Data Mining

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Data Mining

• CESA 6 LAC Meeting

David Gundlach Director of Curriculum and
Technology Menasha Joint School
District gundlachd_at_mjsd.k12.wi.us
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Key Points

• What data is collected and how is it used
• Data mining Tools
• DEMO
• When to use which tool
• What we have learned
• QA

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What data do we collect?

• Demographics
• Free/Reduced data
• ELL status data via ACCESS testing
• Special Education data
• Household information
• Behavior information
• Truancy information
• Attendance information
• Health information
• Schedule information
• Classroom grade information

• Transcript information
• Credit Summaries
• Transportation information
• K screening data
• 6 Trait data (6 1 traits) in grades 3-12
• WKCE performance level data (3,4,5,6,7,8,10)
• WKCE scale score data (3,4,5,6,7,8,10)
• PSAT/SAT/ACT Data
• DRA scores
• PK-12 Common Assessments
• And more..

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• Dont use data to look for excuses
• Focus on those items that are within your control
• Use data to help identify opportunities to change
  practice or conditions to improve student
  learning
• Identify responsibilities for action steps
• Remember that all students are yours, not just
  those in your classroom.

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Data Mining Tools for 2008

• BYOC (Build Your Own Curriculum)
• WSAS ORS system (a.k.a. Turnleaf)
• Infinite Campus and Data Beacon
• Write-track 6 trait system
• Building based data
• Classroom based data
• BYOA (Build Your Own Assessment)

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360 Degree Instructional Improvement Model
Govt. Stds
Local Stds
Existing Curriculum
Student Learning
Instructional Activities
Curriculum
FOR Learning
Mission/Vision Values Goals
District Stakeholders Citizens Parents Students St
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Assessment
Analysis and Accountability M.A.P. - Infinite
Campus
OF Learning
Formative
Summative
Occurs during the teaching and learning process
and helps improve student learning. The results
are primarily to give quality feedback to students
Occurs after the teaching and learning process
and provides evidence of achievement. The
results are used to evaluate students for a grade
or for system evaluation and improvement
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DEMO TIME
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When to use which tool?
Activity Tool
Differentiated Education Plan for individual student(s) IC Student Tab
Cohort reporting disaggregated by IC stored data DataBeacon
Cross comparing assessment data DataBeacon or WKCE Excel
Cross comparing performance with teachers to replicate success Databeacon
List of individual student scores by assessment WKCE Excel
Analyze state standards coverage in district curricula BYOC
Analyze district writing assessment scores individually or by cohort Write-Track and Data Beacon
Determine percentages of M, B, P, A on WKCE Turnleaf/Campus
Longitudinal analysis of WKCE scores Turnleaf/Campus
WKCE Item Response Turnleaf
Provide public data to constituents or compare districts WINSS
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What have we learned?

• It all starts with the curriculum (benchmarks)
• Purposeful design of data systems and quality
  data entry
• Use the right tool for the right job
• Must have SIS that leverages all data and can
  store/analyze/report on it
• Must have SIS that can provide standards based
  grading by teachers
• Must be able to retrieve data providing staffing
  if necessary to support this instructional
  process
• Technology should be the path, not the roadblock
  to instructional improvement!

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Questions and Answers
David Gundlach Director of Curriculum and
Technology Menasha Joint School
District gundlachd_at_mjsd.k12.wi.us