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Maximizing Student Achievement Data for

Change

38th Annual CASE ConferenceAugust 2, 2007

joe

some data about joe…

5’10”

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Married with 1 child

identity

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Make the right thing easy to do and the wrong thing

hard to do

Have a Goal in Mind

Flatten the Learning Curve

Make Meaning

PASSiON

Preface

confession

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PASSiON

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5th grade

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NWEA

truth

JESUSHeavenly Evangelist

8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE

Unnamed Minister Religious Evangelist

ca. 1991-Present

Evangelism is Selling the Dream

Guy KawasakiApple Computer Evangelist

1983-1987

Data Prison

Image: boxes of (unopened reports)

Image: boxes of (unopened reports)

setting

Adams County School District 14

Where is

Commerce City,

Colorado?

11 schools

1000 employe

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78%

78% of students are Hispanic

22% of students are White (or other)

77%

77%77% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch

50%

50%50% of students are English Language Learners

41%

41%41% Mobility Rate

26%

26%26% Teacher turnover rate

43%

43%43% Teachers in first three years

Mobile and diverse students with inexperienced teachers

idea

+NW

EA

+teachers =

Failure

Chapter 1:Brian

KTU

RTM

lesson 1:

have a goal and identify your customer

Chapter 2:juan

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Spring Grade-Level Target=207

Spring Grade-Level Target=207

188+?=207

Spring Grade-Level Target=207

188+19=207

Spring Grade-Level Target=207

188+19=207

188+7 (national norm)=195???

Does one size fit all?

RIT Point Norms

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7 pts growth for all 4th graders?

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Growth Should Depend on Starting RIT

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188+8=196

Improvement

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Simple

lesson 2:

make the right thing easy and flatten the

curve

Chapter 3:jill

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The z score reveals how many units a case is above or below the mean.

Z Score

188+19=207

Z score = (Student’s RIT Growth – Mean of RIT Point Norm Growth)/ RIT Point Norm Standard Deviation (SD)

Example

19-8.46=

19-8.46=

19-8.46=10.54

19-8.46=10.54

10.54/7.87=

19-8.46=10.54

10.54/7.87=

19-8.46=10.54

10.54/7.87=1.34

+1.34

-0.5 to 0.5 is “normal”0.5+ some positive effect-0.5 some negative effect

Effect Size

1.07 .25.44

Effect Size

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Effect Size

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Mean of all student z scores is the Effect Size

-0.5 to 0.5 is “normal”0.5+ some positive effect-0.5 some negative effect

Effect Size

lesson 3:

measure what matters and compare to something

(growth)

Chapter 4:John

How do we know we are making a difference?

What factors are contributing to our success or failure?

CASE ConferenceAugust 2, 2007

Joseph MillerAdams County School District 14

4720 E 69th AveCommerce City, CO 80022

jjmiller@acsd14.k12.co.us