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3.7 Monitoring and Reporting Student Progress The district/school implements specific steps for monitoring and reporting student progress in learning the Arizona Academic Standards. 
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Related Resources Tools A Process for Evaluating Student Records Management Software This is a guide to evaluating record-keeping software, this article advocates forming a school-wide committee, conducting a needs analysis, determining the degree to which the software will be used, and comparing systems based on their unique institution needs before purchasing a system. Each step is described in detail. Author: Lisa Vecchioli Publication Date: 1999 Learning Disabilities Resource Kit: Specific Learning Disabilities Determination Procedures and Responsiveness to Intervention [K-12] This kit, developed by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, is a tool to help educators navigate changes related to specific learning disability determination and responsiveness to intervention. Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: National Research Center on Learning Disabilities Mathematics Portfolio This site shares a portfolio developed by the Long Beach Unified School District to help teachers and students track student progress towards mathematics standards using a variety of assessments. Explains what the portfolio contains, discusses why it is valuable, and offers a sample portfolio for review. Publisher: Collaborative Communications Group Rethinking Report Cards This site explains standards-based report cards, why and how they were developed and why they are valuable. Publisher: GreatSchools Articles NEW! Meaningful Measurement: The Role of Assessments in Improving High School Education in the Twenty-First Century This publication discusses assessments that measure college and career readiness, performance assessments, benchmark assessments, assessing high school students who are English language learners and students with disabilities, and the benefits of international assessments. Author: Lyndsay M. Pinkus Publisher: Alliance for Excellent Education NEW! Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades The IES Practice Guide has researched and evidenced based strategies for teachers to use when identifying and helping their primary struggling readers. Publication Date: 2009, February Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences: NCEE NEW! Use of Education Data at the Local Level: From Accountability to Instructional Improvement This report discusses local practices in implementing data-driven decision making. Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Assessment FOR Learning, the Achievement Gap, and Truly Effective Schools "As the mission of schools changes from ranking students to ensuring that all learn to specified standards, Mr. Stiggins argues that the purpose and form of assessments must change as well." Author: Rick Stiggins Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: ETS Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level This article summarizes the research on what struggling secondary readers need in order to build reading proficiency. The discussion is organized around four factors: (a) the motivation to read, (b) the ability to decode print, (c) the ability to comprehend language, and (c) the ability to transact with text. Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) Enhancing Student Learning This article explains how profound achievement gains can be created using formative assessments. Author: Rick Stiggins and Jan Chappuis Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: District Administration Helping Students Understand Assessment This article states that formative assessments promote learning when they help students address where they are going, where are they now, and they how can close that gap. Author: Jan Chappuis Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Improving Teaching and Learning with Data-Based Decisions: Asking the Right Questions and Acting on the Answers This article discusses the importance of developing questions, collecting and analyzing data, and providing staff support to make effective use of the data when using a data-based assessment. Author: Nancy Protheroe Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: Educational Research Service Linking Formative Assessment to Scaffolding This article addresses four strategies that illustrate the strong connection between formative assessment and research on learning: eliciting prior knowledge, providing effective feedback, teaching for transfer of knowledge, and encouraging student self-assessment. Author: Lorrie A. Shepard Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Narrowing the Literacy Gap in Middle and High School: A Framework for School-Wide Intervention This article disucsses the importance of providing a coherent and coordinated school-wide literacy acceleration program that increases the amount of time, teaching, and practice available to all struggling readers. Author: Kevin Feldman Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: California Services for Technical Assistance and Training Pause to Look at the Intersections in the Data After data is collected, what hard questions need to be asked to ensure that the data is being used thoroughly? This article discusses ways that schools can get in the habit of searching for intersections in data, as well as discusses the topic of data intersections. Author: Robby Champion Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Teacher Comments on Report Cards Several times a year, teachers must complete report cards for all their students. This article examines the importance of teacher comments on report cards, and how such comments can help increase student achievement. Author: Amy Brualdi Publication Date: 2005, May Publisher: Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students are on Target for College and Career Readiness before High School This article discusses the importance of the middle grades in ensuring students are prepared for college. Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: ACT “Bumping Into Spicy, Tasty Words That Catch Your Tongue”: A Formative Experiment on Vocabulary Instruction This article describes the vocabulary program and the outcomes of a study based on increasing student vocabulary. Author: James F. Baumann, Donna Ware, and Elizabeth Carr Edwards Publication Date: 2007, October Publisher: International Reading Association Useful Links NEW! Connecting Formative Assessment Research to Practice: An Introductory Guide for Educators This publication provides an introductory overview of effective formative assessment. Author: Christopher Brandt and Nick Pinchok Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Learning Point Associates Looking at Student Work This website provides useful information that can be used to increase the capacity of the instructional staff to effectively use curricular and data resources. The web site focuses on the examination of student work in ways that emphasize: • teachers looking together at student work with colleagues • focusing on small samples of student work • reflecting on important questions about teaching and learning • using structures and guidelines ("protocols") for looking at and talking about student work This site includes sample protocols for examining student work, articles, books and a virtual protocol that allows you to hear the "conversation" during a protocol. Links to other helpful websites that are related to examining student work are included. Meeting the Challenge: All Students Achieving Proficiency by 2014 The Southwest Comprehensive Center held a regional conference for SEA leadership teams on April 4-5, 2006. As the centerpiece of the conference, CC staff worked with Content Centers to identify research studies. This page contains the summaries of the findings. Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: Southwest Comprehensive Center Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008 This report examines both the educational progress of American Indian/Alaska Native children and adults and challenges in their education. Author: Jill Fleury DeVoe, Kristen E. Darling-Churchill, and Thomas D. Snyder Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education The Center for Social Organization of Schools: Data Use This website, designed by the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas, provides resources on data-driven decision-making, including reviews of software for analyzing student data. Publisher: University of Texas ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
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