Stepping Stones
to Using Data
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Setting the Stage
 Welcome and introductions
 Structure for the afternoon
 Agenda
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Self Assessment
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Vocabulary

Teacher Report
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Class report by RIT
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Self Assessment
 I am aware
 I understand
 I can apply
 I can teach others
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Self-Assessment
1. I use DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning®
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3.
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for lesson planning and goal setting.
I use the Class Breakdown by RIT Report
for lesson planning and grouping.
I use the Teacher Report to make
instructional decisions.
I can identify strengths and areas of need
using
MAP data.
I know how to access and understand
growth projections for students.
I set goals with my classes and students.
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Activating Prior Knowledge
 Adaptive Assessment
 RIT Scale as a Growth Measure
 Normative Data
 Instructional Readiness
 DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning
 Primary Grades Instructional Data
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Teacher Report
 Displays the teacher’s class data for
the current testing term, by RIT score
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Accessing the Teacher Report
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Accessing the Class Report
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Standard Deviation
Smallerstandard
standarddeviation
deviations
indicate
 Larger
indicates
that students
arediversity
more alike.
more
academic
 How
How might
might this
this impact
impact instruction?
instruction?
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Class Breakdown by RIT Reports
 Displays the teacher’s class data by
subject and horizontally by RIT for
current test term.
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Accessing Instructional Resources:
Class by RIT Reports
Class Breakdown by Goal for Reading
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Class Breakdown Reports and
DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning®
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Connecting Data to Instruction
 Identify a Standard/Concept
 Identify related goal area
 Find overall RIT range for class
 Locate the middle range
 Identify the ranges above and below
 Choose 2-3 statements for each range
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Jigsaw Activity
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Growth Norms Bring Context to the Data
 Physical Growth vs. Academic
Growth
 Typical Growth

Normative Data

6 Reading: Fall to Spring
GrowthGrade
Projections
Growth Projections
Starting
RIT
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
Mean
Growth
6
5
5
5
4
4
3
Glennisha: RIT 198
Hunter: RIT 227
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Achievement Status and Growth Reports
 Projection Report

Available after the first testing season

Shows realistic growth projections for all
students in a class
 Summary Report

Available after the second testing season

Displays data relative to the growth
projections for each student
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Growth in Context
 RIT Scale School Norms User’s Guide

The NWEA Research Team has enhanced the
RIT Scale School Norms User’s Guide, which is
far superior to the former School Growth Study.
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The guide looks at district-level RIT scores and
distributions. This added informative data for
school and grade-levels will help you compare
your performance to other schools around the
country.
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The RIT Scale School Norms User’s Guide is
available from the landing page of the NWEA
Reports Site (under NWEA Norms Study
Resources) or MARC.
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Student Goal Setting
 Student
 Class
 Grade level
 School
 District
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Student Goal Setting Worksheet
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Student Goal Setting Worksheet
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Student Progress Reports
 Displays student’s overall progress in
historical terms and includes
comparisons to district average and
NWEA norm group average.
 In text and graphical format.
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Accessing Class Rosters/Individual
Student Progress Reports
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Student Progress Reports
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Sharing Results
 Students

Student Progress Report

Student Goal Setting Worksheet
 With individual students
 As a class activity
 Parents

Student Progress Report

Student Goal Setting Worksheet

DesCartes/Primary Grades
Instructional Data
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Possible Parent Questions
 Has my child’s score gone up?
 Is my child performing at grade
level?
 Based on these scores, how and
what will you teach my child in class?
 What do the percentiles mean?
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Planning Forward
 Example
WHAT will you
do with the
information
you learned
today?
HOW will you
approach
implementation?
WHO will be
involved?
WHEN will you
try it?
I would like to
use MAP data to
motivate my
students
to improve.
I am going to
implement
goal-setting with
my students.
My grade- level
partners, parents,
and students.
Between now
and spring
assessment.
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Today’s Learning: Exit Ticket
 What worked for you in this session?
 What will you change as a result of
your learning today?
 What are you wondering?
 What do you need now?
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Thank you for your
attention and hard
work.
Help Us Learn from You
Facilitator:
Workshop:
The MAP® Adaptive Assessment
Adult
Reading
MAP Test
x
6th
Grade
x
x
x
xx
x
x
xxx x
xx
x
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- + + + + 195
+
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Beginning Literacy
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Rasch unIT (RIT) Scale
 Achievement
scale is an
equal-interval
scale
 Used to show
growth over time
 Independent of
grade level
RIT
Skills Data
Grade-Level
Norms
250
10
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DesCartes or
Primary Grades
Instructional Data
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
K
120
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Measuring Growth
221-230
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Normative Data: Bringing Context
to the Data
 Grade-level
norms

Typical
performance

Beginning-ofYear, Middle-ofYear, and
End-of-Year
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NWEA™ Research
 What are expected RIT and growth
scores?
 Normative Data, grades K-10
 Scale Alignment Studies

Aligns RIT scale with state proficiency
benchmarks
 NWEA Goal Structures
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Instructional Level vs. Mastery
 The MAP test:

Provides information about the
instructional level of the student.
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Provides a road map for students toward
achieving mastery.
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Is not a test for determining mastery of
skills.
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Ready for Instruction Today

Ready for

Instruction

Today
250
RIT
Skills and Concepts
DesCartes or Primary
Grades Instructional Data
195
120
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DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning®
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Primary Grades Instructional Data
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