Focusing on Students At-Risk

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Focusing on Students At-Risk

• School Planning
• Activity 2/2

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Focusing on At-Risk StudentsProcess

1. Access the Reports from ReportNet
2. Display the Data together with your teacher(s)
3. Reflect on the data using the questions provided
4. Using the Venn diagram worksheet, list the
   students and the specific strategies that will be
   the focus for each student listed in the
   worksheet
5. In your Student system, add these students to
   the At-Risk group
6. Re-assess these students in March

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Step 1Focusing on At-Risk StudentsAccessing the
Data

• Create the Class Profile
• select
• Report Card results for 2009-2010 ( this will
  also display 3 prior terms)
• Grade 4
• English Reading
• DRA-P, DRA or CASI, PM Benchmark ( we are looking
  for your reading assessments for Grade 3 and
  Grade 4 )
• Create the DRA or CASI Detail List Report
• Other Report Options
• Student Profile Multiple
• OLA Student List for grades SK, 1,2

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Step 2Display Data Class ProfileGrade 4,
2009-2010, Reading, assessment DRA/DRA-P, CASI,
PM Benchmark
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Display Data DRA/CASI Detail Summary
Report2009-2010, term 1, DRA Grades SK,1,2,3
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DRA Junior/CASI Grade 4,5,6,7,8
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EQAO Considerations

• Consider the EQAO data from Spring , 2009.
• What is the relationship between the June report
  card data and the EQAO data for those students.
• On the basis of this comparison, at what level
  are these students currently achieving?

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Step 3Analyze the Data

• What data catches your eye?
• Is there anything in the data that you do not
  understand?
• If so, what would you like clarified?
• Is there anything about the data that you find
  surprising?
• What patterns of strengths and needs are evident?
• What concerns you most about the data?
• As a result of your examination of the data, at
  what level is each student currently functioning?
  
• What target will you set for each student between
  now and March?
• Enter each student on the following VENN for the
  class

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CURRENT Level of Student Achievement at the
Classroom Level ALL students in the school are
included
Teachers will enter each student in the Venn For
combined grades, the names of students in the top
grade are placed at the top of the Venn and the
bottom grade at the bottom of the Venn (i.e. in a
1/2 combined class, the 1s are at the top and
the 2s are at the bottom) NOTE For exceptional
students, each students achievement is in
relation to the grade appropriate subject
expectations with or without accommodations as
reflected in the IEP. Place each student on the
Venn circle relative to the achievement of grade
appropriate levels not those that have been
modified as set out in the IEP. Students with
Alternative Expectations are placed to the left
of the level 1 Venn circle
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Grade _____________
Reading
Setting Targets for Improvement
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Hillary Justin
Mitchell Jessica Shelby James Samantha Justin
Kaitlyn Colton Amanda Gage Justin W Dawson
Lorne Kyle Shilo
Logan Ana Dustin
Highlight the names of students who are targeted
to move by March. The number of students who will
move is the target for the grade. Calculate the
new number of students at each level of
achievement. This is the number that is inserted
into the template at the end of the PowerPoint.
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Step 4Using the Venn Diagram

• List the Students on the Venn Diagram template
• List the specific strategies for improvement on
  the template
• Based on the students identified, this is your
  target for improvement

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Worksheet ABC Public School 2009-2010
Teacher ___________ Grade _____________
Reading
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4

• Strategies List

• Strategies List

• Strategies List

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Step 5Track These Students

• Monitoring these students using the reports
• Enter the students into the at-risk group in
  Trillium
• These are the students that will be monitored
  regularly using the At-Risk flag in the reports
• Repeat this process for the next reporting period
• Link to access the instructions to enter At-Risk
  Students in Trillium
• http//www.compassforsuccess.ca/mod/resource/view.
  php?id108

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Step 6What strategies worked?

• Reflect on the classroom strategies previously
  used to support the at-risk students.
• Which ones do we think had the most impact?
• Which strategies were tried but did not appear to
  move the students?