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Department of Research, Evaluation & Assessment
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A Tour of Assessment Information and Dataon the MDE Website
Katherine DrakeRennie ZimmerREA
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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MDE Homepage: http://education.state.mn.us
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
www.rea.spps.org
3 Key Places for Data
1. Academic Excellence School Report Card (for the public)
2. Accountability Programs Assessment and Testing
3. Data Data Submissions (Educator Portal) Data Downloads
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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1. Academic Excellence
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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1. Academic Excellence> School Report Card
• Most of the information here can be accessed through Educator Portal (with no small cell size filter)
• Search by School or District
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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1. Academic Excellence> School Report Card (cont.)
• Minnesota Growth Model/Your Growth = default (Growth Reports tab on Educator Portal)
• Analyze Your Results = Test Results tab on Educator Portal• 2010 Results = pdf of School Report Card• NCLB Data Report = useful format of data available elsewhere
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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1. Academic Excellence> School Report Card > 2010 Results
• School Report cards summarize data that are available elsewhere, including student enrollment demographics, AYP status, MCA scores, school opportunities, and staffing.
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1. Academic Excellence > School Report Card > NCLB Data Report
• Section I—Last two years, # of students at each achievement level and % proficient compared to district and state for each subject, all students, all NCLB subgroups, by grade (and all grades combined)
• Section III—Summary of information found on the AYP one-pagers
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2. Accountability Programs
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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2. Accountability Programs> Assessment and Testing
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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2. Accountability Programs > Assessment and Testing > Assessments > MCA
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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2. Accountability Programs > Assessment and Testing > Assessments
• Test home page (statewide results, FAQs, etc.)
• Section Links (with some of the more useful resources underlined): Item samplers (by subject and grade) Manuals and directions (e.g., assessment coordinator manuals, test monitor
directions, formula sheets for mathematics tests, security checklists) Parent information (e.g., fact sheets, test preparation suggestions—each
translated into nine languages) Reports for schools and parents (e.g., Minnesota Interpretive Guide, ISR
samples) Achievement level descriptors (by subject and grade) Technical reports (e.g., state means and standard deviations, technical
manuals, alignment studies, raw to scale score tables) Test specifications
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2. Accountability Programs > Assessment and Testing > Assessments > MCA > Reports for Schools and Parents> Minnesota Interpretive Guide
• Background information for interpreting data in test reports Tests students take and their purpose Types of score reports Interpreting scores and achievement levels Understanding Individual Student Reports (ISRs) Using the Educator Portal and the DSR
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2. Accountability Programs > Assessment and Testing> Assessments > MCA > Technical Reports > Raw to Scale Score Tables
• For each Raw Score on a test, there is a Scale Score Achievement Level Minnesota Percentile
Rank (sometimes)
• Tables illustrate variations in test difficulty Gr. 3 Rdg MCA-II: 33/44
(75%), M, 38th %ile Gr. 11 Math MCA-II:
32/65 (49%), P, 39st %ile
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2. Accountability Programs > Assessment and Testing > DAC Corner
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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2. Accountability Programs > Assessment and Testing> DAC Corner > Policies, Procedures and Guidelines> Procedures Manual
• Primarily used by DACs and SACs• Covers virtually all policy and procedural information related to
assessment, including: important dates description of tests responsible and ethical practices, including managing test security roles and responsibilities accommodations for students with IEPs or 504 plans LEP Issues students in special circumstances (e.g., home school, medical excuse,
parent refusal, shared time) test administration procedures student demographics and data editing procedures assessment reports
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3. Data
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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3. Data > Data Submissions(Educator Portal)
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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3. Data > Data Downloads• Choose an assessment/category under accountability data
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Office of Accountability, Planning and PolicyDepartment of Research, Evaluation and Assessment
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3. Data > Data Downloads (cont.)• Excel files—results summarized for each district and school in MN
by grade and subject
• Tab-delimited files—results summarized for each district and school in MN by grade, subject, and NCLB group
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3. Data > Data Downloads > Excel Files• Help documents are available (e.g., field descriptions)
• Files are organized by public and non-public schools and by subject area for each test year going back several years
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3. Data > Data Downloads> Excel Files (cont.)
• These files look like Excel Summary Files (Summary Data tab) from the Test Results Download feature of the Educator Portal, except: Ns < 10 are suppressed all schools and districts in MN are included results are provided by grade and by subject for all students (but not by NCLB group)
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3. Data > Data Downloads> Tab-Delimited Files
• Help documents are available (e.g., field descriptions)
• Files are organized by public and non-public schools and by subject area for each test year going back several years
• Tab-delimited files are very large and are intended to be used in databases; alternatively, extra data may be deleted to allow the files to be viewed in an older version of Excel (with case limits)
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3. Data > Data Downloads> Tab-Delimited Files (cont.)
• Tab-delimited files are similar to Excel files from the Data Downloads page, except: they are in text format and must be imported into databases or spreadsheets
before they can be viewed results are reported by NCLB group
• These files are most useful when you are looking for results from other schools and districts in MN, reported by NCLB group; otherwise, Excel Summary Files from the Educator Portal are preferred
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Questions?
• Email: [email protected]
