AMS (Assessment Management System)

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AAssessment ssessment MManagement anagement SSystem ystem (AMS)(AMS)

Digging into AssessmentDigging into Assessmentwith the with the

AAssessment ssessment MManagement anagement SSystem ystem (AMS)(AMS)

Alan WalkerAlan Walker

awalker@prosserschools.org awalker@prosserschools.org

AMS (Assessment Management System)

•What AMS printouts are available.

•How to discern what the printouts reveal.

•How the data can be used to drive teaching.

•What AMS printouts are available.

•How to discern what the printouts reveal.

•How the data can be used to drive teaching.

PurposePurposePurposePurpose

AMS (Assessment Management System)

•Importance of assessment data•Tactics for using the data•Model effective teaching

strategies

•Have fun

•Importance of assessment data•Tactics for using the data•Model effective teaching

strategies

•Have fun

GoalsGoalsGoalsGoals

AMS (Assessment Management System)

• 5th Grade Teacher – Prosser (26 Years)• Technology and Data Systems Coordinator (3

Years)• Websites

– www.multiplication.com (Over 6 million hits per WEEK)– www.TechSparc.com (Technology Integration Site)– www.StemStar.com (WASL Reading Stem Template)– www.Krimsten.com (Publishing Company Website)– www.TheOrganizedEducator.com (Organizational Website)– www.EdTechToys.com (Educational Gismos)– www.ProsserSchools.org (School District Site)

• Owner True Value Hardware Store for 13 Years

• 5th Grade Teacher – Prosser (26 Years)• Technology and Data Systems Coordinator (3

Years)• Websites

– www.multiplication.com (Over 6 million hits per WEEK)– www.TechSparc.com (Technology Integration Site)– www.StemStar.com (WASL Reading Stem Template)– www.Krimsten.com (Publishing Company Website)– www.TheOrganizedEducator.com (Organizational Website)– www.EdTechToys.com (Educational Gismos)– www.ProsserSchools.org (School District Site)

• Owner True Value Hardware Store for 13 Years

Alan WalkerAlan WalkerAlan WalkerAlan Walker

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Dig Into Assessment

Data

Why Dig Into Assessment

Data

AMS (Assessment Management System)

• What is the #1 problem people came into the hardware store with?– Turn-Talk-Stand (TTS Strategy)

• Toilet Making Noise… running water

• What is the #1 problem people came into the hardware store with?– Turn-Talk-Stand (TTS Strategy)

• Toilet Making Noise… running water

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

•Home Depot…•Home Depot…

1. Flush handle ($5)

2. Flapper ($3)

3. FluidMaster ($12)

1. Flush handle ($5)

2. Flapper ($3)

3. FluidMaster ($12)

1

2

3

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

•Which part is correct?•Which part is correct?

1. Flush handle ($5)

2. Flapper ($3)

3. FluidMaster ($12)

1. Flush handle ($5)

2. Flapper ($3)

3. FluidMaster ($12)

1

2

3

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

?

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

Flush Handle ($5)5 Minutes – 0%

Flapper ($3)5 Minutes – 50%

FluidMaster ($12)60 Minutes + – 20%

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

Flush Valve (FluidMaster)

Overflow Pipe

Fill tubeTank Ball

Tank Stopper(Flapper)

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

Toilet

• Are many possible causes.

• Complex – need to:– Define the problem– Know what questions

to ask– Talk to an expert– Understand how to fix

it

• Are many possible causes.

• Complex – need to:– Define the problem– Know what questions

to ask– Talk to an expert– Understand how to fix

it

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

Toilet

Reading – Math – Science +

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Why Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use DataWhy Use Data

Reading – Math – Science + • Are many possible causes.

• Complex – need to:– Define the problem– Know what

questions to ask– Talk to an expert– Understand how to

fix it

• Are many possible causes.

• Complex – need to:– Define the problem– Know what

questions to ask– Talk to an expert– Understand how to

fix it

AMS (Assessment Management System)

WASL, MAP, Dibbles, WLPT

AGH!

WASL, MAP, Dibbles, WLPT

AGH!

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Map it OutMap it OutMap it OutMap it Out

To know where you are going… you need to know where you are.

(Amazing Race)

To know where you are going… you need to know where you are.

(Amazing Race)

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Map it OutMap it OutMap it OutMap it Out

• Trip to Los Angeles – Start in Mabton– 4th – Crater Lake– 7th – San Francisco– 10th – Los Angeles

• Trip to Los Angeles – Start in Mabton– 4th – Crater Lake– 7th – San Francisco– 10th – Los Angeles

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Map it OutMap it OutMap it OutMap it Out

• WASL – Tells Student– Level 4 - You have zipped

past the target and are well on your way to the next.

– Level 3 - You are there!– Level 2 – You are fairly close– Level 1 – Where the heck are

you?

• WASL – Tells Student– Level 4 - You have zipped

past the target and are well on your way to the next.

– Level 3 - You are there!– Level 2 – You are fairly close– Level 1 – Where the heck are

you?

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Map it OutMap it OutMap it OutMap it Out

• MAP, Dibbles, STARHelps

– Pinpoint exact location– Tell what is broken– Design a solution

• MAP, Dibbles, STARHelps

– Pinpoint exact location– Tell what is broken– Design a solution

AMS (Assessment Management System)

Map it OutMap it OutMap it OutMap it Out

• The destination is easy– Standards, EALRs, GLEs.

• Assessments tell us the current location.

• Learning Continuum plots the course.

• Getting students there… is the challenge.

• The destination is easy– Standards, EALRs, GLEs.

• Assessments tell us the current location.

• Learning Continuum plots the course.

• Getting students there… is the challenge.

AMS (Assessment Management System)

What is AMSWhat is AMSWhat is AMSWhat is AMS

• Data Warehouse– Gathers the data from multiple

assessments in one database• WASL• NWEA MAP• WLPT - ITBS• Dibbles

– Prints data out a zillion different ways• Filters, rosters, comparison, continuum, profile

• Data Warehouse– Gathers the data from multiple

assessments in one database• WASL• NWEA MAP• WLPT - ITBS• Dibbles

– Prints data out a zillion different ways• Filters, rosters, comparison, continuum, profile

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AMSAMSAMSAMS

• Look at data in different ways– Historical Data

• What has happened in the past

– Planning Data• What the data tells me about my current

students.

– Growth Data (What worked)• Who were my successes and challenges

• Look at data in different ways– Historical Data

• What has happened in the past

– Planning Data• What the data tells me about my current

students.

– Growth Data (What worked)• Who were my successes and challenges

AMS (Assessment Management System)

AMSAMSAMSAMS

•Key Printouts – (Touch on Others)– GROWTH - How did students do?

– STUDENT CONTINUUM – Where do I go from here?

•Filters, Groups, & Sorts – Getting to the root of the challenge

•Key Printouts – (Touch on Others)– GROWTH - How did students do?

– STUDENT CONTINUUM – Where do I go from here?

•Filters, Groups, & Sorts – Getting to the root of the challenge

AMS (Assessment Management System)