More Growth Resources from the State

As you may know, there is now a new Data Warehouse course which focuses on the Growth Model (DW203 - Using MCAS Student Growth Percentiles). As with the other DW courses, all the materials can be downloaded from the "Training Materials" link on the Welcome page of the Data Warehouse.

As part of the development of this course, there are several brand-new video tutorials which help stakeholders understand and interpret some of the new growth reports. These videos may be useful for you to use with stakeholders (administrators, teachers, school committees, parents, etc.) as you share information about the state's new growth model.

These tutorials are different from the "growth model basics" and "parent report" video tutorials that I have posted about previously; both the new and older video tutorials can be downloaded from the main Growth Model page on the ESE Web site. Scroll to the bottom of the Growth page for both the Flash videos and static Word documents containing the information for the following:

• Introduction to Student Growth Percentiles
  
• Using MCAS Growth Reports: Scatter Plots
  
• Using MCAS Growth Reports: Stacked Bar Charts
  

As a side note, I will be teaching the DW203 half-day course through the Bi-County Collaborative at Norton Middle School on Friday, October 29 from 9-12. Spots are still available (no cost); please contact Joni Larsen at jlarsen@bicounty.org.