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1. Maximizing Student Achievement Data for Change 38 th Annual CASE Conference August 2, 2007

2. joe

3. some data about joe…

6. Married with 1 child

19. identity

26. Have a Goal in Mind

27. Flatten the Learning Curve

28. Make Meaning

30. Preface

31. confession

32. I Data

33. I Data like

35. circa 1999

36. Adams 14 (1999)

39. 24 hours

40. 5 th grade

41. 6 th grade 4 th grade 5 th grade

46. NWEA

47. truth

48. JESUS Heavenly Evangelist 8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE

49. Unnamed Minister Religious Evangelist ca. 1991-Present

50. Evangelism is Selling the Dream Guy Kawasaki Apple Computer Evangelist 1983-1987

51. Data Prison

53. Image: boxes of (unopened reports)

58. Image: boxes of (unopened reports)

59. setting

60. Adams County School District 14

61. Where is Commerce City, Colorado?

62. 11 schools

63. 1000 employees

64. 6500 students

65. 78%

67. 78% of students are Hispanic

68. 22% of students are White (or other)

69. 77%

70. 77% 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch

71. 50%

72. 50% 50% of students are English Language Learners

73. 41%

74. 41% 41% Mobility Rate

75. 26%

76. 26% 26% Teacher turnover rate

77. 43%

78. 43% 43% Teachers in first three years

79. Mobile and diverse students with inexperienced teachers

80. idea + NWEA + teachers = Failure

81. Chapter 1: Brian

89. KTU

91. lesson 1: have a goal and identify your customer

92. Chapter 2: juan

94. 188

95. Below 189 = 1 Grade Level Below

98. Lexile=350

99. Lexile=110

101. Spring Grade-Level Target=207

102. Spring Grade-Level Target=207 188+?=207

103. Spring Grade-Level Target=207 188+19=207

104. Spring Grade-Level Target=207 188+19=207 188+7 (national norm)=195???

105. Does one size fit all?

106. RIT Point Norms

108. 171 191 204 7 pts growth for all 4 th graders? 181

109. 12 8 6 Growth Should Depend on Starting RIT 10

110. Grade-level=207

111. Grade-level=207 188+?=207

112. Grade-level=207 188+19=207

113. Grade-level=207 188+19=207 188+8=196

114. Improvement

116. +19

124. Simple

125. lesson 2: make the right thing easy and flatten the curve

126. Chapter 3: jill

130. The z score reveals how many units a case is above or below the mean. Z Score

131. 188+ 19 =207

132. Z score = (Student’s RIT Growth – Mean of RIT Point Norm Growth)/ RIT Point Norm Standard Deviation (SD) Example

133. 19 -8.46=

134. 19- 8.46 =

135. 19-8.46= 10.54

136. 19-8.46=10.54 10.54 /7.87=

137. 19-8.46=10.54 10.54/ 7.87 =

138. 19-8.46=10.54 10.54/7.87= 1.34

139. +1.34

141. 1.07 .25 .44 Effect Size -.19

142. Effect Size +.39

149. lesson 3: measure what matters and compare to something (growth)

150. Chapter 4: John

152. How do we know we are making a difference?

153. What factors are contributing to our success or failure?

154. CASE Conference August 2, 2007 Joseph Miller Adams County School District 14 4720 E 69 th Ave Commerce City, CO 80022 [email_address]