Digging into Assessment with the A ssessment M anagement S ystem (AMS)

1. Digging into Assessmentwith the Assessment Management System (AMS) Alan Walker awalker@prosserschools.org

2. Purpose • What AMS printouts are available. • How to discern what the printouts reveal. • How the data can be used to drive teaching.

3. Goals • Importance of assessment data • Tactics for using the data • Model effective teaching strategies • Have fun

4. Alan Walker • 5th Grade Teacher – Prosser (26 Years) • Technology and Data Systems Coordinator (3 Years) • Websites • www.multiplication.com (Over 6 million hits per WEEK) • www.TechSparc.com (Technology Integration Site) • www.StemStar.com (WASL Reading Stem Template) • www.Krimsten.com (Publishing Company Website) • www.TheOrganizedEducator.com (Organizational Website) • www.EdTechToys.com (Educational Gismos) • www.ProsserSchools.org (School District Site) • Owner True Value Hardware Store for 13 Years

5. Why Dig Into Assessment Data

6. Why Use Data • What is the #1 problem people came into the hardware store with? • Turn-Talk-Stand (TTS Strategy) • Toilet Making Noise… running water

7. 1 2 3 Why Use Data • Home Depot… • Flush handle ($5) • Flapper ($3) • FluidMaster ($12)

8. Why Use Data • Which part is correct? 1 • Flush handle ($5) • Flapper ($3) • FluidMaster ($12) 2 3

9. Why Use Data ?

10. Flush Handle ($5)5 Minutes – 0% Flapper ($3)5 Minutes – 50% FluidMaster ($12)60 Minutes + – 20% Why Use Data

11. Why Use Data Fill tube Tank Ball Flush Valve (FluidMaster) Overflow Pipe Tank Stopper(Flapper)

12. Why Use Data • Are many possible causes. • Complex – need to: • Define the problem • Know what questions to ask • Talk to an expert • Understand how to fix it Toilet

13. Why Use Data Reading – Math – Science + Toilet

14. Why Use Data • Are many possible causes. • Complex – need to: • Define the problem • Know what questions to ask • Talk to an expert • Understand how to fix it Reading – Math – Science +

15. WASL, MAP, Dibbles, WLPT AGH!

16. Map it Out To know where you are going… you need to know where you are. (Amazing Race)

17. Map it Out • Trip to Los Angeles • Start in Mabton • 4th – Crater Lake • 7th – San Francisco • 10th – Los Angeles

18. Map it Out • WASL – Tells Student • Level 4 - You have zipped past the target and are well on your way to the next. • Level 3 - You are there! • Level 2 – You are fairly close • Level 1 – Where the heck are you?

19. Map it Out • MAP, Dibbles, STARHelps • Pinpoint exact location • Tell what is broken • Design a solution

20. Map it Out • The destination is easy • Standards, EALRs, GLEs. • Assessments tell us the current location. • Learning Continuum plots the course. • Getting students there… is the challenge.

21. What is AMS • Data Warehouse • Gathers the data from multiple assessments in one database • WASL • NWEA MAP • WLPT - ITBS • Dibbles • Prints data out a zillion different ways • Filters, rosters, comparison, continuum, profile

22. AMS • Look at data in different ways • Historical Data • What has happened in the past • Planning Data • What the data tells me about my current students. • Growth Data (What worked) • Who were my successes and challenges

23. AMS • Key Printouts – (Touch on Others) • GROWTH - How did students do? • STUDENT CONTINUUM – Where do I go from here? • Filters, Groups, & Sorts – Getting to the root of the challenge