring Student Progress. All the talk about changing the way we measure student progress raises important questions. What do we mean by assessment - as opposed to grading? How do you design reliable assessments? Should you "teach to" standardized tests? How can you evaluate an individual performance on a cooperative project? And how do we explain it all to parents? To get answers, Instructor senior editor Meg Bozzone interviewed assessment expert Grant Wiggins, president of the nonprofit Center on Learning Assessment and School Structure (CLASS).

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Assessment Guru Grant Wiggins on Measuring Student Progress. All the talk about changing the way we measure student progress raises important questions. What do we mean by assessment - as opposed to grading? How do you design reliable assessments? Should you "teach to" standardized tests? How can you evaluate an individual performance on a cooperative project? And how do we explain it all to parents? To get answers, Instructor senior editor Meg Bozzone interviewed assessment expert Grant Wiggins, president of the nonprofit Center on Learning Assessment and School Structure (CLASS). - Anne Bubnic

Tags: ctap4data, student achievement, student assessment

by: Anne Bubnic

Development of Common Assessments

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:34:16 -0000

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to developing common assessments.

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to developing common assessments. - Anne Bubnic

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by: Anne Bubnic