Colorado Growth Model BasicsOctober 2010

Colorado Growth ModelWelcome Agenda:

◦Index cards for questions◦Overview of basic ideas within

growth model◦Interpreting individual student data◦Interpreting school and district data◦Question/Answer time

Overview of Growth ModelCDE Introductory VideoTarget is proficiency in three

years or 10th grade, whichever comes first

Status and growth dataComparison with academic peers

Two ways to use growth data1)Reflection on past practice

◦Did students who had higher growth receive different instruction, intervention, and/or home resources that students with lower growth did not?

◦Are students who had lower growth considered average, gifted, struggling?

◦Was a student’s growth enough to have them eventually be proficient

Two ways to use growth data2) Address students who are

currently not making enough progress◦Students not on track to “catch up”

and be proficient in three years or by 10th grade

◦Students who need a boost of motivation

◦Make sure students are receiving interventions and extra help needed

◦Action research – what is making a difference in the data?

Individual Student DataLook at Student A and Student B

growth printouts and discuss as a group:◦Are these two students academic

peers in math, reading, or writing in 2007?

◦For Student B, what kind of growth is needed this year in order for the student to be proficient in writing (high, typical or low)?

◦Describe how you might use this data with students and/or parents.

◦How can this be used in the RtI Process?

School and District DataSchoolView websiteAdequate growth = what a

typical student in the school would need for growth in order to be proficient or advanced in three years or by 10th grade.

Median growth (Observed growth) = The middle percentile of all students after ordering them from highest to lowest.

GroupsCatching Up

◦U or PP – Can they catch up to proficiency with current growth?

Keeping Up◦P or A – Can they stay proficient with

current growth?Moving Up

◦Proficient – Can they reach advanced with current growth?

Questions?Important resources:

◦Val and I can pull data◦District and school data available on

www.schoolview.org