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Know
Your
District | - Scatterplots
- District Reports:
- Launchpad
- Value-Added
- Value-Added Summary
- District Teacher Summary
| - How does our district compare to other districts in Pennsylvania? In our IU region?
- Is the instructional program working for all students, across grade levels and subjects? What patterns are evident over time?
- What is the pattern of growth for cohorts of students as they move through our system?
- Is the instructional program working for students with various achievement histories in our district? What patterns are evident?
- In looking at teachers' value-added data across the district, what patterns exist across grades and subjects? Where is support needed? Where are strengths?
- Are there different patterns of growth across schools? Which schools are showing strengths? Which schools need support? What patterns exist?
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Support
School
Leaders'
Work | Reference the resource, Flowchart for School Leaders. Key reports are dependent on purposes selected by school leaders. - School Value-Added Summary
- School Quintile Diagnostic Summary
- School Growth of Student Groups Reports
| - Do patterns exist across all schools for a subject or grade level?
- Do we have areas of strength or concern across the system or in specific schools?
- How can my supervision plan be modified to differentiate the support of my school leaders?
- How might resource allocation be modified to differentiate the needs of schools or grade levels?
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Inform
District
Continuous
Improvement | - Public Site Scatterplots
- District Reports:
- Launchpad
- Value-Added
- Diagnostics
- Custom Diagnostic
- District/School Teacher Summary
| - How does our district compare to other LEAs/districts in Pennsylvania? In our region? How do we compare to other LEAs with similar demographics?
- What is the pattern of growth for cohorts of students as they move through our system?
- Are there patterns in the data that inform district- wide/systemic growth goals?
- Are there patterns in the data that inform district-wide improvements and enhancements?
- Are specific programs working for students?
- Are there patterns in teachers' groups of students exceeding, meeting, and not meeting the growth standard?
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Evaluate/Plan
Programs &
Allocate
Resources | - District Reports:
- Value-Added Summary
- Custom Diagnostic
- School Diagnostic Summary
- Projection Summary
- School Reports:
- Projection Summary
- Growth of Student Groups
| - Are there patterns in the data that inform district-wide improvements and enhancements?
- Do we have areas of strength or concern across the system or in specific schools?
- Do we have adequate programs and structures in place to meet the needs of students with various achievement histories? And, with specific student groups?
- Are specific programs working for students? Where are adjustments warranted?
- What is the level of risk for groups of students relative to upcoming PSSA, Keystone, AP exams, PSAT, ACT, and SAT? How does that inform planning and decision-making at the district level?
- Have the current resources been effective with the types of needs that are projected for our upcoming students?
- How might resource allocation be modified to differentiate for the needs of schools, grade levels, or student groups?
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Plan
Professional
Learning | - District Report: Value- Added Summary
- Comparison Report: School Quintile Diagnostic Summary
- District Teacher Summary
| - Do patterns exist across grades and/or across subjects? In what areas might teachers need additional support?
- Are there grades or content areas across the district where on average, teachers' groups of students did not meet the growth standard? What professional learning might be needed to change this pattern?
- Is the instructional program working for students at different achievement levels, across schools and within each school? What patterns are evident over time? How does it impact the professional learning needs at the district level?
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Communicate
with
Stakeholders | - Public Site Scatterplots
- District Reports:
- Launchpad
- Value-Added
- Value-Added Summary
- Projection Summary
- Comparison Report: Quintile Diagnostic Summary
| - How does our district compare to other districts in Pennsylvania? In our county and/or IU region?
- Is our instructional program working for all students in all grades and all tested subjects?
- What patterns of growth are evident across subjects and grades, across schools?
- What is the pattern of growth for cohorts of students as they move through our system?
- What proportion of students are on the trajectory for success on upcoming PSAT, AP, ACT, and SAT exams? What proportion of students are at risk on upcoming PSAT, AP, ACT, and SAT exams? Who needs to be aware of these risk levels?
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