Templeton Unified School District

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Templeton Unified School District
Presented by Carolyn Lorimer Student Data and
Assessment Coordinator

• Using Data
• to Drive Instruction

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Why is data so important?

• No Child Left Behind - has changed the way we do
  business in the educational world. We can no
  longer close the doors to our classrooms, our
  schools, our districts or our states and Do our
  own thing.
• Data is used by every state to assess the
  academic health of our systems and to ensure that
  every student in every state, in every district,
  in every school, in every classroom is making
  adequate progress, every year.

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How do we accomplish this daunting task?

• Collect Data
• Find a place to store this data so it is usable
• Researched and Evaluated Programs
• Small School Consortium
• County Consortium
• Solution

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Our Solution

• SASIxp
• and
• ETS-Pulliam
• Instructional Data Management System (IDMS).

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Combining Student Data

• SASIxp- student data - demographics
• IDMS State Assessment data, local assessment
  data, program participation to name a few
• SASIxp and IDMS together allows for us to take
  our data and disaggregate it by district, school,
  grade level, teacher, student, program.

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Web-based, User-Friendly, Accurate

• IDMS is web-based so our staff can access the
  information anywhere they have an internet
  connection.
• IDMS is user friendly so our most challenged
  staff member can successfully access the data.

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How We Use IDMS Data

• IDMS is our DATA WAREHOUSE
• Administrators, teachers and staff can access
  student longitudinal data at the click of a
  mouse.
• It provides valid data and accurate report easily
  suitable for the board, superintendent,
  administrators, teachers, students, parents and
  staff.

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How We Use IDMS Data

• Disaggregated reports are used to drive
  instruction.
• The process involves teachers, administrators,
  superintendents, staff and our IT department It
  is a team approach.
• It allows easy access in an easy to use format.

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So how do we use IDMS data?

• Analyze District Performance
• Analyze Program Performance
• Analyze School Performance
• Analyze Grade Level Performance
• Analyze Teacher Performance
• Analyze Student Performance
• Analyze the alignment between the written, taught
  and tested curriculum.
• We use longitudinal data to study trends and
  patterns to accurately make decisions based on
  data.

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What IDMS allows us to do....Disaggregate data

• State Assessments data STAR, CELDT, CAHSEE
• Trimester Benchmark Assessments in Grades 1-5 in
  Math, Language Arts, Writing and Spelling.
• Common semester exams in History/Social Science,
  and Math.
• Practice California High School Exit Exam 9-10
• California Standards Test for 9-12

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Some of the additional capabilities of IDMS.

• Electronic Standard-based gradebook K-5
• Standards-based report cards K-5
• Electronic Lesson Plans
• Curriculum Pacing Guides K-5 which are
  electronically attached to their assessments and
  lesson plans
• All the features are inside one Warehouse We
  dont have to go to ten different programs to get
  the information anymore.

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Ways we are using IDMS Data

• Accurate placement in AP/Honors and remedial
  classes
• RSP placement and intervention
• Communication to students and parents
• Staff-development Team collaboration meetings,
  curriculum meeting, board meetings, from the
  classroom to the board room.
• The program allows us to disaggregate our data to
  ensure we meet our NCLB - AYP goals.
• Completion of our Accountability Report Card and
  Single School Plans.
• Analyze grade level assessment to find gaps in
  curriculum or teaching.
• Data identifies and validates Best Practices.

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How We Use IDMS Data

• Using data is a continuous working process to
  make sure curriculum and assessments are
  correctly aligned to the standards.
• Using data requires time and staff development to
  understand and interpret the data accurately.
• Once data has revealed an area of need, action
  must be taken.
• State and local data is used to identify and
  implement intervention programs and pre and post
  test data is used to evaluate the programs.

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Continuous Process

• Time
• Staff Development
• Teacher collaboration
• Multi-grade level collaboration
• FOS Focus on Standards
• Structured Teacher Planning Time

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All Data in one place..

• State Data
• Local Standards-Based assessments
• Practice CAHSEE assessments
• Curriculum Pacing Guides
• Standard-based Gradebook
• Demographic data
• This data is used to make sure our curriculum
  is aligned to state standards, our intervention
  programs are effective, all our schools, grade
  levels, teachers and students are continuously
  improving.

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Some Results
Templeton Middle School Math
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Templeton Middle School AYP English Language
Arts by Program
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Templeton High School Exit Exam
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Reports
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Longitudinal Data

• We use longitudinal data to assess grade level
  curriculum, teacher performance, program
  credibility, and to find trends and patterns that
  may reveal the need for change to in our overall
  program.
• Data drives instruction.
• IDMS is the Home Improvement Super Store
• You need to go build the project.