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Formative Assessment Probes before and after a topic

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Formative Assessment Probes before and after a topic

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I use Quizlet, teacher made questions, SMA and review questions that involves content that was covered in previous lessons.

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I am using my data to help me better understand what materials need to be more focused on during E.O.G review.

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I like to use formative and summative assessments.  I also ask review questions and questions for understanding during each of my lessons. Exit tickets are also a good tool to use.

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I use data from SMAs and benchmarks to measure understanding and growth. After SMAs students reflect on their responses and make corrections on missed questions. The item analysis feature on Schoolnet is a great tool for identifying standards that many students are struggling with.

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I collect data mostly through SMAs. The students keep track of their goals and scores in their personal data folders. Prior to the test, students graph their goals, then graph their score after they finish the test.
I also use SchoolNet worksheets to asses what the students already know and review standards

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Team Drew (Bell, Caras, Willett, and Yarn)

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Team Drew (Bell, Caras, Willett, and Yarn)

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Our team uses SMA data as well as data from formative and summative assessments. We also use EOG scores from previous years to predict expected growth. Benchmark data from all core subjects allow us to better understand what areas students are struggling in and what we may need to go back and reteach.

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One method of data collection in the school setting is observation of the child.

Collecting data in the school setting is crucial for educators and other school administrative staff. As a teacher, it is important to assess the student's level of understanding of the given concept as well as to teach your students in an effective manner that meets their various learning styles. Data collection is also needed for students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) since documentation of progress is mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Act.

Observation

Observing children in their natural environment allows you to gain an understanding of their behaviors and academic thought processes. Watch children complete various classroom assignments and simply write down the way in which they go about solving problems or completing tasks. Also, record your thoughts while observing the child. Be sure to note interactions with other students as well as any concerns you notice during the observation period.

Interview

An interview allows you to gain an understanding of the child from his own perspective. Create a series of questions to ask the student that relate to the type of data you are collecting. Ask the student about his likes, dislikes, fears and thoughts. Use this information to help develop assignments that your student will enjoy. Simply asking the student how he feels about a given situation often allows you to gain insight into why the student performs in the way he does.

Performance-based Assessment

Collect data on academic performance through a variety of performance-based assessment techniques. Use portfolios to gain a broad picture of a student's understanding of a given topic. Ask the student to present a poster board of information to the class about a thematic unit and use this as a final assessment of her overall understanding of the topic. A performance-based assessment allows you to collect data on your student as an alternative method to quizzes and tests.

Behavior Assessment

A behavior assessment of the child provides you with data that are crucial to understanding why a child behaves in a given way. Behavior is an important aspect of a child's school performance to assess because correcting a problem behavior often improves the academic performance of the child. Invite a behavior specialist to come to your classroom to observe a particular student then ask her to prepare a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) on that child. You can then use this to provide data for an IEP meeting and to alter your classroom to best meet the student's needs.

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What Are Some Methods of Data Collection in a School Setting? | Synonym

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One method of data collection in the school setting is observation of the child. Collecting data in the school setting is crucial for educators and other school administrative staff. As a teacher, it is important to assess the student's level of understanding of the given concept as well as to teach your students in an effective manner that meets their various learning styles.

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Data collection is not necessarily every teacher's cup of tea, but in today's teaching climate, it's definitely a necessity. After all, good data can provide important information to teachers and students and go a long way toward improving teaching and learning. And if keeping track of all the streams of data coming your way is not exactly your strong suit, here are a few hacks we found to make the process easier and (maybe) just a little bit more fun.

1. Teacher Binder.

In the world of data collection, this binder is going to be your best friend. Think of it as command central for all things numerical. This version has sections dedicated to parent communication, behavior and assessment data-all brilliantly organized and easy to set up for even the most organizationally challenged.

2. Data Tracking Sheets for Your Binder

In addition to the documents included above, you can add these documents to your fabulous binder as well.

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3. Color-Coded Data Clipboards

If you teach special sections or small-group classes, you can keep each student's data conveniently attached to a clipboard-color coded so there's no need to rifle through to make sure you've got the right one-hung on a pegboard. These are quick and easy to grab so you can take notes when meeting with individual students.

4. Storage Crates

Often you want to hold on to papers after you record the numbers. Rather than keeping copies of assessments in your teacher binder, making it bulky and overstuffed, this crate system is a great way to keep track of work samples and other portfolio items.

5. Labeled Bins

If your school requires weekly data reports, you can store them here for easy access. Each student can collect his or her report to take home on the assigned day.

Also, if your students use their own folders to track data, this is a handy storage place. Kids can access their folders when they are needed, but there's no chance of them getting crumpled into their desks or being lost.

6. Sticky-Note System

Be still our hearts: sticky notes! They're right up there in the popularity ranks with Ziploc bags for most teachers. This is hands-down the easiest, quickest way to keep track of anecdotal notes and informal observations.

7. Easy Bar Graph

Under the category "Work smarter, not harder," this genius idea enlists your students' help to record their individual data onto a strip of graph paper, which the teacher then pastes together inside a manila folder. Voilà! Instant data bar graph!

8. Data Folders for Students

Keeping track of their own data (for certain types of assessments like spelling tests, math facts, reading fluency scores, etc.) gives students ownership of their work and progress and provides them an opportunity to work on their graphing skills to boot!

9. And More Data Tracking Sheets for Students

We like these sheets from blogger Bunting, Books, and Bright Ideas as well!

10. Citizenship Binder

Another genius hack! A tracking system for student accountability-all collected by students as part of weekly jobs. Kids take responsibility for monitoring their own behavior, organization and homework. What a great tool for cultivating ownership of their own learning!

SOURCE: One Teacher's Take

11. Data Collection Cheat Sheet

A quick and easy reference chart for Speech Language Therapists to use as a consistent, objective way to measure minimal vs moderate vs maximal cueing.

SOURCE: Speechy Musings

12. Use Progress Monitoring Rings

Create an individual record keeper for each of your students with this free progress monitoring ring set. Less bulky than a notebook, less formal than a clipboard and pen. For a full tutorial on her system, read Mrs. D's blog.

SOURCE: Mrs. D's Corner

Doing Data Walls the Right Way

There's no doubt that publicly displaying student achievements on classroom data walls as a means of motivating students is a controversial subject. However, we found some adorable examples of data walls that might just do the trick. The key to these boards is that they are limited to a single skill set of foundational skills that mostly require memorization. Giving students permission to monitor their own progress makes it feel more like a game than a report card.

13. Flying High

Kids can add their own bow to the tail of each kite as they master the skills listed.

14. Fact Family Flowers

Students get to decorate and attach their own butterflies to each fact family flower.

15. Sight Word Gumball Machines

Each student gets to add a gumball to the gumball machine as they master each sight word.

16. Letter/Sound Correspondence

Early learners can add a banana with their name on it to each cluster as they master the individual letter sounds.
What's your go-to hack for data collection? Come share in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE! Facebook group. Also, check out these classroom procedures that will save your sanity!

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16 Teacher Hacks for Making Data Collection a Piece of Cake

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If keeping track of all the streams of data coming your way is not your strong suit, here are a few hacks to make data collection easier (and even fun).

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Teachers are in the role of continually making assessments. They evaluate how the students are performing. They look at how well the material being used is accepted by the students. They are interested in how they're teaching style works in the classroom. Throughout their day, they are collecting data in the classroom to make assessments.

There are several different ways to collect the information they use. Some techniques will work better for some teachers than others. Some techniques work better in certain classrooms. If one technique does not work quite right, another can be employed fairly quickly

Formative Data

Short quizzes, question and answer drills and a simple show of hands generates a certain kind of data. It may show where the class' understanding is in that moment so the teacher can decide in which direction to take the class.

Ad hoc evaluation of student knowledge yields different data than examinations requiring study or review.

Observational Data

Teachers learn to watch their students. Observe behaviors while interacting with the student, when they are working on assignments by themselves or on a group assignment. Each situation results in unique information about each student.

How do students react when the teacher is walking around the classroom versus standing in front in one of the "teaching spots"? What is the behavior when students talk with the teacher? Present to the class? How does behavior change when a guest addresses the class?

How are questions answered? When asked a direct question, how does the student respond? How much time do they take to think about the answer and formulate their response?

While a student is answering the teacher or addressing the class, the rest of the room should be scanned to observe the responses of the other students.

Depending on what is going on in the classroom, observational data can be difficult to collect with any consistency. It may be beneficial to have another person spend time observing the students as a class progresses. A teaching assistant who has been trained in observational techniques can watch the class and record what they see. This can be especially useful for a teacher who is very busy during an instruction or in a class that loves to participate.

Standardized Tests, Key Milestone Exams and Project Work

Summative data is collected from the examinations given at the end of unit or the end of year. Large projects that take several weeks also become a source of information. This data is often looked at as a reflection of the group's learning.

This data is sometimes considered more an indicator of the effectiveness of the teaching of the material or the class' ability to comprehend that level of information.

Student Files

While not exactly data collected in the classroom, student records provide useful information. Taking the time to review student files and counseling records, the teacher will have some reference points from which to compare the data from within the class.

Student Reported Data

Students can be engaged in various ways to produce a lot of helpful information. By creating fun projects for students to report their own progress, teachers can gain more insight into how the student perceives their own accomplishments and ability.

If teaching the Common Core curriculum, create bar charts that students can color in to indicate their own level of understanding of the material.

Create a chart to post on the wall that students will sign when they feel they have mastered a particular problem. Use this with smaller, discreet assignments so students will see their own accomplishment.

Place a large, lined sheet on the wall to capture student questions about a certain topic. Address the questions at the beginning of each presentation.

Similarly, create a place where students can make comments on the material and topic presented. For K-6, this could be the sheet of paper on the wall or a binder placed in the classroom. For 7-12, this could be an online blog or comment section on a classroom website.

Help students create their own learning goals and track them. Students will also learn about goal setting as they decide their individual targets.

Looking for data in the right places

There is much information that can be gathered in the classroom setting. Some will be captured without the student's awareness. Look for ways to engage the student's interest so they can generate their own information.

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Collecting Data in the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide

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Teachers are in the role of continually making assessments. They evaluate how the students are performing. They look at how well the material being used is accepted by the students. They are interested in how they're teaching style works in the classroom. Throughout their day, they are collecting data in the classroom to make assessments.

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Individual SMA data, class SMA data, schoolnet bell ringers, exit tickets

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I collect my student data from SMA's, my teacher made test and quizzes. I use a lot of informative assessments to monitor and adjust my lessons and activities based on student responses.

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I use SMA data (student level, section level [co-op], class level and then overall), formative assessments from reliable sources that measure skills and standards that are completed in class, exit tickets, and occasionally informal sources such as whiteboards and online tools like quizizz.

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I collect data through individual SMAs, teacher-made quizzes and benchmark tests, informal student surveys (i.e "What worked for you? What did not work? How could I have made this assignment/activity better?"), and exit slips.

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I use individual SMA data, as well as, class average of that SMA I also use exit tickets as assessment of new concepts!

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I use SMA data to help spiral back to what standards need to be revisited. Each student also has individual data sheets in their binders to help them keep track of their scores. I posts class data on a line graph to show how each of the classes are doing. Students do look at the data and do try to beat the other classes.