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ESI: Education Statistics Investigations
Sarah McKenzie PhDTOSA: Data and AssessmentFayetteville Public Schools
Goals
• To practice ‘drilling down’ into school data to identify areas of weakness
• To practice drawing actionable information from school data
• To identify appropriate conclusions that can be drawn from different types of data
Evidence Item 1
What: AYP report
? What is the status of McKenzie MS
? What subject is the cause
? What subpopulation is responsible
? Are there other significant changes in demographics
WHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 2
What: Pie Charts of Proficiency Classes 2008 and 2009
? What do you notice about the pie charts ? What does this tell you about Literacy
performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identifyWHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 3
What: Information provided by ACSIP chair? What do you notice about the data ? What does this tell you about Literacy
performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identifyWHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 4
What: Grade Level Pie Charts of literacy performance classes 2008 and 2009
? What do you notice about the data ? What does this tell you about Literacy
performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 5
What: Tables indicating performance class movement from 2008 to 2009
? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide
about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 6
What: Bar graphs of Literacy passage and writing domain performance by grade-
drilling down to item type? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide
about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 7
What: Bar graphs of comparison district Literacy passage performance by grade-
drilling down to item type? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide
about Literacy performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 8
What: Bar graphs of 2009 Seventh Graders’ Literacy passage performance by grade-
drilling down to item type- including 2008 and 2009? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about
Literacy performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 9
What: Missing Data
? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about
Literacy performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT
Evidence Item 10
What: SAT 10 Reading Comprehension National Percentile Rank (Norm Referenced Test)
? What do you notice about the data ? What additional information does this provide about
Literacy performance at McKenzie MS
How does this help identify WHO IS THE SUSPECT
The Case Against 7th Grade Practical MC
1) Seventh Grade literacy performance has dropped2) Many students are losing a proficiency category in 7th
grade3) Practical MC scores are noticeably lower that in other
districts