A little about me
• I work at the Greene
County ESC
• I was a curriculum
supervisor
• 5th grade teacher
• 3rd grade teacher
• Art teacher
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A little about me
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Do you wonder what I do in
Yellow Springs all day while
you are slaving away in your
district?
Not Much!!!
A Word About the Handouts
• Cheat Sheet (Produced by Preble Co. ESC)
Overwhelmed
with data?
You are not
alone!
There are no
“original”
ideas in
education!
With all of the assessment resources sometimes
you might become a little confused
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Ohio educators have access to many data sources.
ACCOUNTABILITY
DATA
iLRC
MEASURE UP
Interactive Local Report Card
Ohio School Leaders.org
OHIO
VALUE-ADDED
PORTAL
Ohio educators have access to many data sources.
DATA ANALYSIS
and
IMPROVEMENT
PLANNING
OIP
Ohio
Improvement Process
Decision Framework
SUCCESS
OARS
Online Assessment
Reporting System
D3A2
Data Driven
Decisions for
Academic Achievement
GREENE
COUNTY
ESC
www.greeneesc.org
handout
Let’s start with item analysis
Let’s start with item analysis
What is different?
handout
Are all indicators equal?
• How do we determine
which indicators need
more depth and
breath?
OK...
Before showing the link
consider the following…
Did you know????
The 5th grade 07 Science Test had
• 23 - 5th grade standards based
questions
• 10 - 4th grade standards based
questions
• 6 - 3rd grade standards based
questions
Did you know????
The 8th grade 07 Science Test had
• 17 - 8th grade standards based
questions
• 14 - 7th grade standards based questions
• 12 - 6th grade standards based questions
Did you know????
The 10th grade 07 Science Test had
• 23 - 10th grade standards based
questions
• 16 - 9th grade standards based
questions
Did you know????
The 5th grade 07 Social Studies Test had
• 22 - 5th grade standards based questions
• 14 - 4th grade standards based questions
• 9 - 3rd grade standards based
questions
Did you know????
The 8th grade 07 Social Studies Test had
• 21 - 8th grade standards based questions
• 6 - 7th grade standards based questions
• 14 - 6th grade standards based questions
Did you know????
The 10th grade 07 Social Studies Test had
• 26 - 10th grade standards based questions
• 14 - 9th grade standards based questions
Go to Benchmark Analysis
Let’s look at an analysis
handout
From that same page…
Questions by Benchmark
Questions by
Benchmark
Go to Benchmark Assessment Tally
The Standards - Reorganized
Benchmark Grade Level Correlation
Benchmark
Grade Level
Correlation
Why put these
resources
together for all
Ohio
educators?
Example of teacher made test
Deep Understanding of Content
• In a standards based • Grade 6 Mathematics
classroom the teacher • I teach diameter
• I teach circumference
clearly understands
• Estimate perimeter or
not only what must be
circumference and area of
circles…
taught, but the depth
• Measure attributes and
of understanding
establish formulas.
necessary for success.
6th Grade Practice
Achievement Test Question
11. Tim’s bicycle tire has a diameter of two
feet. Tim knows that the circumference
of a circle is about three times its
diameter. About how far would Tim’s
bicycle travel when the tire has made five
revolutions?
A. 10 feet
C. 50 feet
B. 30 feet
D. 60 feet
Clear expectations are essential!
So, Let’s look at a question from
the 8th science test…
Do you think vocabulary was an
issue?
Question 13, Spring, 2008 OAT,
Science
Option A is the correct answer.
How did Ohio students do?
•46% of total students who took this
test chose "A" as their answer
•30% of total students who took this
test chose "B" as their answer
•5% of total students who took this test
chose "C" as their answer
•19% of total students who took this
test chose "D" as their answer
Or….
Students might not have a clue
what these terms mean!
Let’s look at the concept of
mutualism.
Mutualism
The interaction of organisms within an ecosystem
in a manner that significantly benefits both,
although the resulting relationship is not critical
to the continued existence of either.
Mutualism
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The interaction of organisms
within an ecosystem in a
manner that significantly
benefits both, although the
resulting relationship is not
critical to the continued
existence of either.
The plover bird and alligator
Nonlinguistic Representations
• A variety of activities to produce
nonlinguistic representations should be
used.
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Creating graphic representations
Making physical models
Generating mental pictures
Drawing pictures and pictographs
Engaging in kinesthetic activities
Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock
Vocabulary from Content Standards
See example - white
Vocabulary from Content Standards
The goal is to help the students to help
themselves!
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Stuck on an Elevator
So what else is on that site?
Teacher developed questions
Teacher
Developed
Questions by
benchmark
for grades 3-8
in Science and
Social Studies
Web Resources by Subject
Web resources
by subject
For example “Math Websites”
Under “Technology Tools”
Just
added!
Just
added!
Hopefully now, you can use these tools
and “pass on the information”
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Have you had enough?
Questions?
• www.greeneesc.org
• aaaronson@greeneESC.org
• Greene County ESC
937-767-1303 Ext. 112