Using data to drive student achievement in a secondary classroom

Brandon Szwejkowski
Milan High School
EnglishCo-Dept. Head

 Why collect student data?
 What type of student data should I collect?
 How do I collect the data?
 After collecting data, what do I do with it?

 Student/Classroom Profiles
 Informs teaching
 Parent-Teacher conferences
 Teaching Evaluations

 Classroom Profiles
 Family Profiles
 Past educational information
 Student learning goals
 Student needs

 InformsTeaching/Learning
 Standards based (highly suggested)
 Assessment review
 Summative/Formative Assessments
 Everyday learning targets
 Quick checks

 ParentTeacher Conferences
 Gives you more to talk about
 Goes deeper then just gradebook
 Standard based conversations
 Shows a deeper understanding of student

 Teacher Evaluation
 For the 2014/15, 2015/16, and 2016/17 school years
at least 25% of the annual year end evaluation
shall be based on student growth and assessment
component.
 In the 2017/18 school year, 50% of the annual year
end evaluation shall be based on student growth
and assessment component.

 What is the difference between student
achievement and student growth?
 Do not just depend on state assessments
 Defend your student growth with your student
data collection

 Formative Assessments
 Exit tickets
 Quick Surveys
 Quizzes
 Summative Assessments
 Tests
 Standard based assessment
 Student Perception Data
 Student survey of teaching
 Parent Contact Information
 Have the survey out during open house for parents
 ShortAnswer
 Collect as much data as possible!

 District Resources
 Gradebook
 DataWarehouse
 Google Based Data Collection
 Google forms
 Free Online Data Collection
 Edmodo
 Schoology
 Gosoapbox.com
 Exittix.com
 Socrative.com
 Infuselearning.com

● Question 5
● 24.16% of students answered correctly
● Question: Which of the following sentences in
this paragraph is LEAST relevant to its main
focus and, therefore, could be deleted?
– Language Standard under Common Core
● Question 9
● 34.9% of students answered correctly
● Question: Given that all the choices are true,
which one provides the most effective transition
from the preceding paragraph to this one?
– Language Standard under Common Core

Online Resource
(Socrative Report)

 Plan, Plan, and a little more Planning.
 Adjust lessons
 Plan for future units
 Prepare for state assessments
 Share it with other teachers
 You may not have a choice in the assessment,
but you do have a choice in how you use the
data.
 The more authentic the assessment, standard based,
the more meaningful/useful the data will be.

MichiganAssociation ofTeacher Educators
michiganate.com

Using data to drive student achievement in a secondary classroom

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