DATA DISCUSSIONS

This week we spent a day drilling into our data in our syndicates. Each teacher had an opportunity to review their data and identify a target group of students just below standard who would be their control group for this year. These students will be carefully monitored and their data scrutinized as their progress unfolds. The expectation is that these students achieve AT standard at the end of the year. Teachers also discussed how we can improve or enhance the learning of our students through cross grouping - identifying specific needs or abilities and grouped by them. A handful of students will be in classes other than their own for literacy and numeracy. Kate Birch spent an hour with each syndicate reviewing the easttle tool and the usefulness of the specific reports the tool can produce. The console report shows teachers where their classes stack up against the National norm. The most useful aspect of this tool is the indicators at the sides which show teachers which specific elements require further teaching or extension.