Like every other teacher, I worry about value added assessments--for my own evaluation as well as for the evaluation of new teachers. While I can certainly understand the principles behind their effectiveness, I do worry about the things that can go wrong for new teachers who may not be aware of how their school district implements value added assessments when evaluating their performance.
Controversial or not, value added assessments are here to stay--at least for a while. One of the ways that I have thought we could all be helped is to track student data. Of course, many of us are data driven machines when it comes to assessments, but there are other bits of data that may help us move our students along so that they do make the measured progress that we want for them. One way to keep all of this information at hand is to use a sheet like the one I have below.
Feel free to download this sheet and to tweak it for your purposes. If you have some great ideas for how to modify it to make it better, I would love to read them. Send along a comment. I would appreciate it.
If you have any other advice about how new teachers can successfully manage the value added part of their evaluation, I would love to read them, too.
Worksheet: DATA TRACKING SHEET
Student _____________________________________Date of
Birth_________________________
District Projected
Test Score_______ Difference Between Previous and Projected
Scores_______
Work Samples
Sample
1:____________________________________________________
Date:____________________
Sample 2: ____________________________________________________
Date:____________________
Sample 3:
____________________________________________________ Date:____________________
Sample 4: ____________________________________________________
Date:____________________
Sample 5:
____________________________________________________ Date:____________________
Previous Test Scores
Test____________________________ Date
Administered____________ Score_____________________
Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
Actions to Take Based on Analysis
of Score
1.2.
3.
District Projected
Test Score_______ Difference Between
Previous and Projected Scores_______
Test____________________________
Date Administered____________ Score_____________________
Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
Actions to Take Based on Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
District Projected
Test Score_______ Difference Between Previous and Projected
Scores_______
Test____________________________
Date Administered____________ Score_____________________
Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
Actions to Take Based on Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
District Projected
Test Score_______ Difference Between
Previous and Projected Scores_______
Test____________________________
Date Administered____________ Score_____________________
Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
Actions to Take Based on Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
District Projected Test Score_______ Difference Between Previous and Projected
Scores_______
Test____________________________
Date Administered____________ Score_____________________
Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
Actions to Take Based on Analysis of Score
1.2.
3.
District Projected Test Score_______
Difference Between Previous and Projected Scores_______
Unit Pretests
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Unit_______________________________ Pretest Score_______ Posttest Score_______
Student Strengths
Work Approach
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Skills
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Knowledge
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Student Areas in Need of Remediation
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Learning Style Preferences
Visual_____ Auditory_____
Kinesthetic_____
Concrete_____ Abstract_____
Participant_____ Competitive_____
Collaborative_____
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