Track Sessions: Meaningful Communication of Student and School Outcomes

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Meaningful Communication of Student and School Outcomes Sessions in Alphabetical Order

Meaningful Communication of Student and School Outcomes

At the forefront of the work in many states is the idea of helping families and educators make better sense and use of assessment data. Finding and communicating assessment results that can be tied to resources to fuel student learning in the classroom and at home is a critical component.

Come and hear from current state leaders from West Virginia and Oklahoma, who will share effective strategies and concrete examples they have employed to not only communicate but also connect those results to actionable and meaningful next steps for all stakeholders. Additional time will be spent exploring the free, online resources connected to these measures that can be leveraged by students, families, and educators alike.

Session Presenters: Vaughn Rhudy, Christina McCreary, Matt Copeland

Session Date: Wednesday, June 23 at 2:10 AM – 3:10 PM ET

Process, Reporting, and Dashboards, Oh My! Turning High Quality Data into High Quality Action

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has given states the opportunity to revamp and expand their accountability reporting systems. However, the scope of these expanded systems presents additional challenges for both ensuring data accuracy and accessibility. Three states, Washington, Iowa, and Oklahoma, will share novel strategies and visualizations they have developed to address these challenges. Washington will share details on how their secure data reporting portal makes data actionable and accessible to school and district leaders. Iowa will describe the data displays they developed to report out the many data elements required by ESSA and inform various stakeholders. Finally, Oklahoma will demonstrate the features of their new public dashboards in addition to custom tools developed to help LEAs and the public understand and use accountability data effectively.

Session Presenters: Michael Tamborski, Marie Harris, Tom Deeter, Lance Sisco

Session Date & Time: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

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Representing measurement error in student score reports and school-level progress indicators

Although it is well known that test results are fallible, it is not yet routine practice to account for and represent the impact of the measurement error in students’ scores on either student-level classifications or school-level indices of annual progress (including indicators required under ESSA). In this session, we present results from two studies. The first examines how teachers understand uncertainty and how different ways of communicating uncertainty impact their interpretations, including evaluations of classification uncertainty. The second study examines how information about measurement error can be accurately reflected in school-level indices that are based on individual scores. The presenters will share findings from these studies and discuss implications for reporting test results at both the individual and school levels.

Session Presenters: Mark Hansen, Zhaopeng Ding, W. Joshua Rew

Session Date & Time: Monday, June 21, 2021 at 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM ET

Using Interim Assessment Data to Measure COVID’s Impact on Learning: National, State, and Local Perspectives

The extent to which student learning has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming better understood in large part due to the availability of data from interim assessments, which are collected multiple times throughout the year and remain widely used when state testing programs are on hold. Attendees will hear three distinct perspectives — national, state, and local — on lessons learned related to interim testing in these unusual times. We will explore patterns of testing compared with pre-pandemic trends, lessons learned regarding remote assessment and administration fidelity, methods for evaluating the impact of Spring 2020 closures on student readiness to learn in Fall 2020, the extent to which students grew academically during the 2020-21 school year, and whether growth varied as a function of instructional delivery models. Implications for educators, policymakers, and assessment providers will be explored.

Session Presenters: Damian Betebenner, Katie McClarty, Eric Stickney, Andy Middlestead, Sam Allison