NWEA DATA TOOLS

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NWEA DATA TOOLS

• DATA FOR INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT

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PRESENTATION TEAM

• Mulvane presented across the state and at the
  national NWEA Members Seminar

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The Value of NWEA Tools

• Provides tools to realize what education can be
  Bring kids to new levels of learning
• Provides information to graduate students at a
  guaranteed level of proficiency and knowledge of
  where kids are on expected continuum
• Provides data to know where kids are and what to
  do next
• Enables teachers to act immediately

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A New System A New Culture

• Mission has changed
• Dream Responsibility
• Less time-based More proficiency-based
• Stop doing what doesnt make sense
• Use resources with flexibility

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FIRST STEP

• AFTER TESTING, THE STUDENT RIT SCORE IS AVAILABLE
  ON THE SCREEN PRINT/USE SPREADSHEET
• USE DESCARTE (LEARNING CONTINUUM) TO IDENTIFY
  INDIVIDUAL SKILL LEVEL BY RIT SCORE
• IDENTIFIES VOCABULARY

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WITHIN 24 HOURS OF TESTING

• CLASS REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE BY RIT
• LEXILE SCORE WHAT IS A LEXILE AND HOW CAN I USE
  IT
• LONGITUDINAL STUDENT REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE

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WITHIN 24 HOURS. . . POWERFUL INFORMATION ON
YOUR STUDENTS IS AVAILABLE

• INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS PROVIDE STUDENT DATA BY RIT
  LEVEL AND MATCHES DISCRETE SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUAL
  OR STUDENT GROUPS

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INTERVENTION ALL DAY LONG

• THE TEACHER IS THE KEY
• EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE
• DATA IS ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS IN YOUR CLASSROOM
  K-12
• IT IS UP TO YOU TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE DATA