The tool below shows the probability that a student is going to score proficient (or better) on the NECAP based on fall NWEA MAP scores. Select the student’s grade and approximate score on MAP reading or math. The tool returns a probability between 0 and 1.
Bruce Wellman and Laura Lipton (2004) have developed a widely used method for looking at student data called the “Data-Driven Dialogue” (DDD). The dialogue includes three steps: (1) activating and engaging, (2) exploring and discovering, and (3) organizing and integrating. There have been numerous studies that have found that schools and districts that use are more successful than those that do not. However, there is not a body of research that supports one method over another for actually analyzing data
In the first step of the cycle (activating and engaging) the participants “surface experiences and expectations”. Wellman and Lipton include guiding questions in their text such as “with what assumptions are we entering?” and “what are some predictions we are making?”. Wellman and Lipton state that “by surfacing predictions and assumptions, groups and group members name the frames of reference that are the lenses through which they view the world.” They argue that by naming these assumptions and predicti