Week 2 Discussion - Surprises in Data

Surprises in Data

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unday, January 12, 2020, 1:00 PM

As I look at the data that I have collected over the last two years, there are many things

that surprise me and many trends I have seen year to year. One of the things in the

data that surprises me most is how close

my school was year to year in terms of

meeting or exceeding growth or reaching the next letter on the letter scale. It seems like

every year we were just one point or even half a point away from reaching goals we had

set in order to grow year to year.

At

the same time, the data does reflect some of my preconceived notions when I started

the process. I’ve always known that working with students who are considered “at

-

risk”

or who have not been successful in the traditional school system can be an uphill ba

ttle

because by the time we get them in high school, they’ve been overlooked or pushed

through the system so much that they are missing so many fundamental skills that

makes it difficult for them to perform on standardized exams.

After analyzing data ext

ensively, there are several things I think could change. I would

like to better prepare and support teachers to help them make the extra push to reach

goals each year. I also think teacher turnover and having a transient student body also

has an effect on

data and I want to find a way to retain teachers and not have as fluid of

a student body. I think that both of these changes would help continue to grow our

students each year.

Surprises in Data

Sunday, January 12, 2020, 1:00 PM

As I look at the data that I have collected over the last two years, there are many things

that surprise me and many trends I have seen year to year. One of the things in the

data that surprises me most is how close my school was year to year in terms of

meeting or exceeding growth or reaching the next letter on the letter scale. It seems like

every year we were just one point or even half a point away from reaching goals we had

set in order to grow year to year.

At the same time, the data does reflect some of my preconceived notions when I started

the process. I’ve always known that working with students who are considered “at-risk”

or who have not been successful in the traditional school system can be an uphill battle

because by the time we get them in high school, they’ve been overlooked or pushed

through the system so much that they are missing so many fundamental skills that

makes it difficult for them to perform on standardized exams.

After analyzing data extensively, there are several things I think could change. I would

like to better prepare and support teachers to help them make the extra push to reach

goals each year. I also think teacher turnover and having a transient student body also

has an effect on data and I want to find a way to retain teachers and not have as fluid of

a student body. I think that both of these changes would help continue to grow our

students each year.