Excerpt from eSP Webinar on: What do we do with the Data tab in the eSP tool

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Excerpt from eSP Webinar onWhat do we do with
the Data tabin the eSP tool?

• Webinar
• Monday, December 10, 2007
• 930-1030 AM

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Data Tab

• The purpose is to produce a district profile,
  using existing data from PDE and data uploaded
  locally.
• The tool provides a way to create an electronic
  Gallery Walk of data summaries, which can be
  used to create reflections for this profile.

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Components of the Data Tab
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Local Data

• Use the Collect section to upload data sets
  that are not available from PDE.
• For example, information on programs, community
  demographics, benchmark assessment summaries,
  local assessment summaries, previous district
  report cards, charts, maps, photos, descriptions
  of facilities
• These data can then be used to create
  reflections.

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Uploading a File
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What is PVAAS?

• PVAAS is
• A statistical analysis of existing assessment
  data.
• A realistic measurement of a schools
  progress/growth over time.
• Progress data to add to achievement data.
• NOT another test.
• NOT a measure for teacher accountability.

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PVAAS Provides Two Key Pieces of Information for
Strategic Planning

• Growth reports on cohorts of students
• Performance Diagnostic Reports provide
  information on the growth of students
  disaggregated by students predicted performance
  levels. This can be done for an entire grade
  level or for subgroups of students such as
  Special Education and Economically Disadvantaged.
• Projection reports on groups of students
• Student Projection Reports provide information on
  the likelihood of a student achieving a specified
  performance level (i.e., basic, proficient, or
  advanced) on a future PSSA.
• A Projection Summary Tool can be used to then
  summarize the projections for groups of students.

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Suggested PVAAS Reports for Strategic Planning

• PVAAS website https//pvaas.sas.com
• Performance Diagnostic Reports
• All students at each grade level 4 through 8
• NCLB subgroups of students at each grade level 4
  through 8
• Summary of Student Projections
• Grade Last Tested to Projected Grade
• 3 to 5
• 4 to 6
• 5 to 7
• 6 to 8
• 7 to 8
• 8 to 11

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Pulling Together Your PVAAS Data

• Performance Diagnostic Reports
• From the PVAAS website, click on Reports tab and
  select Perf Diagnostic Report.
• Select district and schools.
• Using Grade and Subject tabs, navigate to each
  Performance Diagnostic Report of interest.
• Copy and paste each report into PVAAS eSP
  Performance Diagnostic Report Template.
• Using Legend, color code each group of students
  to represent their growth.
• GreenMore than one years growth
• YellowOne years growth
• RedLess than one years growth

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PVAAS Performance Diagnostic Report
Use this option to select NCLB subgroups of
interest.
Use these tabs to navigate to different grade
levels and subject areas.
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PVAAS eSP Performance Diagnostic Report Template
(Example)
Color code groups of students using legend
according to their growth.
Copy and paste each report here.
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PVAAS eSP Performance Diagnostic Report Template
(Example)

• The last page of the PVAAS eSP Performance
  Diagnostic Report Template allows you to color
  code the growth of your students at each grade
  level and subject area into one chart.
• This summary allows you to look for patterns
  and trends of growth across subjects and/or
  grades.

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Pulling Together Your PVAAS Data

• Summary of Student Projections
• From PVAAS website, click on Reports tab and
  select Student Search.
• Use the search feature to retrieve probabilities
  of proficiency for students at each grade level.
• Following instructions on Projection Summary
  Tool, copy and paste search results into the
  Projection Summary Tool Template.
• Projection Summary Tool Template and Instructions
  can be found on the PDE PVAAS website
  http//www.pde.state.pa.us
• From Projection Summary Tool Template, copy and
  paste results into PVAAS eSP Projection Summary
  Template.

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PVAAS Student Search
Restrict your search by grade last tested.
Search for likelihoods of students bring
proficient in math and reading on a future PSSA.
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PVAAS Student Search Results
Copy and paste student search results into the
Projection Summary Tool Template. Summary tables
and pie charts will automatically be produced for
you.
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PVAAS eSP Projection Summary Template (Example)
Copy and paste each table and pie chart here.
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Reflections
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Tips for Powerful Reflections

• Keep it simplecommunicate a single idea about
  student performance.
• 7th grade reading achievement on the state
  assessment increased 34 between 2005 and 2007.
• Make the reflection short and easy to read.
• The number of English Language Learners at our
  district increased from 25 to 45 between 2005 and
  2007.
• Avoid evaluative statementsjust describe what
  you see in the data, not why or what to do about
  it.
• 38 of parents state they do not receive
  information about ways to help their children
  learn at home.
• Not We need to adopt new math textbooks.
• Not Our reading scores are going down because
  we lost time with the new class schedule.

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Examples of Reflections Using PVAAS Data

• Remember that reflections are non-evaluative
  statements drawn from the analysis of one or more
  data set(s).
• In grade 4 math, students predicted to be Below
  Basic made only one years growth while students
  in the other performance categories made more
  than one years growth.
• In Reading for both grades 4 and 5, students
  predicted to be in the lowest three performance
  categories made more than one years growth.
• For students last tested in grade 8, 77 have a
  high likelihood of being proficient in grade 11
  reading however, only 69 of those students have
  a high likelihood of being proficient in grade 11
  math.
• Roughly 12 of students last tested in grades 4
  and 5 have a low likelihood of being proficient
  in reading on a future PSSA.

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For assistance with the PVAAS

• pdepvaas_at_iu13.org
• 717-606-1911
• Archived webinars and mini-modules are available
  on the PDE website, www.pde.state.pa.us
• PVAAS Reporting, Grades 4-8
• PVAAS Reporting, Grades 9-11
• PVAAS Reporting and ESL
• PVAAS Reporting and Special Education
• PVAAS Reporting and Title I
• Growth Standard Methodology
• Projection Methodology
• Scatter Plots of Achievement Growth
• Projection Summary Tool
• Coming Soon! PDF Generator

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For assistance with the eSP Tool

• estratplan_at_caiu.org
• 717-732-8403
• For copies of the full PowerPoint,
• go to www.estratplan.org
• The webinar has been recorded and
• is posted at http//vclass.cciu.org