Reporting DataReporting data accurately and objectively.

Preparing your report

•Look at samples. Note the language

•Review questions on pages 34-36 of the QRI.▫These are the same questions you would

answer at any parent teacher conference about reaidng.

The Reporting Cycle

•Administration (What the assessor did)▫ALWAYS objective ▫What and how

•Performance (What the student did)▫ALWAYS objective▫Start with instructional target and talk

around it (up and down)•Recommendations

▫Can be somewhat subjective▫Can be open ended or a question

Activity

•His/her first kiss•The morning I lost my keys

•Telling parents their child failed your class

•Assigning detention to a student

Defensible Writing

•Assume everything you write could be read by a judge/lawyers if the situation goes due process.

•Objective statements are facts that can be verified by third parties

Objective Language

Subjective Language

Objective Reporting• Write what you SAW not what you FELT or

THOUGHT

Objective Reporting

•Use numbers whenever possible

Objective Reporting

•Avoid overly expressive adjectives.

Objective Reporting

•If it is your opinion, qualify it as your opinion.