Interpreting PVAAS Reports Exemplars

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Interpreting PVAAS Reports - Exemplars

• October, 2006

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Types of PVAAS Reporting

• District Level
• By School
• School Level
• Across Grades
• Reading and Math
• Student Reports
• Longitudinal Reports
• Projections on Future PSSAs

• Diagnostic Reports
• By Quintiles
• By Performance Levels
• Diagnostic Subgroup Reports
• Custom Reporting/Querying

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Format of Data Reports

• Report
• Red Boxes for Observations
• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings

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PVAAS AnalysisIndependence Hall School District
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District Value Added Report - 2007
Mean Gain Values Mixed 4, 5 and 7 Green at
or above Growth Standard 6 and 8 Red
significantly below Growth Standard
Achievement Data below average (50)

• Notes for conversation with school personnel
• The Gain values indicate that the students in
  three of the grades are meeting or exceeding the
  Growth Standard and therefore are growing at the
  designated rate.
• The Achievement data indicate that this school
  has been consistently below the state average.
• But we need to look closer!

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Performance Diagnostic Report for 8th Grade
2007
Mean gain of students predicted to be Basic is
significantly above Growth Standard
Mean gain of students predicted to be Proficient
or Advanced are slightly below the Growth Standard

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• Basic students have significantly exceeded the
  Growth Standard. What factors may have created
  this pattern of growth?
• Proficient and Advanced students are slightly
  below the Growth Standard. What tweaking can be
  done to their programs for these students so that
  they are challenged abd motivated to accelerate
  their growth?
• The Below Basic students are significantly below
  the Growth Standard. How is instruction
  differentiated for these students? Are there
  things that are done with the Basic students that
  can be adapted for these students?

Mean gains for students to predicted to be Below
Basic are significantly below the Growth Standard
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Performance Diagnostic Report for 8th Grade Math
- 2007 Special Education Subgroup
Mean gain of students predicted to be Basic is
significantly above Growth Standard
Mean gains of students predicted to be Below
Basic or Proficient are significantly below
Growth Standard

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• The Basic students have demonstrated growth
  significantly above the Growth Standard. What
  programs, approaches, strategies or interventions
  have been used with these students?
• The Below Basic and Proficient students have
  fallen further behind their peers. What factors
  may have influenced the growth of these students?
  Is there information regarding the Basic students
  that can be utilized with these students?

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District Value-added Summary Mathematic 2007
The Value-added Summary provides a summary of the
Gain values for all buildings and grades in the
district.
Click on the school name to go to the School
Value-added Report

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• Do you see a pattern in grades 4 and 5 across the
  district?
• Do you see a pattern in grades 6-8 across the
  district?

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Building Value Added Report Burch Middle
School 2007 Math
Mixed Gain Values Grade 7 green Grades 6 and 8
red
Achievement consistently around the state average
(50)

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• The 7th grade students have demonstrated growth
  at or above the Growth Standard.
• The 6th and 8th grade students have demonstrated
  growth below the Growth Standard, with 6th grade
  tremendously below the standard.
• But again we must look deeper.

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Performance Diagnostic for 8th Grade Math Burch
Elementary - 2007
Mean gain of students predicted to be Basic is
significantly above Growth Standard
Mean gains of students predicted to be Proficient
and Advanced are significantly below Growth
Standard

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• The Basic students are showing significant
  growth. What are the factors that have
  contributed to this growth?
• The Proficient and Advanced students have fallen
  behind their peers. What can be done to encourage
  greater growth on the part of these students?

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Performance Diagnostic for 8th Grade Math Burch
Elementary 2007 Special Education Subgroup
Mean gain of students predicted to be Basic is
significantly above Growth Standard
Note that there are 3 students whose gains are
not reported since their performance subgroups
contain less than 5 students

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• The Special Education students have made
  significant growth. What are the factors that
  contributed to this growth?
• It would be advisable to check on the three
  students whose gains were not reported.

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Student Report
Dwayne was below the district and school
performance in 6th grade but now is above both
the school and the district in 8th grade

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• What factors supported Dwaynes remarkable
  improvement?
• Can any of these factors be utilized with other
  students?

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Student Report with Projections to 11th Grade
PSSA Math Exam

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• Does Dwaynes high school program take advantage
  of his accomplishments?
• What can be done to support Dwayne to be Advanced
  on the 11th grade PSSA?

Dwayne has approximately a 95 chance of being
proficient on the 11th Grade Math PSSA test
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Student Report
Romeo was well below the district and school
performance in all of his middle school grades
but has shown some improvement in 8th grade.

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• What factors supported Romeos recent
  improvement?
• What more can be done to increase his rate of
  improvement?

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Student Report with Projections to 11th Grade
PSSA Math Exam

• Notes for discussion at teacher data-meetings
• Will Romeos high school program accelerate his
  trajectory to proficiency?
• What can be done to support Romeo to be
  proficient on the 11th grade PSSA?

Romeo has approximately a 21 chance of being
proficient on the 11th Grade Math PSSA test
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Student Search Filter Page
We have restricted the search to only 8th graders
at Burch Middle School
We have requested to see the list of all of the
Burch Middle 8th graders who have between a 0
and 50 chance of being proficient on the 11th
Grade PSSA
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Results of the Student Search
All columns are sortable
Chances of these students being proficient on the
11th Grade PSSA Math exam if all learning
conditions remain the same as in the past
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In Summary
The Power of
2
PROGRESS

ACHIEVEMENT
Achievement is a measure and so is progress. 
Our overall system is enhanced when we weigh both
measures when determining student and school
results. Gerald L. Zahorchak, D.
ED. Secretary of Education Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania