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Writing Assessment Prompt 2 - Understanding Student Academic Data and Creating Action Plans (10 points)

Due End of Week 3

Each writing assessment prompt is designed to focus on one specific aspect of this course. It is an opportunity to explore the topic in depth in a narrative response that integrates practical experience, research, and reflection. In your response, be sure to include  at least three scholarly research citations, and one of those must come from the required course text.

Focus: Analysis of Student Achievement Data

Role: You are the building principal for a suburban middle school grades 6-8 with a diverse student population of 900 students. 

Problem: Your school has seen a consistent decline in academic performance in 7th grade math scores on the state assessment. ( Note: This data does not consider the COVID constraints or environment. It is designed to reflect three typical academic years.)

Prompt: Respond to all the guiding questions below based the data provided in the chart below. Create a 400-500 written narrative that clearly and comprehensively addresses all questions.

Guiding Questions:

· In general, what skills and knowledge are required for effective data collection, analysis, interpretation, and application? Support your answer with at least three (3) research citations.

· How would your school accurately measure the effectiveness of the given instructional practice given this data? What conclusions would you draw from this data?

· What would be appropriate follow up actions steps given this data?

· In your school setting, what skill gaps currently exists in the areas of data analysis and intervention planning? What action steps would you recommend as the building administrator?

· What resources are available to address these gaps among the school’s personnel, the professional literature, Web sites, or the community? How would you leverage those resources to address the achievement concerns?

Grade 7 Math Scores on State Assessment

Gibson

Adams

Smith

Jones

FY 2020-2021

Exceeded Standard

16%

23%

5%

18%

Meet Standard

69%

65%

75%

69%

Not Meet Standard

15%

12%

20%

13%

 

FY 2021-2022

Exceeded Standard

14%

27%

4%

15%

Met Standard

69%

64%

66%

71%

Not Meet Standard

17%

9%

30%

14%

 

FY 2022-2023

Exceeded Standard

12%

30%

4%

14%

Met Standard

70%

61%

58%

70%

Not Meet Standard

18%

9%

38%

16%

Other assignment guidelines:

· 400-500 word narrative essay format

· Use APA 7 formatting guidelines for scholarly citations.

· Carefully proof your narrative adhering to the writing mechanics for good grammar, punctuation, and scholarly writing style.

Scoring Rubric

10-9 - Exceeds Expectation

8-7 - Meets Expectation

1 - Does Not Meet Expectation

· The response to the prompt was detailed, insightful, and well written.

· The response referenced all the guiding questions in a meaningful way, and the outcomes clearly informed creation of the action plan.

· The action plan was focused, detailed, and clearly aligned to the identified areas of concern.

· Best practice from research was included and well integrated into the narrative.

· The response to the prompt was detailed and well written.

· The response referenced most of the guiding questions in a meaningful way, and the outcomes informed creation of the action plan.

· The action plan was detailed and generally aligned to the identified areas of concern.

· Some best practice from research was possibly reference and included in the narrative.

· The response to the prompt was not detailed and/or well written.

· The response referenced few of the guiding questions in a meaningful way, and the outcomes did not inform the creation of the action plan.

· The action plan was not detailed and/or generally was not aligned to the identified areas of concern.

· No best practice from research was referenced or included in the narrative.