Major Project(s)

Multiple Measures Data Project

Note: Although candidates can discuss their projects in PLCs, each must file an individual report.

Purpose: This project is designed to serve as your tool to demonstrate how you could examine your grade level, building, and district assessment system using the Bernhardt framework. To provide a more powerful picture of your school’s impact on student achievement, you will analyze the four major measures of data; demographics, perceptions, student learning, and school processes.

1. Demographic Data: Over time, demographic data indicate contextual changes in the school community. Include the enrollment, attendance, graduation rate, drop-out rate, etc.

2. Perceptions: Can describe environmental changes over time. This can include values and beliefs, perceptions of the learning environment, attitudes, etc.

3. School Processes: This is a description of the school programs and processes. As time changes, school processes and classrooms may change.

4. Student Learning: Student learning data gives information about student performance on different measures. Include standardized tests, norm/criterion referenced tests, teacher observations, and authentic assessments.

You will collect information in each of the 4 areas to write your analysis. Within the Student Learning section, to the best of your ability please inventory the assessments and tools that teachers use daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Include the inventory within your report and share the details of each assessment that you feel is relevant to the picture of student achievement.

Look at each area as a snapshot and describe the data. Then look at the intersection of two measures and share your analysis. Remember to look at data over time and share how trends develop and the relationship of multiple measures. As you move to the intersection of three and four measures and share your analysis, you should begin to understand a more developed picture of your school’s impact on student achievement.

Refer to the Bernhardt framework (article) to analyze your four measures.

Deliverables:

Each student will submit a Multiple Measures “study” using the template below.

TEMPLATE:

Title Page

I. Introduction (Do not use the actual name of your school. Make up a fictitious name)¹

Purpose

II. Demographic Data

III. Perceptions

IV. School Processes

V. Student Learning

VI. Discussion (Select four questions below to analyze the Intersection of two of the four factors.)

1. How many students are enrolled in the school this year? (Demographic)

2. How satisfied are parents, students, and/or staff with the learning environment? (Perceptions)

3. How did students at the school score on a test? (Student Learning)

4. What programs are operating in the school this year? (School Processes)

VII. Conclusions and Items for Consideration

¹As you work through your report you can be vague on the demographics and other situations that would identify your school. For example you might say, this multiple measures study was conducted at the Maple Leaf Elementary School. A high-poverty, high needs elementary school located in central Pennsylvania. 90% of the students qualify for free and reduced lunch, etc.

*Data Charts should be used where appropriate.

See IU 13 Report as a rich example of what a fully developed report might look like.