Data Warehousing (DW)-DataWise

Data Warehousing (DW) in our district is driven by the DataWise product from Measured Progress, which is an online, password protected web based "All-in-one classroom assessment platform". The DataWise Platform allows teachers to collect data points, analyse data across assessments, group students according to like ability and/or skills, and to create and administer assessments in line with the Common Core State Standards. Each teacher was provided a login and password to access DataWise, teachers are only able to see students their current students and their previous students, within a building the principle, coach and specials teachers have access to the entire building. DataWise contains data from standardized tests for the past 3 years (ITBS, EdPerformance/Scantron, MEAP, DIBELS). 

As we were developing our School Improvement Plan and analyzing our data, we used DataWise to look at our scores and the trends over the last few years.  Then we were able to disseminate the data according to race, gender, and economical status to complete the SIP's individual reports. In addition to school reports, teachers are able to take their class information and compare one assessment to another and student group to student group within a school year and across multiple school years.

As stated from the Measured Progress website: Measured Progress Partnership press release McREL (a private education research and development corporation that specializes in turning knowledge about what works in education into practical guidance and products for educators) and Measured Progress (who operates on the belief that assessment is more than just a score; it should be a roadmap that gives educators the guidance they need to adjust instruction and improve outcomes for both students and teachers) have developed a partnership to help districts ease the transition for teachers to instruct and assess according to the Common Core State Standards. As this element is explored more with our teachers in the district, our instruction across all content areas will become individualized and targeted to all our students academic needs.

As we have only begun to explore our new Data Warehouse-DataWise with 4 mini training sessions this past year, I am excited to learn more about the various reports and how to develop assessments according to CCSS. This technology advancement will allow our teachers to prepare our students for the new assessments coming in 2014-2015 with hands-on examples and test items in relation to current content.