CESA 5 MAP USER’S GROUPSPRING 2008

Unlocking Reports to

Reach Your Goals

Janet WheelerPartner Relations Representative

Assessment should make a difference

State Test

NWEAClassroom

Assessments

I have MAP data . . . now what?

How do you create a shared vision?

The tools for improving instruction include:Laying the foundationDesigning your approachCreating a culture of continuous improvement

Continuous

Improvement

Reflective Process

Action Process

Talk!

It Starts With Me!How would you describe effective teaching?Does your school or district have a shared understanding of what kind of teaching you

need in your classrooms?If yes, write down the shared vision.If not, should you? When a school does not

have a shared understanding of effective teaching, what is the consequence on student learning?

Where do you want to be?

Big GoalsWhy did you choose MAP? What do you hope to achieve?

Smaller Goals-Measures of SuccessHow are you going to get there?What will it look like?How will you know you are making progress?

Plan - Begin with the end in mind . . .

•Use data to target one academic area in need of improvement for your class

Data

• Evidence of flexible grouping, cross-grade grouping, sharing of lesson plans and resources

Measure of

Success

• Increased student growth

BigGoal

The EndPlan backwards

Make meaning of the data

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Do - Design your approach

Create focus-target an area of need

Incorporate Strategies

Incorporate Strategies

Meet the needs of all studentsCapitalize on the knowledge and experience

of your colleaguesWork as a team

Apply what you know

Study – Assess Your Progress

Do we have a shared vision?

How has using data provided opportunities for sharing with my colleagues?

Do I see evidence of student growth? Have we created a cycle of continuous

improvement?

Act-Begin somewhere!

Use the data to change: instructional focus (targeted areas of concern) curriculum instructional strategies (flexible grouping,

differentiated instruction, etc.)Share with my colleagues-

Successful strategies Resources and materials Planning Time

Persistence . . . not perfection

Continuous Improvement

Wisdom

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world.

Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in. Alan Alda

Go forth . . . . . . have fun!

THANK YOU for all you do for kids!