2017 Classroom Analytics
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This document discusses developing classroom analytics using data from student information systems and assessment systems. It describes integrating student performance data, including grades, GPA, attendance and behavior records from SIS. It also covers importing assessment scores from test vendors and normalizing the data to allow for comparison using indicators and rubrics. The goal is to provide teachers, schools and districts analytics on student performance to support data-driven instruction and interventions.
2017 Classroom Analytics
- 1. K12 Classroom Analytics Dylan Wan October 20, 2017 1
- 2. About Me v 10+ year software architecture and development experiences 2017 – Senior Director of Engineering, PowerSchool, 1 year 2016 – Solution Architect, Incorta, 1.5 years 2008 ~ 2015 – Software Development Director, BI Application, 8+ years Before 2007 – various positions in Enterprise Apps Development View MyLinkedinProfile 2
- 3. What I will talk about v What I did and learned at PowerSchool v From Assessment Analytics to Classroom Analytics Data Driven Instructions & Response to Interventions (RTI) Student Information System – Data Integration Assessment – Flexible Data Import and Load Indicator – Normalize data for comparison Dashboard design and challenges My perspectives about K12 Market and Opportunity 3
- 4. Disclaimers The options expressed are my own and are not representing PowerSchool The information provided in this presentation are general knowledge and not specific to any specific product offering 4
- 5. From Assessment Analytics to Classroom Analytics Assessment Analytics – Here is a link to the public information about PowerSchool Assessment & Analytics Several similar products on the market Most about reporting the assessment results “Longitudinal Data Analysis” Student Demographic Student Group Interventions Not just about “Assessment”, why not “Classroom Analytics”? 5
- 6. Classroom Analytics Teacher School Administrator District Administrator Classroom Analytics Student Information System Local Assessment System External Assessment System 6
- 7. Student Information System Deployed at the District Level A single instance shared by Multiple Schools Many SIS are hosted by vendors Source of Truth for Student records and Foundational data Source for Student Performance data v See K12 Student Information System Review from ITCentral 7
- 8. Student Information System Data Sync Foundational Data comes from Student Information System District School Course School Term Course Section Teacher Course Section Teacher Student Student Course Enrollment Student Demographic 8
- 9. DISTRICT Student Information System Data Model SCHOOL TERM SCHOOL COURSE SECTION COURSE COURSE SECTION ENROLLMENT STUDENT TEACHER TEACHER COURSE ASSIGNMENT 9
- 10. Ed-Fi and Edi-Fi Model A solution created for states for reporting ODS design Implemented in MS SQL based technologies Vendors provide reporting solutions Founded by Dell Foundation v Link to Ed-Fi Unifying Data Model - Teaching and Learning 10
- 11. Student Information System Data Sync We can get the Student performance data from SIS Student Grade, need to handle both letter grade and numeric grade Student GPA Student Attendance Student behavior – Discipline and Incident Reporting Student Photo 11
- 12. Student Information System Data Sync How to get data out from SIS? Data Export REST API – Pull request Push API Kafka / AMQueue See How to Install PowerSchool Plug-in PowerSchool Data Export Manager (Video) PowerSchool REST API (pdf) 12
- 13. School Schedule and Term Scheduling Terms can be created with different structures: Semester, Trimester, Quarter, etc. Scheduling Terms are entered for course sections Reporting Terms may be created for Student Grades. Grades are given to students for the range and students do not move in or out from the courses. v Link to Infinite Campus online documentation : Add Terms and Term Dates to Calendar v Link to PowerSchool Scheduling custom doc from a school district v Link to Reporting Term - Final Grades Setup in PowerSchool v 10 13
- 14. Assessments Assessments are designed to measure student achievements and identify the area that students may need help A test vendor may provide multiple assessments Assessments can also help teachers improve instructional strategies or, in some cases, identify problems in curriculum. Standardized test are developed for comparing results. There are State Summative and National tests v v See: What is the difference between formative and summative assessment? 14
- 15. Assessment Data Flexible Data Import and Load The test vendors provide files with student scores The assessments are scheduled over periods of time with different administrations A file may have multiple scores, for totaled score, for different sections, testing objectives and standards; It may have percentile or other ranking information or provide calculated proficiency levels See P erformancePLUS Named Best Online School District Management System in 2014 Best Educ 15
- 16. Indicator or Assessment Rubric § A score 90 is good or bad? § If the total score is 100, 90 may be good. How about the total score is 600? How about the majority of students get less than 90? A tool used to interpret or grade students' work against criteria and standards. A setup required for using Classroom Analytics A classical problem of converting numeric to categorical. v See: Utah Education Network Rubric Tool 16
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