Transcript Maximizing the Value of MAP Assessment Data Dr. Kimberley Redmond, Texas Associate Director Day 2 • Access and Use Dynamic Reports • Work with DesCartes •

Maximizing the Value
of MAP Assessment Data
Dr. Kimberley Redmond, Texas Associate Director
Day 2
• Access and Use Dynamic Reports
• Work with DesCartes
• Identify patterns to guide classroom and
school improvement planning
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Assessment Literacy
Reflection
What are your new reactions
regarding this topic?
How do your new reactions
connect to your initial reactions?
How has your thinking changed?
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Analyze Dynamic Reports
7 groups of 2 or 3 persons
Examine your assigned “Dynamic
Report”.
What are the main attributes of
this report?
Imagine using the report to
improve teaching or learning.
What would that look like?
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Access and Use
Dynamic Reports
Login using individual teacher accounts.
Click “Access Dynamic Reports Now” link.
Click “Dynamic Reports” button.
While referring to the “Does it Fit”
handout, examine the various reports
and answer: Which report options work
best for me? Why?
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Introduction of DesCartes
Read: Purposes and Suggested Uses,
Organization, and Learning Continuum
Statements
How can DesCartes help learners learn
and teachers teach?
How can DesCartes’ data improve the
quality of instruction and the
educational outcomes for all students?
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Identify Patterns to Guide Classroom and
School Improvement Planning
DesCartes is a tool that makes connections between specific
skills and RIT scores for the purpose of guiding instructional and
organizational planning.
How might you use DesCartes in your classroom? In your
school?
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Differentiating Instruction Using MAP Data
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards
Consider your content/grade-level standards.
Choose a MAP report, consider the data, and plan how you will
differentiate instruction based on that data.
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Communicating with Students & Parents
Using MAP Data
Consider your knowledge of your students and parents.
Choose a MAP report, consider the data, and plan how you will
communicate (2-way conversation) with both students and
parents to improve educational outcomes.
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Any Questions?
Review & Reflect
Accessing and Using Dynamic Reports
Working with DesCartes
Using data to guide classroom and school improvement planning
Bonus: Leveraging AdvancED Continuous
Improvement
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