Doris Piekarski Susan Doering Darcie Brady Chelsea Watson Or, Looking at Those Cards on The Wall

Using Data to Inform Instruction and Improve Student Achievement

Doris PiekarskiSusan Doering

Darcie BradyChelsea Watson

Or, Looking at Those Cards on The Wall

Agenda for the SessionNormsFunction and purpose of assessmentData wallsBreakValue to teachers and studentsStudent reflection and goal settingQuestions

© Brady, Doering, & Piekarski 2009. Do not duplicate.

Southwest Middle’s Norms for Working with Data

Stay engaged.Presume positive intentions.Put ideas on the table and pull them off.Accept people where they are in using data.Courageously speak your truth.Allow time to process.


How do you feel about data?


Where Do We Get All This Data?


Assessment of LearningSummative: help us to determine the degree of

mastery or proficiency in achievement targetsEnd of Unit TestsCommon AssessmentsStandardized TestsPerformance TasksFinal ProjectsFinal ExamsPortfolios

adapted from Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook

(c) Brady, Doering, & Piekarski 2009. Do not duplicate.

Assessment for LearningDiagnostic: Information about preferences and about current

student knowledge and understanding, including misconceptionsPretests Interest inventoriesLearning style preferences

Formative: Information that guides our teaching and guides student learning in order to improve both learning and performance

Exit slipsHomeworkQuizzesVerbal check for understanding

adapted from Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook


Data Wall

Data Wall CodesServices ReceivedAYP Groups


Examining DataCommunication Arts TeachersCross-Curricular ImplicationsStudents


Why Protocols?What are protocols?Agreed upon guidelines Scaffold for collaborative culture

Why use a protocol?Safe structureEquity and paritySpace for listeningProtection of a valuable resource


Data Driven Dialogue

Stopwatch


Break

Please join us again at 3:30


Welcome Back!


Parking LotWhat was the name of the book the norms

came from?The Data Coach’s Guide by Nancy Love

What exactly are “performance tasks” and “exit slips?”Performance Task– A task presented to a

student which requires transfer of learning from the classroom to a real-life situation.

Exit Slip– A quick way for a teacher to check for understanding after a lesson.


Video Clips


TeamingShowing the wall to stude

ntsExplaining cards to studen

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w to move cards on the wall

Meeting with an individual student

Value to TeachersStoplight Highlight

Protocol

Mini-assessmentsResults

Examining Student Work


Value to StudentsStudent Ownership

I Can Folders Reading Writing

Parent AwarenessMAP InformationGLE Spiral


Pull-Out GroupsRaw MAP Scores

Average gain for all of 7th grade was 9.4 points.Average gain for students in pull-out groups

was 16.1 points.GLE Breakdown

No targeted student showed a decrease.For R3B, student scores increased from 0% to

100%.For W2D, student scores increased from 17%

to 83%.For w2E, student scores increased from 33% to

65% . © Brady, Doering, & Piekarski 2009. Do not duplicate.

Student Reflection and Goal Setting


I Can FoldersData Wall

Questions?Resources and templates can be found at http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/southwest/TeacherWebPages.cfm

• Scroll down for Mrs. Piekarski’s page (under Reading).

• Click on Data Wall.

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Doris Piekarski Susan Doering Darcie Brady Chelsea Watson Or, Looking at Those Cards on The Wall