I have been working with a fellow data specialist to create a how-to guide on Creating Student Growth Rosters for Instructional Groups. If you're interested in generating growth/performance reports in the EDW for a specific classroom, intervention group, team, etc., this is the process to follow. Basic knowledge about the use of the Education Data Warehouse and Microsoft Excel are required to complete this process.
The document focuses on the G-602 Student Growth Roster (in the older EDW) which provides three years of MCAS performance data (scaled score) and the most recent student growth percentile (SGP) for each student for both Mathematics and ELA. The report also provides a median SGP for the group, if there are 20 or more students with SGPs in the group.
Please refer to my previous blog post on Examining MCAS Growth Data by Classroom for more thoughts about the opportunity to engage staff in discussions about growth data now as we move toward the new educator evaluation system.
I shared this process with a district colleague earlier in the week, and she sent me an email the next day saying, "I think I love you!!!!...Our secretary was able to get 3 years
instructional groups for me with state IDs. The reports are soooooo easy
to do and save!!! You saved me tons of time. I am very excited." So I hope there are other readers out there who will have the same reaction.
Happy Holidays to all!
supporting school districts in Southeastern Massachusetts
as they establish, grow, and maintain a culture of inquiry and data use
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Educator Evaluation Resources Coming from ESE
The December 8 Commissioner's Update included (among many other important bits of information) several resources under development related to the state's new educator evaluation system. The Model System will be released in January, accompanied by a webinar and regional rollout meetings for Race to the Top districts. Later this spring, there will be a set of training materials and other resources available to support districts as they implement this new system.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Updated Profiles Reports: Student Indicators and Graduate Information
The following School and District Profiles reports were recently updated to include the latest available data.
- Student Indicators (attendance, suspension, retention, and truancy data by school or district, 2010-2011)
- Graduates Attending Institutions of Higher Education (by school or district, 2009-2010)
Early Warning Indicator System (EWIS) Pilot
DESE is creating the Early Warning Indicator System (EWIS),
a data-driven system designed to identify students kindergarten through
high school that are potentially "off-track" for grade-level or
developmental age, including those students that are off-track for high
school graduation (potential dropouts).
There will be an informational phone conference held on Monday, December 12, and applications are due Friday, December 16. Districts interested in finding out more about participating in the EWIS Data Pilot can read more about the project and fill out an application at http://www.doe.mass.edu/dropout/ (scroll down for the info about the pilot.)
There will be an informational phone conference held on Monday, December 12, and applications are due Friday, December 16. Districts interested in finding out more about participating in the EWIS Data Pilot can read more about the project and fill out an application at http://www.doe.mass.edu/dropout/ (scroll down for the info about the pilot.)
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