We had 25 teachers from five of our cluster schools attend the 3.30pm session. We also had Dave Winter the Manaiakalani Outreach Delivery Manager join us throughout the day. A great session linking data to practice and engaging in rigorous discussion around accelerating student achievement - thank you Aaron and Cynthia!
e-asTTle Writing
3 time-point analysis T1 & T4 2016, and T1 2017
- all year levels, ethnicities and both genders made more than norm gains
- this is very positive - Learn Create Share and the affordances of digital technology is having a positive impact on student achievement
2 time-point analysis T4 2016 to T1 2017
Summer Learning Effect (SLE)
Summer Learning Effect (SLE)
- significant SLE at every level except transition to Yr 10 - dropoff in achievement levels over summer holidays
Writing Overall
- writing is a significant achievement issue
- boys made more progress over one full year than girls but achieved lower mean scores and suffered a larger SLE
- Maori students achieving well compared to NZE students and suffered less from a SLE in writing
- decile difference in achievement levels and in gains
Implications
- SLE is significant - what can we do to get parents on-board?
- what does Term 4 reporting look like? Might this explain some of the SLE?
- are there any handy hints/strategies that could be added to our end of year reporting?
- testing protocols - are we preparing students for testing, do we explain the importance of the testing?
