Overview of online tools for analysing SMART data from annual the NAPLAN results and ways to dig deeper into the results from your school. As a result of this informative overview you will be better informed to make decisions to improve student learning outcomes.

1. rowena.whittle@det.nsw.edu.au
ivana.zekanovic1@det.nsw.edu.au

2.  Agenda
9:00-9:05am Welcome
9:05- 10:30 am SMART Site- Walk Through
10:30-11:00 am Morning Tea
11:00-1:00pm School Analysis
1:00-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-2:45pm
Item Analysis: discussion, links to sites,
predictor tool, teaching strategies
2:45-3:00pm Questions, Evaluation and Feedback

3. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/smart/elearning/About/aboutSMART.htm#Scene_1
Where does SMART fit in the Teaching and
Learning cycle?

4. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/smart/elearning/About/aboutSMART.htm#Scene_1
Where does SMART fit in the Teaching and
Learning cycle?

5. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/smart/elearning/About/aboutSMART.htm#Scene_1
Where does SMART fit in the Teaching and
Learning cycle?

6.  Spreading success
- Look at learning needs of students - Analyse
percentages of students in bands and use to
focus student support and to identify effective
strategies
 Identifying trends
- Consider general growth/value-adding trends
for a cohort

7.  Connecting learning and welfare data to
support personalised learning
- Look for links to support at risk students.
 Supporting curriculum differentiation
- Using functions of SMART, like % in skill band
or growth chart to identify groups of students
and needs of the group

9. Click on title

10. Click ‘Agree’
Select your school

11. Includes Exempt students

13. Includes Exempt students

16.  All students = 100%
 At or below = ? %
 Above NMS = 100 - ?

17.  Above NMS = S %
 At Proficiency = ?? %
 Middle Bands = S - ??
= __ %

20. Provides a view of all student
names and Band result, plus some
Group alignment such as ESL
Sort data in tables by clicking on
column title.

22. Click on the Trend data icon

23. Select Group

24. Students whose growth ends
above the black line are in the
top 25% of State

26. Select Group
Click to Sort

28. Consider students 0.2
SD above or below the
reference line as
‘unusual’

29.  Use the Snipping
tool to copy /
paste data
 OR
 Use Print Screen /
Paste / Crop data
into your tables
Type your
comments

30. Type your
comments

32.  Questions
 What next?
 School discussions
 SMART analysis completion

33. Send completed school analysis by Friday 25th
October (Week 3) to:
ivana.zekanovic1@det.nsw.edu.au
Please complete the online evaluation
(on MyPL)