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Share:
1) How long have you been working in education? At SESD?
2) Tell me something good.

Example:
1) Going into 13th year in education, 4th year at SESD
2) I was able to go to Mexico and meet up with my sister's family (niece above) during the summer.

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Parent-Teacher Communication - 3 Reports

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Parent-Teacher Communication - 3 Reports

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The MAP® Growth™ K-12 interim assessment provides essential information about a student's continuum of learning and growth trajectory. MAP Growth provides real-time information that helps teachers teach, students learn, and administrators lead. Many schools administer the test in fall, winter, and spring for a consistent longitudinal measure of student growth. It offers a clear picture of your students' learning and readiness for college and careers.

With parent-teacher conferences coming up on the fall calendar, teachers might be thinking about how best to use the actionable assessment data that comes from MAP Growth to speak to parents about their students' progress. While many of the reports that MAP Growth delivers are valuable, there are three, in particular, that provide valuable insights and are often shared with parents.

1. Student Progress Report

Just as the title says, this report shows a student's term-to-term growth and can be used to compare a student's RIT scores to the district's average score, as well as to national norms. Below the graphs, the report outlines for students and parents the particular areas of strength and concern within the subjects of math and reading.
(Click the image for larger view in new tab.) (Click the image for larger view in new tab.) 2. Student Profile Report (Click the image for larger view in new tab.)
This report offers both a deep dive for teachers or a quick snapshot for parents. The main student profile view (shown below) highlights the student's performance in all subjects across the tabs at the top. For each subject area, parents can see a student's scores relative to national norms and projections for how they will do on their state summative test. (This snapshot for each subject is often provided to parents as a printout or pdf.) Teachers can use the instructional areas module to see where they need to focus their instruction for the student. They can also use the interactivity of the report to set and track growth goals with students over the course of the school year. (For an overview of everything the Student Profile report offers, check out this short video.)

3. Student Goal Setting Worksheet

This report can be used to engage students and parents in their students' learning by explaining areas of strength and concern. The bar graphs allow students to see their current level, as well as give them a goal to work toward. To the right of the graphs, the green categories show areas of strength, and the yellow categories are areas to improve.

Andy Set is Director of Product Marketing at NWEA, responsible for market awareness of MAP Growth. Before joining NWEA, Andy lived and worked in Silicon Valley for a tech startup and brings over 10+ years of experience in marketing, product management and software development. When not at work, Andy is planning trips back home to the Windy City where his niece and nephew enjoy climbing over him and leaving a huge mess for the parents to clean up.

These three reports, and others, deliver essential information that can be used to improve both teaching and learning and to provide essential communication with parents. For more details on how one teacher uses her favorite MAP reports with students and parents, read How NOT to get overwhelmed by data: Teacher reports to use throughout the year.

Teachers who are looking for additional resources for explaining MAP Growth assessment data in parent-teacher conferences can also refer to these links:

A Parent's Guide to MAP Growth is a one-page handout that can be easily printed or emailed; it is available in 10 additional languages here on our user community;

MAP Growth Parent Toolkit video, a short overview of how MAP Growth works;

Parent Toolkit page on nwea.org, featuring some frequently asked questions about MAP Growth.

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Three Essential MAP Growth Reports That Facilitate Parent-Teacher Communications

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The MAP® Growth™ K-12 interim assessment provides essential information about a student's continuum of learning and growth trajectory. MAP Growth provides real-time information that helps teachers teach, students learn, and administrators lead. Many schools administer the test in fall, winter, and spring for a consistent longitudinal measure of student growth.

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Addressing Unfinished Learning - Alisha Zare

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Addressing Unfinished Learning - Alisha Zare

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Presentation by SESD elementary STEM coach, Alisha Zare

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Addressing Unfinished Learning - Lisa Fik

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Addressing Unfinished Learning - Lisa Fik

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Presentation by MS SESD math coach, Lisa Fik

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Copy of Addressing Unfinished Learning PD Aug. 2020

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1)I am going into my 14th year in education.
2) I got to go 4-day backpacking trips in two national parks this summer!

I'm Elizabeth Lennie!

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1) Going into my 9th year of teaching (all at Bishop!)
2) I got married on Saturday! :)

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Denise.   I am starting my 19th year of teaching and with SESD.  I taught general ed for 11 years and this is my 8th year in SPED.  My husband and I bought a house and we are moved in and loving it.

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Denise.   I am starting my 19th year of teaching and with SESD.  I taught general ed for 11 years and this is my 8th year in SPED.  My husband and I bought a house and we are moved in and loving it.

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Mei - 20 years at SESD.  I took up growing dragon fruit this summer.  I'm a mother of 3 buds!

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Mei - 20 years at SESD.  I took up growing dragon fruit this summer.  I'm a mother of 3 buds!

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Rose -Started first year teaching in 1990, 18th year in SESD, looking forward to in person teaching

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Rose -Started first year teaching in 1990, 18th year in SESD, looking forward to in person teaching

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2)

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1) 15th or 16th year in education
2) As of now...my nephew's (postponed) wedding is scheduled for early Oct, very excited!

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30th year in special education, 4th at SESD, second year being a 'Goggi' to Lily who is 18 months old and have been to lots of cool places in the USA this summer

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Eleni Papas
1. This is my 28th year of teaching, 24th year with Sunnyvale.
2. I just returned from reuniting with family in Greece for 6 fabulous weeks.

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Elena

1.  I am starting my nineteenth year in education, second year at SESD.

2. I just came back from Santa Barbara with my sisters.

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1) This will be my 5th year in education, 2nd year as a teacher. First year at SESD! :D

2) I spent three weeks in Mexico this summer, it was great!

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1) Going into my 4th year in bilingual education and 1st year at SESD
2) I was able to spend time with my family and visit friends I hadn't seen in months!

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1.) This is my 9th official year in education (10th if you count long-term sub work) :) and my 1st year at SESD
2.) I was able to spend a LOT of time with my new baby during this past year and she was finally able to meet my mom on Mother's Day.

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With Sunnyvale since 2008
RSP teacher since 2019.
Highlight-Teaching Elevate math with Lisa.

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Acceleration is something we do in SPED often, though we call it remediation. Our SPED students often have so many gaps or take so long to learn basic skills and information that they are continually falling further behind. IMHO It works best to keep moving forward while providing necessary scaffolding for understanding.

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The article is telling us to focus on our grade-level standards, and only go back to  pick out a few concepts from previous grade-levels as-needed. Sounds great to me!

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The article is telling us to focus on our grade-level standards, and only go back to  pick out a few concepts from previous grade-levels as-needed. Sounds great to me!

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Acceleration: Teach previous grade level content. You’re just teaching it in the context of what they’re learning now.
Remediation: Going back to cover skills and concepts that students haven’t mastered from the previous grade.

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Acceleration is continuing to move forward with current grade level content and being sure to address any misunderstandings, misconceptions, or missed learning that might impede the new learning.  It helps to ensure that students and teachers do not get "stuck" with a particular skill and that ALL students continue to have access to grade level standards and content.

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Acceleration is continuing to move forward with current grade level content and being sure to address any misunderstandings, misconceptions, or missed learning that might impede the new learning.  It helps to ensure that students and teachers do not get "stuck" with a particular skill and that ALL students continue to have access to grade level standards and content.

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Integrate unfinished learning into the context of new learning (create a conceptual bridge between what students are missing & new lessons).

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Acceleration is important to help bridge academic gaps that students may have by allowing them to continue to learn the new, grade-level concepts. Remediation is going back to cover missed concepts, and seems to have little room for students to master/work with grade-level skills and concepts.

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Acceleration is a way to ensure that teachers focus on and get through the current year content whereas remediation could interrupt that process by spending large chunks of time reviewing/reteaching what was missed/misunderstood in prior years.

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Acceleration doesn't mean ignoring the gaps.  You teach the essential missing gaps in the context of what they're learning now.

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Acceleration doesn't mean ignoring the gaps.  You teach the essential missing gaps in the context of what they're learning now.

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Acceleration is teaching grade level content and finding those key moments/ lessons in which students can benefit from reviewing previous grade level content.

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Acceleration is teaching grade level content and finding those key moments/ lessons in which students can benefit from reviewing previous grade level content.

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Students who spend more time on Acceleration vs. Remediation struggled less than their peers who are taught remedial skills.

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I'm very excited to use NWEA data in order to differentiate content for Math, ELA and SLA.

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I will use the report to identify areas of need as I begin a unit.

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Denise - This was a great training.  I am going to use the NWEA to determine areas that my students need additional support to attain grade level content.  I like the additional resources for math that shows the focus standards and additional standards.

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Denise - This was a great training.  I am going to use the NWEA to determine areas that my students need additional support to attain grade level content.  I like the additional resources for math that shows the focus standards and additional standards.

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I will be using this as a tool to guide goals on IEPs. I like to write goals that are a little broader in focus, so the information in the learning continuum will be a helpful tool.

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When you accelerate the data shows you get through more material.  Remediating disproportionately puts students (especially the at risk populations) on remedial tracks.

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When you accelerate the data shows you get through more material.  Remediating disproportionately puts students (especially the at risk populations) on remedial tracks.

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Some next steps include exploring various reports and the "Mind the Gap Tasks"

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It was very useful to learn more about all of the resources available through NWEA to plan instruction. The coherence map really allowed me to connect both the information from the reports and past/future standards that build upon each other.

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The NWEA score and detailed students individual report helps to navigate the standard and instructions. The accelerated instruction improves based on data. It helps to bridging the skill gap, conceptual ideas while learning the content.

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Next steps are really to dive into the reports to see areas of opportunity for my students and where I can create enrichment activities as well. I want to also utilize the Mine the Gap and Coherence Map activities and general pre-assessments to get a better feel for my students who may have just clicked through the NWEA assessment. :)
Thank you!

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I would like to start working with my team on how to look at the data and plan for support for struggling students. What resources we could use to help group our students.

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How will you use NWEA to drive instruction and accelerate your students?What do you want to share with your team?What are your next steps?What questions do you still have?

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How will you use NWEA to drive instruction and accelerate your students?What do you want to share with your team?What are your next steps?What questions do you still have?

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1.  Use reports to help group students for differentiation - accelerating their needs.
2.  The resources, walk them through generating reports and how to read.
3. Next steps would be to look at current year's reports, when they're finished rostering. Figure out when/how to use with SFUSD math curric.

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I am very interested in having continued PD on how to use the valuable tools within NWEA to help differentiate instruction and fill-in unfinished learning to keep students on track and moving ahead.  I will propose to my sixth grade team to pick some aspect of these reports to learn how to use, study & examine our kids' data and learn how to use this invaluable date effectively and efficiently.

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I am very interested in having continued PD on how to use the valuable tools within NWEA to help differentiate instruction and fill-in unfinished learning to keep students on track and moving ahead.  I will propose to my sixth grade team to pick some aspect of these reports to learn how to use, study & examine our kids' data and learn how to use this invaluable date effectively and efficiently.

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Thank you for the great training!