Jody Penland

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Changing the Language of Assessment

• Jody Penland
• Math/MAP Coordinator
• Laurens School District 55
• 864-984-3568
• jpenland_at_laurens55.k12.sc.us

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Laurens 55

• 11 Schools
• 6,000 Students
• Poverty rate ranges from 50-88.4
• 5th Year of MAP implementation

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Where are we in assessment?

• MAP three times per year
• Standards-based Academic Progress Reports (4K-5)
• 6th-8th Grade students receive both
  Standards-based Academic Progress Reports and a
  summative grade (Integrade)

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• Parent Brochure
• Report Cards
• Assessment Folders
• Excel Spreadsheet

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Student Reports
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Mastery of content does not include behavior.
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Assessment Folders

• ELA/Mathematics
• Tool provided for record keeping
• Standards
• Provided one per child

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DRIP Syndrome

• Data Rich, Information Poor

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Collins, 2001, p. 69

• You absolutely cannot make a series of good
  decisions without first confronting the brutal
  facts.

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Data Conferences

• Principals with teachers
• District level administrators with principals
• Teacher to teacher comparisons of results
• Number of students not meeting promotion
  expectation
• Growth targets (index and percent meeting target)
• PACT predictions

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4 Types of People (Data Users)

• Jawbone they sit around and talk about it
• 2. Tailbone - they just sit on it
• 3. Knucklebone - they resist it
• 4. Backbone - they see it through

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Stop asking me if were almost there! Were
nomads, for crying out loud!
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Questions?

• Jody Penland
• Math/MAP Coordinator
• Laurens School District 55
• jpenland_at_laurens55.k12.sc.us
• www.laurens55.k12.sc.us
• (Academics/Assessment)