Thing 17: Evaluation and Assessment

Student information systems, data warehouses, rubrics, and online assessment tools are
needed when collecting demographic, achievement, process, and perception data.

The Legalities of Data
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
-Protects the privacy of the students education records
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act)
-Protects the individuals health information and patient rights regarding health and
safety
Pre-Test Answers
1. F 11. T
2. F 12. F
3. T 13. F
4. T 14. F
5. F 15. A. F ; B. F ; C. T ; D. F ; E. F ; F. T
6. F 16. F
7. T
8. T
9. F
10. T
Answer Key
1. F 11. F
2. F 12. T
3. F 13. T/F
4. T 14. T/F
5. F 15. A. T ; B. T ; C. F ; D. F ; E. F ; F. T
6. F 16. T
7. F
8. F
9. T/F
10. F

The Types of Data Collected in Education
Four categories that educational data can be divided into:
1. Demographic Data
2. Achievement Data
3. Process Data
4. Perception Data
Most schools are required to track the data as part of their school improvement
information.




Measuring School Processes
One of the most important things we can do to help improve K-12 education is measure
progress.
Process IS the only thing that teachers/educators have control over in education, but it
is very difficult to measure.
























Resources to Collect Data
Demographic and Achievement Data
Student Information Systems and Data Warehouses - MISchoolData
Student Information Systems (SIS) provide demographic and achievement information
-Examples: Zangle, Skyward, PowerSchool
When using SIS educators can:
- collect demographic data (ethnicity and gender and AYP subgroups ( economically
disadvantaged, special needs, etc))
- collect achievement and performance data (transcripts, grades, discipline, attendance,
detailed student records)
- create course schedules, teacher grading and attendance that is all kept in a secure
place that requires a login and permission to protect confidentiality
Data Warehouse (DW) provides educational data on student achievement and
demographics within a secure environment.
-Example: Michigan School Data Portal
Analyze student performance based on standards
Data portals include data on: assessments, performance, enrollment,
graduation/dropout, career, college readiness, early childhood, special education,
career technical education

Process, Perception, and Achievement Data
Online Polling and Assessment Resources
Creates polls, surveys, or assessments using the web or a smart phone
-Examples: PollEverywhere, Socrative, and TestMoz


Reflection/Assignment
#1. When taking the FERPA/HIPAA quiz at the beginning of the Thing, I did better than I thought
when taking the quiz. I remember learning some of the information last year when we briefly
went over FERPA in my Intro to Special Education class. Something I learned from this
experience is that students and parents don't always have to give consent for the students
records to be shared. Some of sharing without consent I remember, like when the student is
transferring or when colleges need a copy of your transcript. But, then there were others where
I didn't know that they could just give your records for someone to look at. As for HIPAA, I knew
that you can't share health records with anyone, unless you have parents consent to do so.

#2. When looking at the MISchoolData Portal, I looked at the ACT College Readiness (how the
scores on the ACT reflected on how ready students were for college). I then narrowed it down
and went by gender. Here are the results that appeared:




















When looking at the graph if ACT College Readiness from Perry Public Schools, green is for the
females, blue is the average of the two, and the yellow is the males. The students that took the
ACT back in March, there wasn't much of a gap by gender. Now if you go back to the year that I
took the ACT which was in 2010, there was an even smaller gap in how many of that gender
met the ACT benchmarks. If we look at the data from 2011-2012, there was a rather large gap
of males that did not meet the ACT benchmarks that year.











The graph above is showing the ACT College Readiness state wide and is divided up by gender.
Yellow line is for the males, blue is the average of both students, and the green is the females.
Looking at the graph, it shows a rather consistent level of readiness for the genders over the
past 5 years of students taking the ACT. The gap gets a little bigger as it's going into the 2012-
2013 year, but not enough to make a big difference for the data.


#3. Here is the link to take the math test that I created: testmoz.com/343866. The following
screenshots are the questions on my test.




















































Here are the results that have been collected from a few students taking the test.












#4. I think that throughout the year before the students are starting to take the ACT, the
teachers at the high school need to have the students take random sample test questions.
Don't have them on a planned day, just randomly on one day tell the students there will be a
random test to help them prepare for the ACT. I don't think some students take the ACT as
seriously as they should because they don't care what happens, whether they go to college or
not. But these days, if you don't go to college, chances are you will struggle getting a job. You
can gives students hard and easier tests questions, but changing up the difficultly will give the
students a better idea of what to expect when the testing dates arrive. The tests will be there to
help show how ready the students are for the ACT and show them that they may need to do a
lot of studying or a little bit of studying.