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TELL Maryland 2013

Copyright © 2013 New Teacher Center. All Rights Reserved.

AGENDAI. Highlights from 2013 TELL Data

II. What’s New Since TELL Maryland Survey Closed?

III. Activity: Using Your TELL Data


Governor O’Malley

TELL Maryland Partners


About the 2013 Maryland Respondents

• 50,272 MD Educators (58.4 percent)• 75 percent Teachers• 2 percent Principals• 2 percent Assistant Principals• 7 percent other education professionals (school counselors,

school psychologists, social workers, etc.)• 14 percent ESPs

• Up from 51.9 percent in 2011

• 1050 of 1445 (72.6 percent) schools met or exceeded the 50 percent participation threshold


•Summary of Preliminary Findings

• More people participated this year.• The rate of agreement for:

• Aspects of school leadership remain stable and high between years.

• Aspects of managing student conduct have improved between years.

• Aspects of time and facilities and resources have decreased between years.

• The TELL Maryland Survey data is being used by more for school improvement.


Reports and Analysis from NTC may be found on www.tellmaryland.org


What’s New Since TELL Maryland Survey Closed?

Results


Three icons to access the results for the state, districts and schools

Detailed Comparison to 2011Summary


Tools are available for district and school leaders!

Data Use Guide School Guide for Using TELL Data

District Guide for Using TELL Data





Note: The TELL Webinar from December 4, 2013 is posted on Blackboard for your use.


Using a District Guide

• is designed for use with your other data points. • Found at www.tellmaryland.org

The following activities will show you ways to begin looking at your data to target areas of most importance to you.1.Use of the Summary Report for your district to

find ‘outliers’ of interest2.Use of Dashboards to begin in-depth look at

each school’s results3.Your own district scatterplots and dashboards

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Use of the Summary Report for your district. (Example is from another state)Directions: 1. Locate the Summary Report for your district on the website and download as Excel

file (for this activity today we will use the example shown)2. Circle in green the items where your district is above the state average by 3% or

more3. Circle in red the items where your district is below the state average by 3% or more


1. Next- in the Beginning Teacher Construct, shade one of the green circled items that is the greatest difference from the state average.

2. Repeat the step above for items in red.3. If there are ties, shade both areas.


Activity 1 Use of the Summary Report for your district to find ‘outliers’ of interest

Complete the rest of the Summary Report for your district using the examples previously shown.

Discuss what might be some topics schools leaders in our sample district might wish to explore further:

a. Identify 3 areas where the district results are very positive compared to the state results.

b. Identify 3 areas where the district results are not as positive and might be a priority for a leader to address in the next school year.


Activity 2 : Dashboards & Heat Maps

Using Dashboards & Heat Maps to begin in-depth look at each school’s results. This activity will help you identify where certain supports of special interest to you are, and are not, in place within a district.


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Scatterplot of District Schools

Growth

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Growth

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Growth

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Sample Growth Map of District Schools

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