Data Director Basics
August 23, 2013
8:30am-3:00pm
Agenda
 8:30-9:45
 9:45-10:30
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10:30-10:45
10:45-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-12:45
12:45-2:00
2:00-2:15
2:15-2:30
Data Director Features and Capabilities
Multiple Measures and
Assessment Use
Break
Data points within Data Director
Lunch
Useful and Meaningful Data
Practice and Application
Data Sharing and Conversations
Questions; Survey
Data Director Access
 www.jcisd.org
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Programs and Services
Data and Assessment
Data Director
Log In to Data Director
 Note: Videos/Other Resources
 www.datadirector.com/jackson
 Log in=first initial last name
 Password for initial log in=pw12345
 FERPA
 District website shortcuts
Data Director
Features and Capabilities
 Application Switcher
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Overview
Assessments
Reports
Curriculum
Students
Programs
Note: Application Switcher is located at top
and bottom of page
 Overview Page
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Updates
All Students vs My Students
Staff without student rosters
Help
Change Sites
Assessments
 Find Assessment
 Subject
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 Create Assessment
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ELA versus Reading
 Naming conventions
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(2013-2014 4th Grade Reading-QRI-September)
 Assessment Id Number
 Can’t find an assessment OR no data
appears within an assessment?
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Answer Sheet Assessment
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Scanning documents
Standards linked to items
Depth of Knowledge for items
Number of items per standard
Label for items
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Assess2Know or My Item Bank
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Summary description
Excel-like
Column Descriptors
Calculation field
 Item Bank Assessment
 Summary Assessment
Permissions/Sharing
Who created the assessment?
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Note: Duplicates from year to year
 Change date in 3 areas for duplicates. SAVE
Note: Adding materials
Reports
 My Reports
 Pre-Built Reports
 Permissions/Sharing
 Email users about Report
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 Shared Reports
 Meeting Preparation
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School Improvement, Grade Level,
Departments, IEPs
Observations noted beforehand to make
the best use of meeting time, colleague
collaboration and planning for what’s
next/intentional follow up
MEAP Strand and GLCE Analysis (example)
MME Strand Analysis (example)
 Turn and Talk:
 Describe a way that a Data
Director Report could be useful.
Curriculum and Students
 Curriculum
 Browse
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CCSS app (www.MasteryConnect.com)
 Search
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By standard code
Click on “+” sign to drill down to desired
content area/grade level/standards
 Students
 Left menu
 Advanced Search
 District Entry Date
 Teachers
 Center Menu
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Name
Grade
Period
Class lists with UICs
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Multiple years of data
 Individual Student Report
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Note: Period scheduling for elementary
Programs
 Create a Program
 Turn and Talk:
 Add Teachers
 Add Students
 Link Assessments
 Explain how a Data Director
Program could be useful.
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If no data appears within an
Assessment?
 Share Program with others!
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Note: Program participation does display on
Individual Student Report
Multiple Measures of
Data
Victoria Bernhardt
*Demographics
*Perceptions
*Student Learning
*School Processes
List 2 to 3 examples of each type of
measurement that your
school/district utilizes
*Note:
PDF available on the ISD website
Assessments
OF
Learning
Assessments FOR
Learning
Assessments
AS
Learning
For systems analysis &
systems change
For Learning analysis &
instructional change
For Learning analysis &
instructional change
•Summative
•Teacher-directed;
government directed
•After Teaching
•Teach-Test-Move On
•Interim
•Teacher-Directed &
Student Involved
•During Teaching
•R4 – Students Rethink,
Revise, Resubmit;
Teachers Re-teach
differently
•Loop of Teach-AssessRedo-Move
Data Retreat® is aOn
registered service
mark of CESA 7, WI
•Interim/Formative
•Student-Led; Teacher
Guided
•During Learning
•Students self-assess,
self-monitor and “own”
the assessment process
and progress
•Loop of set goal, work,
self-assess, self-adjust,
10 10
continue
Assessment Use
Define and give an example of each type of assessment and its use:
 Summative
 Interim
 Formative
 BREAK
 Video: Differentiated Instruction and Formative Assessment
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXbuE-21I4
 What connections do you see with our work today?
Data Points
 What data do you see in Data Director?
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Demographics:
Perceptions:
Student Learning:
School Processes:
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 Give an example of a data point that reflects the following
assessment types?
 Summative:
 Interim:
 Formative:
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LUNCH
Useful and Meaningful Data
 How do we know what data points to put in Data Director?
 What are the criteria for Quality Data?
 Reliability-repeatable and consistent scores
 Validity-measures what is intended (specific skills/expectations-aligns
with performance verbs/nouns)
 Context-range that determines meaning (performance)
 Purpose-reason that the data is important
 Specificity-represent one point of information
 Source-origin of data
Useful and Meaningful Data
 What data would you find useful and meaningful?
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Why?
 What data would be helpful to have for the beginning of the school year?
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This afternoon’s work=Practice and Application
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Options:
Create an Answer Sheet Assessment-link standards, DOK, item types, view answer
document
Create a Summary Assessment-Add “sample” data to review-pre/post calculation
Create a Custom Report specifically to answer a question-make observations about data
Create a Program-Add teachers/students/link assessments
Work through the Data Director Training Checklist
EVERYONE-PLEASE “Share” your work with someone and let them know what you are
sharing with them and why.
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Assessment Resources
 Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
 Chart
 http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/sia/msip/DOK_Chart.pdf
 Webb’s Depth of Knowledge for Four Content Areas-pdf
 Quality Rubrics
 http://qualityrubrics.pbworks.com/w/page/992395/Home
 Smarter Balanced Practice Assessments
 http://www.smarterbalanced.org/practice-test/
 Formative Assessment
 A Favorite Formative Assessment: The Exit Slip-pdf
 Chocolate Chip Cookie Scoring Guide
Data Sharing
and
Conversations
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Permissions and Sharing within Data Director
Adding materials to assessments
Excel and PDF formats
Balanced Assessment System-student growth
Data and Assessment calendar
Custom Report creation and review before scheduled meetings
Data recording versus data use
Will data discussion focus on curriculum, instruction, quality of
assessment?
 Intentional follow up-by whom? When?
 Sharing data with all stakeholders (students, parents, staff)
Survey
 Please complete the survey following our session
today.
Contact Information
 Brad Hess
 Brad.Hess@jcisd.org
 Paula Gates
 Paula.Gates@mccardinals.org
 Susan Townsend
 Susan.Townsend@jcids.org