How to report on mid-year reading growth data

1. REPORTING ON MID-YEAR DATA – READING GROWTH

2. It’s mid-year, and time to check your progress

3. You will answer the
question:
Where am I now?

4. Your assessment template provides guidance for
how to answer this question

5. Let’s walk through
some of these steps in
a tracker

6. Like always, you will share how you have
continued to treat your data with care
Honest Accurate
Complete
Error-Free

7. You will confirm you have at least one new
round of data
Note: you may have collected additional rounds of assessment since the beginning-of-
year. If so, you should also enter those rounds of assessment in your tracker!

8. Next, check your progress

9. What is your current overall average
reading growth?

10. Have any students already met their student-
specific ambitious goals? If so, what % of students?

11. Character data are important too—see
where you and your students stand
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12. Identify your most recent character average
Note: This average is found by taking the average of student self evaluations and
teacher evaluations. Remember you must collect 100% of self and teacher
evaluations for your round of data to be considered complete.

13. Next, see how much growth has been made
since last round.
Note: This average is found by taking the difference between your Round 2 average
and your Round 1 average. You must find this difference manually. You should also
note that your students may make positive OR negative growth!

14. Note whether character
data increased or
decreased from the
previous round and why
you think this is the case

15. If any students left your class since the
beginning-of-year you may use “NETR”
Note: NETR stands for “Not Enrolled This Round” and signals that the student was not a part of
your classroom for this round of instruction. Please note, NETR should NOT be used for
students who were present in class, but simply missed your assessment.

16. Now that you can
answer the question
where are we now? It’s
time to answer our
next question:
How do I know?