5 Best Practices to Use PARCC Reports to Drive Remedial Instruction"> Okay, now what? That is probably the reaction many teachers in PARCC states had after receiving their students’ results. Coming to grips with the assessment being adopted last school year, for many, was difficult enough. Making sense of it without cut scores and baselines became yet another challenge at the start of this academic season. Progress is slow. Score report guides are finally available. Now it is up to teacher leaders, and teachers on the front lines, to do something with all of that student data. Teachers are notorious for diving right in…especially the great ones. There starts to develop a common sense of guilt of not helping students, given assessment information that could be put to use addressing learning gaps. Teachers, this is the time to show a little patience and restraint. Consider the following five best practices when using PARCC reports to drive remedial instruction. 1. Have a party. A data party that is. Take a day to meet with your grade level, subject specific team, e.g., 6th grade English Language Arts and build a database of students based on performance. All students will have been designated Level 1-5 according to their score. It is of utmost importance that you account for every name. In addition to the Level, you should also include each student’s overall Score in a neighboring cell. Add their Reading and Writing scores, their Ethnicity, whether or not they’re in Special Education, an English Language Learner, and a participant in the Free and Reduced Lunch program. This master database will allow you to disaggregate information and determine which groups of students fell into each Level. 2. Develop a pyramidal strategy for remediation. Students who performed at Level 1 (base of the pyramid) will be those with most “intensive” need for immediate assistance. Students at Level 2 (middle of the pyramid) will require “strategic” assistance. Students at Level 3 (peak of the pyramid) will require tuning and “monitoring.” Read more...5 Best Practices to Use PARCC Reports to Drive Remedial Instruction
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