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TRACKING!
Using Assessments and Data in your Classroom
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Agenda
What is data and why is it important?
Data by content area
Data next steps
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Teachers will be able to…
Understand what tracking is
Articulate why tracking is important
Produce a tracking system for at least one unit for the 2009 - 2010 school year OR deepen understanding of how to interpret student data
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What is tracking?
Tracking is NOT grading
Tracking IS monitoring student progress toward MASTERY of State Standards
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Why does Mastery of State Standards
Matter?Standards are:
A Bar for Student Achievement
EquitableMeasurableEmpowering
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Tracking Vocab
STANDARDS: the things each student needs to know before moving to the next grade
MASTERY: knowing at least 80% of the material inside and out
ASSESSMENTS: unit tests (summative exams)
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During the Year…We give students grades…
We hope that we’ve taught them what they’re suppose to have learned…
We hope they remember it…
BUT HOW DO WE KNOW??
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WE CAN TRACK!
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Why is tracking important?FOR STUDENTS:
When students leave a grade, they know the required material.
FOR TEACHERS:We know we’re teaching our students the information they need and that they ‘get’ it!
FOR ADMIN:They want this info! It serves as a performance indicator for students and our school.
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Tracking is a way to KNOW we’ve taught the standards students
need AND
that our students have mastered the material!
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A Strong Tracking System
tells you… WHAT each student knows and doesn’t know
(individual student average)
TO WHAT EXTENT each student knows/doesn’t know (student mastery by standard)
WHAT your entire class knows/doesn’t know (class average)
TO WHAT EXTENT your entire class knows/doesn’t know each standard (class mastery by standard)
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What tracking looks like…(in theory)
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Review State
Standards
Create Daily
Objectives & Formative Assessments
Create Unit Plans
based on Unit Tests Create
Unit Tests
based on Standards
Create Long Term Plan based on
Standards & Assessment
Create End-of-Year Summative Assessment based on Standards
Review State Exams
1. Review Standards and Strategic PlanStart Here
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2. Teach standard-based lessons
3. Give standards-based unit tests
4. Enter student data into a tracking system
5. Examine student and class understanding of EACH standard on the test
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6. Determine next steps
Continue with plan Re-teach/Re-assess
Adjust instruction for next unit based on findings (scaffolding, graphic organizers, visual aids,
targeted differentiation)
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If it’s not clear from the charts…
Tracking is an important part of planning
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Tracking in Practice
Skills tracking vs. Content trackingExample of Skills: measurement, rounding, map scale, using a Venn Diagram
Example of Content: parts of a cell, causes of the Revolutionary War
It does not have to be overwhelming, especially when you first start!
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Tips for Easy Tracking
Review SamplesTestCover SheetsReflection
Create a system for easy tracking on the test
Invest StudentsPortfolios, Sticker Charts, Class Averages, Goal Setting
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Tracking is Helpful…1. Adjusting Course: It shows us what students
did and did not get and therefore what we taught effectively and what we need to re-teach
2. Motivation: it motivates our students to continue to work hard and smart when we share their progress and motivates us to continue to do the same
3. Accountability: It holds our students accountable and us accountable to our results
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FAQs Why track? No really, why should I do this?
How does this apply to special needs students?
If I know by informal assessment if they know it or do not know it, why formally assess and track?
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FAQs continued…
It looks like a lot of work. Why would I do this?
Other questions?I am totally interested! How can I effectively implement this in my classroom?
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Content Group Breakout
Overview of Tracking in your content area (10 min)
How to apply tracking in your classroom in PRACTICE (30 min)Review of a sample tracker (10 min)
Practice Tracking (10 min)Electronic Demo (10 min)
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How to apply tracking in your classroom in
THEORY (30 min)Yes, I am ready to set up my own tracker!
I’ve got a tracker, now how do I interpret student data?
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Any Questions?Feedback?