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LEVERAGING MASTERY CONNECT TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION THE ITS MODEL IN ACTION | TRACKER & REPORTS The ITS Model The ITS Model is a cyclical way of thinking about instruction and assessment occurring regularly through Mastery Connect.  Identify levels of understanding Target students for appropriate interventions Self-evaluate teaching and learning Leveraging Tracker Visuals & Standard Stop Light Tracker visuals and the Standard Stop Light feature can be used to give teachers quick feedback about student progress towards mastery of the standards.  Just from scanning your tracker, some questions to consider could be: Are there any areas of clear mastery on a class-wide level, or areas in need of support? How many times has each standard been assessed? Is there enough data about student progress per standard?  What does the Standard Stop Light tell us about how students are doing as a class? Do only a small number of students need intervention? Or, is additional whole-class teaching required? Leveraging Item Analysis & Student Mastery Reports Item Analysis and Student Mastery reports can be used to easily identify which standards students need additional support in. The Item Analysis report highlights how students performed on the standards for individual questions, and the Student Mastery report provides general information on how students performed on mastery of the standards as a class. Some questions to consider when leveraging these reports are: What strategies were used to teach this standard? Was this consistent or unique with past assessment results?  What assessments were used to gauge student learning and mastery? The Assessment sub-tab within both reports allows one to look more closely at which questions students may have performed poorly on an actual assessment. One can then reflect on performance on standards across questions, as well as question types.   Leveraging Tracker Comparison & Teacher Comparison Reports Tracker Comparison reports can provide key information to teachers who teach more than one section of a particular class, etc. For Tracker Comparison reports, some questions to consider are: Are there any trends in performance across the standard? Are there any demographic differences between classes? What instructional strategies were used in each class? Were they the same? Different? How might that impact results? Teacher Comparison reports can foster teacher collaboration in identifying trends or areas in need of support across a grade or subject-area. For Teacher Comparison Reports, some questions to consider for teachers working collaboratively are: Are there any trends in performance across the standard? What strategies did each teacher use to assess student mastery? What instructional strategies were used by the whole team? Are there any historical or systemic issues that might impact the results? Leveraging Student Reports Reviewing student reports enables one to view how individual students performed on assessments in Mastery Connect. One can view this for each standard assessed,   as well as view the assessments used to measure performance on each standard. Some questions to consider are: Which standard is the student having issues with?  How has the student performed in other classes? How did the student perform on previous grade level standards? Are there any trends or insights from the historical data? FINAL THOUGHTS Leveraging both the mastery tracker, and a variety of reports in Mastery Connect, can provide teachers with invaluable information to help support instructional practices. Putting Mastery Connect into action enables teachers to truly identify levels of understanding, target students for appropriate intervention, and regularly self-evaluate teaching and learning. Please comment below. We’d love to hear from you! Our Mastery Services team provides expert professional development, strategic consulting, and alternative options designed to support the vision, goals, and adoption of Mastery products. If you would like to learn more about our services check out our  Professional Development Options  and contact your CSM for more information! Also don't forget to watch the   Video Blog about this post as well!   ... View more

MVPA | BENEFITS & DESIGN MASTERY VIEW PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENT BENEFITS Formerly CASE Benchmark Assessments Coherent, comprehensive, and continuous 60% higher and 40% lower-level thinking skills Provide highly reliable predictions about the degree to which students are on target to meet mastery of state standards Help to maximize instruction and inform decision-making around curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional learning MASTERY VIEW PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENT DESIGN Designed around the State Assessment blueprint by subject-matter experts with significant experience in assessment design Every item goes through a multi-level review process before being utilized on an assessment Highly correlated to state assessments, which allows you to forecast outcomes on the State Assessment with high reliability MVPA | DISTRICT, CLASS, & SCHOOL REPORTS KEY FEATURES INCLUDE Number of items found on the assessment District, school, class, or student averages Average Percent Correct, Projected Percent Proficient (District) / Projected Achievement Level (Class), Suggested Marks Depth of Knowledge (DOK) results Standards / strand results PRO TIP : Remember the difference between Average Percent Correct and Projected Percent Proficient. One tells you the average score and the other lets you know the percentage of students projected to score proficient on your state assessment at that moment in time, without additional interventions!   MVPA | ITEM ANALYSIS REPORTS KEY FEATURES INCLUDE Standard / strand per question DOK per question District, schools, or class percent correct per question Student correct / incorrect answer per question (class item analysis report) PRO TIP : Leveraging your item analysis reports allows you as a district leader, school leader, or instructor to dig deeper into the data and customize whole-class, small-group, or individual interventions for specific students!   FINAL THOUGHTS Mastery View Predictive Assessments, formerly known as CASE Benchmark Assessments, provide you with district, school, and classroom data enabling you to make highly accurate predictions regarding student progress towards mastery on your state’s assessments. Understanding the design, structure, and function of MVPA reports help you to best leverage the data to support your students! Please comment below. We’d love to hear from you! Our Mastery Services team provides expert professional development, strategic consulting, and alternative options designed to support the vision, goals, and adoption of Mastery products. If you would like to learn more about our services check out our Professional Development Options and contact your CSM for more information! Also, don't forget to watch the Blog Video about this post as well! ... View more