Worked quite intensely in the past two weeks analyzing numbers/data on students. (Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a true numbers, girl), but I'm on this intense new learning curve...
The frustration at times is in the inconsistency of data. Sometimes students look to be achieving quite well, and then the next assessment/data point shows they are really low. The follow-up question has become - did they take the test seriously? I'm beginning to believe that May data is not a real good indicator of a student's ability. At that point they are so "schooled" out and over assessed that I think some just "tank" that assessment. Stinkers!
A new catch-phrase around the high school...are they a "can't do it or won't do it" kid?
So, you keep adding data points, and you believe some points more than others.
It's messy, it's new, but it's still more than we've ever done to apply data to students' next instructional steps.
I can now look back and see all the seeds planted long ago that got our school to this point (kudos to Chad and Nancy)! I can also see an intriguing new direction for learning at RLHS.
At the end, some kids have been targeted, and quality specific instruction is beginning. Meeting with Guided Reading teachers on Thursday... probably will be the focus of my next blog. : )
That or next week's training in Boston... watch out Irene Fountas - we're comin' to learn from ya!
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