Read the Standards! Read the Standards!How do you teach the standards?

Accessing and Using the MCA-III Math Data

on the AIR Website

January 2013

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Agenda:

•Overview and Connections•AIR website•Accessing the Data•Data Reports•Using the Data•Feedback

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Today’s Learning Targets

I can show how to access and maneuver through the data on the AIR website.

I can describe how to use AIR MCA-III strand and benchmark data to inform math instruction and the use of the SPPS math resources.

Before After

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Why?

What is the

impact?

10 weeks between testing

windows

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AIR?1 = AIR is something you breathe!

2= I’ve heard of AIR and have signed on one time

3= I know what AIR is and used it several times in this year.

4 = I know all the MCA data reports (strand, benchmark, student….) available to me at AIR.

5 = Not only do I know AIR, my staff is trained on AIR and using the data there as well.

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Connections

MCA-III Data

Standards/ Benchmarks & Test Specs

Achievement Level

Descriptors

Sequencing Guides

Common Assessments

ProgressMonitoring

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UnwrappedDocuments

AIR = American Institutes for Research

Minnesota Assessments Portal

http://www.mnstateassessments.org/

Use Firefox browser

This is MN’s site for MCA data and information.

Online MCA data is immediate.OLPA = Optional Local Purpose Assessment

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Online Math Item Samplers & ResourcesHighly Recommended

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Resources Student Resources Calculators, Tutorials, Formula Sheets

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Accessing the Data

http://www.mnstateassessments.org/Use Firefox browser

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Minnesota Assessments PortalHome Page

User Roles •All users must be assigned a user role in

TIDE.•Each user has “Look Down” access when

viewing score results.•Teacher-level users must be associated

with their students via Rosters. This can be done in one of two ways:▫Uploading rosters in TIDE▫Using the Manage Rosters feature in the

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Logging in to the System

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Username: SPPS email addressPassword: link emailed from

MNHelpDesk, Subject: User Account Information

To reset a password

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Score Reportsto

View Student Data

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Homepage for Principal or SAC

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First, select the test, administration, and the student reports you want.Choose

OLPA

Homepage: Global Tools

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Search for data on a specific student

Click “Score Reports” to return to this Homepage at any time

Easy access to the User Guide

Print or export page for records

Exploring the Data

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Select a particular grade and subject in either table to view more data

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Exploring Subject-Level Data

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Exploring Subject-Level Data

Exploring Subject-Level Data

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Click the Navigation Tool to Explore the Data

Exploring the Data: Using the Navigation Tool

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Navigating the “Who” Dimension

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The user can move back and forth between less detailed levels of aggregation and more detailed levels of

aggregation, all the way down to the student level.

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Navigating the “Who” Dimension

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Navigating the “Who” Dimension

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Navigating the “Who” Dimension

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Navigating the “Who” Dimension

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Navigating the “Who” Dimension

Navigating the “What” Dimension

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The user can navigate down from the subject level to view finer-grain detail on strand and benchmark performance.

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Navigating the “What” Dimension

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Navigating the “What” Dimension

Stanines

1-3 below average4-6 average7-9 above average

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Navigating the “What” Dimension

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Navigating the “What” Dimension

Links to Learning Point Navigator

Using the Dataand SPPS Math

Resourcesto Impact Instruction

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Connections

MCA-III Data

Standards/ Benchmarks & Test Specs

Achievement Level

Descriptors

Sequencing Guides

Common Assessments

ProgressMonitoring

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UnwrappedDocuments

#1 MCA STRAND data for group

Strength

Weakness

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Stanines (1-3 below average, 4-6 average, 7-9 above average)

Why are we weak in Data Analysis?

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Have we taught the Data strand!

Achievement Level

DescriptorsHow do I teach the

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#2 MCA BENCHMARK data for group

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Build on STRENGTHS!

Why did our students

perform well on this

benchmark?43

What benchmarks have been taught?What benchmarks have students mastered?

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#3 Student Strand PerformanceStanines (1-3 below average, 4-6 average, 7-9 above

average)

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#4 Student Reports Scale Score and Achievement Levels

Have individual student

conferences about their MCA

data.

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Grade Level

66-99: Exceeds50-65: Meets40-49: Partially Meets1-39: Does Not Meet

Scale Scores

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Action Items – Next Steps

• Get access to AIR’s math data and spend some time investigating your students data. (Work with your site’s Assessment Coordinator to get access to AIR’s website.)

•Train staff on the data they can find at this site. Think about how you can use this data to inform instruction.

•Read the grade-level standards and Achievement Level Descriptors found at the math department’s website.

•Use the common assessments and progress monitoring for each unit and plan instruction that will help students master grade-level learning targets.

•Convene a Data Team meeting with a focus on math achievement and plan specific action steps.

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Connections

MCA-III Data

Standards/ Benchmarks & Test Specs

Achievement Level

Descriptors

Sequencing Guides

Common Assessments

ProgressMonitoring

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UnwrappedDocuments

Today’s Learning Targets

I can show how to access and maneuver through the data on the AIR website.

I can describe how to use AIR MCA-III strand and benchmark data to inform math instruction and the use of the SPPS math resources.

Before After

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Reminders:• Feedback Sheets• Housekeeping:

▫Timesheets & Leads Data▫Poster Pickup (Math, Reading, Writing, Art) in TR2▫K-1 Assessment Feedback▫Watch for info on 2nd visits for FES Math Review

What: Teaching the 5th Grade Math High Priority BenchmarksWho: 5th grade math teachers and others who support 5th gradersWhen:

Th 1/17 will focus on Benchmark 5.1.3.4Tu 2/5 will focus on Benchmark 5.3.2.1 & 5.3.2.4Th 2/28 will focus on Benchmark 5.4.1.2

Time: 4:30-7:00 p.m.Where: 345 Plato, Training Room 1PLEASE REGISTER ON PDEXPRESS.

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