Participants deeply explore the work of a particular student and to inform next steps in their instructional practice. Use these worksheets for photos, written documents, artifacts, posters, maps, cartoons, videos, and sound recordings to teach your students the process of. This protocol focuses on an examination of all the student work produced during a narrow time period by a sample of students in a particular school or district. Equip student work protocol training materials the purpose of these training materials is to develop a groups knowledge and understanding of the equip student work protocol. Each of the next 4 steps should be about 10 minutes in length. The assumption that governs this protocol is that all work bears the imprint and signature of the author and so offers important access to the. Mar 31, 2017 the student work analysis tool swat is designed to analyze student responses to an ccss or comparable college and career ready standards aligned english language arts or mathematics task.
Put in different words, they may ask, how will this make me a better educa. A protocol is a carefully planned and structured way of examining student work with ones colleagues. Formative analysis of student work through a collaborative process allows mentors and beginning teachers to. Participants are presented with a sample of student work pertaining to their practice. Student learning local demographic data school processes data perception data local outcome and interim assessments. Your students can improve their work by recognizing the strengths and weaknesses in the work of others. Content teams, looking at student work protocol kipp. Guiding questions data coaching services page 1 of 1 last updated january 25, 2012 frame the question organize for dialogue collect the data analyze the data interpret the data select actions monitor results. This gives you a benchmark by which to analyze the other papers.
Assessment data analysis toolkit assessment of teaching and. The goal is to figure out what the student understands and what some next steps might be in helping the student learn and demonstrate hisher. It can result in the accurate and timely diagnosis of student needs. Pdsa form pdsa form with questions 40minute meeting. The formative data should be used to drive instruction, not to evaluate educators. The group should avoid talking to the presenter during steps 24.
In general, at what stage are students in their understanding and competency with the knowledge, skills, and understandings. Student work analysis protocol national school reform faculty. Datadriven dialogue helps teams to make sense of the data together before moving on to datadriven decisionmaking. This might be a single piece of work from one student copied for all participants or. Using a structured protocol for analyzing and learning.
It is intended to be applicable across subjects and grades, including literacy, mathematics, science, the arts, and others. Using a structured protocol for analyzing and learning from. Demographic data, school process data and perception data will be used during root cause analysis a nd as part of monitoring plan implementation. Atlas looking at data an inquiry approach for youth engagement. When you are looking closely at your students writing, youre trying to figure out what they could do well and where they still need work.
We are analyzing one piece of student work or evidence at a time. Protocols are most powerful and effective when used within an ongoing. This protocol can be used to support teachers in growing their skill in closely analyzing student work. The swat should identify key aspects of how performance indicates student proficiency and understanding with respect to the targeted standards. To identify best practices to address student gapsneeds process at the end of every ela and math unit, grade teams meet to analyze student work. What is it in the learning targets that students struggled with. Assessment data analysis toolkit assessment of teaching. Based on the atlas protocol from national school reform faculty. The use of a structured dialogue format provides an effective technique for managing the discussion and maintaining its focus. Analyze student work to inform instruction edutopia. Protocols are helpful because they force attention on learning as much as possible by disrupting. Each one is designed to help you arrive at a specific desired outcome, efficiently and effectively. The purpose of this protocol is to use the focus standards of instruction to analyze student work in order to inform teaching. Nov 01, 2016 your students can improve their work by recognizing the strengths and weaknesses in the work of others.
Nccrest academy 3 looking at student work to target. This protocol can be used to support teachers in growing their skill in closely analyzing. Two rivers public charter school grades pk 8 washington, dc explore more resources from. Nov 01, 2016 analyzing student work data protocol pdf allows two rivers public charter school in washington, dc, to meet every student where they are in their understanding. The materials provided for each session include facilitators notes, slide deck, a single lesson and student work samples from the task embedded in the lesson. Teach your students to think through primary source documents for contextual understanding and to extract information to make informed judgments. It is not childrens poverty or race or ethnic background that stands in the way of achievement. Like an instructional learning walk, this protocol provides participants with the opportunity to view many examples quickly and search for patterns of strength and areas for growth based on common criteria. What does the data tell us about student learning and thinking. Teachers can utilize the data to adjust instruction and accelerate learning. The student work analysis protocol provides a process that groups of educators can use to discuss and analyze student work. The participants work to discover this particu lar students way of knowing. Analyzing student work can be a rewarding and enriching experience for everyone.
Analyzing student work data protocol pdf allows two rivers public charter school in washington, dc, to meet every student where they are in their. All you need is a standardsaligned writing prompt from a literacy lesson or formative assessment, reading and writing standards, and a crosssection of student work that represents students at various points along the path to mastery of the standards. Examples of student work that can be used as practice for analyzing are included as appendices. Identify patterns related to quality across student work to inform goal setting and action steps. Collaboratively analyzing formative assessment data addresses the question, how can we collectively ensure that all of our students can meet the objectives. Lessons from helping teachers analyze student work learner. Use this protocol on your own or with your team to analyze student work. Data on student learning is collected and regularly analyzed results from common assessments, examples of student work, writing prompts using a protocol to assist the group process. Analyzing student work helps teachers determine where students need more support and discuss ideas for adjusting instructional practice with other teachers.
Focusing on this relationship enables educators to develop. Analyzing student work purpose to set individualized goals for students based on data to create targeted groups to differentiate activities based on students current levels to reflect and revise the curriculum to identify best practices to address student gapsneeds. This tool provides a standardsbased protocol for analyzing student work. Learning from student work school reform initiative. Discuss what different levels of student work look like, identify possible explanations for students performances, and discuss options for adjusting and strengtheninginstruction. Student work analysis background in this activity, participants determine the use and significance of student work in informing instructional decision making. A coach can use this protocol to analyze student work, either with one teacher or in a larger group. Analyzing student work department of social sciences. Document analysis is the first step in working with primary sources.
The coach and teacher might choose to focus on a particular part of the protocol rather than go through all the steps. Protocol for looking together at one students work this protocol is loosely adapted from the collaborative assessment conference developed by steve seidel and project zero at harvard university. The protocol for analyzing and learning from student w ork an o vervie w of the protocol structure is sho wn in figure 1. Getting started the facilitator explains the protocol. Student work with meaningful teacher commentary is evident. Using data and formative assessment to drive instruction. If you want to increase the accuracy and effectiveness of student assessment, elevate the level of professional collaboration, and improve the overall quality of instruction at your school site, this is a clear, practical, and researchproven framework for the collaborative analysis of student learning casl. When analyzing the four student work samples to describe student performance step 2, start by discussing the student work sample that meets standard. Analyzing student work gives educators information about students understanding of concepts and skills and can help them make instructional decisions for.
Thats the question many educators secretly ask themselves when they are presented with a new educational initiative, program, assessment tool, or resource material. Consistent scoringanalysis of student work takes place with the use of scoring guides, rubrics, etc. Student work analysis protocol looking at student work nsrf, spring 2015 purpose to investigate what a piece of work reveals about the student. Focusing on this relationship enables educators to develop a common understanding of the challenging work required by the ccss. Standards protocol provides a format for analyzing student work. At least three times a semester, teachers meet to examine their students work and have it critiqued by a common planning team or by a team that spans across grade levels. This protocol is used for discussing student learning outcomes by analyzing student work samples at a classroom level and by individual students. A protocol for learning from student work what is a benchmark. Overview analyzing student work data protocol pdf allows two rivers public charter school in washington, dc, to meet every student where they are in their understanding at least three times a semester, teachers meet to examine their students work and have it critiqued by a common planning team or by a team that spans across grade levels. Remember to cite specific evidence of your reasoning. Datadriven dialogue protocol a core tool in your analysis toolkit is datadriven dialogue, a fourphase protocol for having powerful and focused conversations about data. Making significant progress in improving student learning and closing achievement gaps is a moral responsibility and a real possibility in a relatively short amount of timetwo to five years.
Monthly data meeting facilitators guide 40minute meeting template 10minute problemsolving protocol thanks to woodbrook elementary real agenda template coming soon. Is there a pattern to what students did well, within a level or across different performance levels. Then examine the evidence and record the student s level of learning you believe it deserves and your teacher rationale. Make inferences about knowledge and skills 5 minutes. Outcomes met in activity lead a protocol with faculty on student work samples. This protocol can help teachers and leaders evaluate and respond to student learning.
Protocol for looking together at one student s work this protocol is loosely adapted from the collaborative assessment conference developed by steve seidel and project zero at harvard university. These protocols will help teachers better understand how students experience the. The equip student work protocol is designed for use by educators, instructional leaders and administrators. The protocols in this chapter are especially useful for examining student work, which usually leads to considering the professional practice that affected the work. The student work analysis protocol presented here provides a process that mentors and beginning teachers can use to discuss and analyze student work. What questions about teaching and assessment did looking at the students. Student work protocols the curriculum support guide. Today, education world examines two collaborative approaches that teachers are using to look at student work. What are next steps for teaching this skill to students.
Analysis of student work protocol page 3 guiding questions for feedback 1. Protocol analyzing and learning from student work this protocol provides a set of guidelines for structuring conversations among teachers about student work. Listen for an entry point where you can invite your bt to participate in the asw process as a way. Using the language from the learning targets, what is missing in the strong, medium, weak work. Analyzing date and student work information about analyzing data including student work assessment analysis, communication, and feedback from the acps framework for quality learning.
It also shows how the things that matter to the student relate to teachers learning goals and instructional practices. Make observations about the student work 5 minutes make a list of nonevaluative observations and descriptions about the student work. Examining and analyzing this data is a key to practice of continuous school improvement. Assessmentequity leadership in mathematics education posted 20. What does the work tell us about how well the students understand the topic of. Consistent scoring analysis of student work takes place with the use of scoring guides, rubrics, etc.
The student work analysis tool swat is designed to analyze student responses to an ccss or comparable college and career ready standards aligned english language arts or mathematics task. This protocol also allows participants to consider how a students academic issues and. Analyzing student work for actionable trends in literacy. Elementary teachers often do this by listing the names of students in each category by target. This protocol can be used to examine and finetune teacher work e. Make page two comments judgments, interpretations, implications, ideas for addressing concerns are fine at this point presenter is silent and. The vertical slice protocol can be used for a variety of purposes, depending entirely on what the group engaged in the slice wants to know. Using the inquiry process to guide our instructional practices. Sharing and discussion of student work discussions of student work sometimes make people feel on the spot or exposed, either for themselves or for their students. Protocol purpose time collaborative assessment conference protocol this protocol can be used to support teachers in growi.
The use of the analysis of student work protocol will help determine the levels of preparedness both as baseline information, as well as to monitor student progress throughout the interval of instruction. It can also yield valuable information about the relationship between teaching and learning, and it can broker and disseminate teachers wisdom of practice. Content teams, looking at student work protocol 30 min. This collection contains a variety of protocols that teachers teams may use when analyzing student work and using evidence of student learning to drive instruction. Using the inquiry process to guide our instructional. Understand how using the ice 21 analyzing student work protocol guides the mentoring conversation, informs beginning teacher practice, promotes all. Sitebased student learning data will be used in trend analysis and target setting. Description teachers and teacher teams analyze student work to inform instructional decisions. The goal is to foster a common understanding of student learning expectations for mathematics and to provide a collaborative forum for examining student work to inform mathematics instruction. Student work protocols this resource provides protocols that can be used to analyze student work. Analyzing student work protocol looking at student data from tasks to help educators reach consensus around proficiency, diagnose students strengths and needs, score and analyze evidence, and identify instructional next steps.
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