RESA Session

1. EVAAS for Educators
Adriane Mingo, Heather Stewart, Yvette Stewart
http://region6pd.ncdpi.wikispaces.net

2. Today’s Presenters
Adriane Mingo
Professional Development
Consultant
Region 6
Adriane.mingo@dpi.nc.dpi
Heather Stewart
Professional Development
Consultant
Region 4
Heather.stewart@dpi.nc.gov

3. Purpose
• Be familiar with proactive assessments
• Understand the various EVAAS reports
• Be familiar with student projection reports

4. Outcomes:
• Locate resources associated with the
EVAAS
• Be familiar with various EVAAS Reports
• Understand At-Risk and Preparedness
Reports
• Be familiar with Student Projection Reports

5. Can We Agree?
• To be actively involved
• Value differences
• Agree to disagree
• Listen

6. Agenda
• Welcome, introductions, agenda overview
• Resources
• Value-Added
• Reports
• Reflections
• Questions

7. Resources

8. Cycle of Support

9. 2012-2013 Professional Development Plan
2012 2013
Sept
June
May
Aug
Dec
Mar
Nov
Apr
July
Feb
Oct
Jan
 Common Core State and NC Essential Standards PD 
~96 sessions
 Information and Technology Essential Standards PD 
~24 sessions
 Fidelity Support PD 
8 sessions 8 sessions
 NC Educator Evaluation System PD   ACT or PLAN PD 
 Creating the 21st Century Classroom PD   AIG-Focused PD 
 EVAAS PD 
+90 optional sessions

10. Online Modules and Webinars
Available since 6/2011
►Modules available at http://center.ncsu.edu/nc/
• Call for Change: An Overview of Common Core and Essential
Standards
• Developing Local Curricula
• NC Professional Teaching Standards
• Understanding the Standards
• Understanding Student Behavior I
• Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
• NC Falcon (Formative Assessment)
►Webinars available at www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/webinars

11. Online Modules and Webinars
Available 6/2012
►Modules available at http://center.ncsu.edu/nc/
• NC School Executives Standards
• Digital Literacies in the K-12 Classroom
• Introduction to Data Literacy
• Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects
• Understanding PreK-6 Student Behavior in the Classroom
• Connecting with our 21st Century Learners
• NC Falcon Student Ownership Module
• Educator Evaluation System Tutorial
• North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards Module
Implementation Guide available at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/webinars/

12. Wikicentral.ncdpi.wikispaces.net

13. NCEES.ncdpi.wikispaces.net

14. Additional Resources:
• EVAAS Wiki Page Here

15. Virtual Professional Development
https://ncdpi.sas.com

16. Data Literacy Module
https://center.ncsu.edu/nc
Data Resource Guide
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/resources/

17. Educator Effectiveness
• Questions on Standard 6 or 8? Email
educatoreffectiveness@dpi.nc.gov
• Learn more about Measures of Student
Learning/Common Exams at
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/

18. Questions about Cloud & IIS
• The Cloud is here –
www.Cloud.FI.NCSU.EDU
• For further questions, email…
– Technology_READY@dpi.nc.gov
– IIS_READY@dpi.nc.gov

19. Pre-Assessment

20. Current Practices
How do you
currently use
EVAAS?

21. It’s Connected

22. Benefits and Considerations for
Teacher Use
• Understand academic Professional
preparedness of students Development is the
before they enter the
Key
classroom.
• Culture of School
• Monitor student progress,
ensuring growth opportunities • Sensitivity of Data
for all students.
• Finger Pointing and Blame
• Modify curriculum, student Game
support, and instructional
strategies to address the • Window vs. Mirror
needs of all students.

23. Benefits for Principals
• Gain a consolidated view of student progress and teacher
effectiveness, as well as the impact of instruction and
performance.
• Bring clarity to strategic planning and function as a catalyst
for conversations that must take place to ensure that all
students reach their potential.
• Understand and leverage the strengths of effective
teachers.
• Use the valuable resource of effective teaching to benefit
as many students as possible.

24. Principal’s Role
• Principal Access
• Your Role as
Gatekeeper
• Making Choices
Regarding Teacher
Access
• Professional
Development Support
for Teachers

25. Education Value-Added
Assessment System
• Answers the question of how effective a
schooling experience is
• Produces reports that
-Predict student success
-Show the effects of schooling at particular
schools
-Reveal patterns in subgroup performance
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26. The EVAAS Philosophy
• All students deserve opportunities to make appropriate
academic progress every year.
• There is no “one size fits all” way of educating students
who enter a class at different levels of academic
achievement.

27. The EVAAS Philosophy
• Adjustments to instruction should be based on the
students’ academic needs, not on socio-economic
factors.
• "What teachers know and can do is the most important
influence on what students learn." (National
Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1996)

28. ACHIEVEMENT VS. GROWTH

29. Student Achievement
Proficient
End of
School Year

30. Student Growth
Proficient
Not Proficient
Start of End of
School Year School Year

31. Achievement and Poverty
How is this fair?

32. Academic Growth and Poverty
No one is doomed to failure.

33. Global Menu

34. Changes in Reporting for 2012-13
2011-12 2012-13
Above Exceeds Expected Growth
Not Detectably Meets Expected Growth
Different
Below Does Not Meet Expected
Growth

35. Value-Added Reporting

36. Pie Charts

37. 1. Go to the website
www.ncdpi.sas.com

38. 1. Go to the website
ncdpi.sas.com

39. 1. Go to ncdpi.sas.com
2. BOOKMARK IT!
3. Secure & Convenient
Online Login

40. Do you see this?
Then Sit Tight!

41. What Are Projections?

42. What Are Projections Anyway?
Given a specific set
of circumstances…
…what’s the most
likely outcome?

43. What Are Projections Anyway?
Given this student’s testing
history, across subjects…
…what is the student likely
to score on an upcoming
test, assuming the student
has the average schooling
experience?

44. EVAAS Projections
What are they based on?
• Expectations based on what we know
» About this student and other students who have
already taken this test
» Prior test scores (EOC/EOG), across subjects
» Their scores on the test we’re projecting to

45. What’s the Value of the Projections?
Projections are NOT about
predicting the future.
They ARE
about assessing
students’ academic
needs TODAY.

46. Assessing Students’ Needs
• What are this student’s chances for success?
• What goals should we have for this student this
year?
• What goals should we have for this student in
future years?
What can I do to help this student get there?

47. Using Projections to Take Action
• Identify students
• Assess the level of risk
• Plan schedules
• Identify high-achievers
• Assess the opportunities
• Inform

48. Academic At-Risk Reports
• Reports
– Academic At-Risk
Report

49. Making Data Driven Decisions

50. Data Mining
Data
or
Knowledge discovery

51. REFLECTION + PROJECTION =
TODAY

52. Disaggregated by Achievement
Probability

54. Student Reporting

55. Custom Student Report HANDOUT

56. Thinking of the State Distribution by
QUINTILES

58. How can
you use
these
reports?

59. Digging Deeper…

62. The Deeper We Go, The More
Questions We Raise
How much impact What
Why did this
did school conversation do I
student change
environment have need to have with
schools?
on this student? guidance?
What are her What is the
What’s going on
connections to teacher’s
at home?
school? perspective?

63. Questions?

64. EVAAS Assignment
Take 30 minutes to
complete the three
tasks on the
assignment sheet.

65. Graffiti Walk
Tell us
what you
think about
EVASS

66. Review
Insights from Assignment
Questions
What’s Next?

67. REFLECTIONS

68. More Support with EVAAS
• Dr. Sandy Horn – retired NC teacher,
employed by SAS to provide PD for EVAAS.
• Full list of PD opportunities and Dr. Horn's
contact information is available here:
https://ncdpi.sas.com/evaas/signin.jsf

69. Overview of Four Types of Interactive
PD Opportunities
• Drop-in • One-Hour Web
Conferences: 30- Conferences with
minute live sessions Individual Districts
on various topics – District-specific
– EVAAS Q and A reporting for central
office staff charged
– EVAAS Diagnostic with deployment of
and Academic EVAAS training.
Preparedness
Reports: Tools for
School Improvement
•

70. Overview of Four Types of Interactive
PD Opportunities
• One-Hour Web • One- to Two-Hour
Conferences with Web Conferences
Individual Schools – Customized to meet
– Explore needs of participants
interpretation of
school’s reporting
and how it can be
used to improve AYP
success this year as
well as prepare for
upcoming school
year

71. Closure
Please take a moment to answer
the survey.
http://go.ncsu.edu/ncdpi-resa_survey

72. Regional PD Contact Information
Adriane Mingo
adriane.mingo@dpi.nc.gov
(704) 326-1301