[MOSAIC] data collection for analysis

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The kind of "low-tech" data Betsy describes is much more useful  to the 
teacher than the standardized test data that is so popular now.  In  addition 
the low-tech data is fairer and more comprehensive in it's judgement of  the 
student and by extension the teacher.
Arlyne
NYC
 
 
In a message dated 9/11/2010 12:37:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
betsylafontant at gmail.com writes:

My  school using a fairly low-tech but effective means of assessing  the
students' reading progress.  At the start of the year, the Student  Support
Services team (which consisted of ESOL, Learning Support, and the  school
counselor) tested the reading abilities of each child in our  elementary
school using a running record.  The tester started where  the student tested
out at then of last year or for new students, where the  classroom teacher
believes is the student's reading level.  It took  two intense weeks for the
SSS team and lots of pullouts for the classroom  teacher. But at the end we
had a comprehensive data on each child's reading  levels.  This process is
repeated at the end of the year to track  progress and to reflect on our
teaching practice and methods.

This  is the third year my school is doing this.  The first year it was a  
bit
of a mess because some testers had different "lens" on when they  were
testing.  Some put more emphasis on fluency while others only  tested for
comprehension.  In the second year, the testing team met  every day to
discuss the process, streamline and normalize their  practice.  In the third
year, this process is sleek, fast and the end  product, the data, is
extremely valuable to the classroom  teacher.

For writing, we have a writing test.  With a common  prompt, each child
writes a story.  No names are on the writing  test.  Then the writing tests
are divided among the classroom teachers  and are scored using a rubric 
based
on the 6 traits (ideas, sentence  fluency, mechanics, voice, organization 
and
word choice).  This data  is collected and used to drive the classroom
instruction for each  child.  Like the reading, this process is repeated
towards the end of  the year.

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Jeana Wise  
<jwise at marshallschools.com>wrote:

> What types of data does  your schools collect for anaylsis? My district is
> using Aimsweb,   but I am thinking that other forms of data may be helpful
> when looking  at interventions for our struggling students. My district no
> longer  gives the DRA, either.
>
> Jeana Wise
> K-4 Literacy  Coach
>  jwise at marshallschools.com<mailto:jwise at marshallschools.com>
>
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