K–12 Data Analysis Leadership Services
Integrated NWEA* Rit Analysis
- Integrates RIT data with demographic data** on a student–by–student basis
- Integrates RIT data with economic and SpEds data on a student–by–student basis
- Comparative analysis on a trail/house, grade, school, and/or district level
- Compares apples to apples; ensures equivalent data sources are compared
- Performance by gender, ethnicity, grade level, academic subject
- Performance by economic program status
- Performance by Special Education program status
- Includes comparison to national normative data
- Data–driven, results based assessment
- Compares performance of same type student groups by many factors (examples):
- 7th grade males to 7th grade females in math, reading and/or language
- 8th grade males by special education participation, by academic subject
- 2nd grade females, in reading, by free/reduced lunch program status
- 9th grade gender AND ethnicity, by academic subject
- 4th grade students, in math, between separate schools in the same district
- Between specific groups and the national normative mean
- Between specific (equivalent) groups at different schools:
- Programs, grades, genders by academic subject area
- Identifies best performance areas, identifies challenge areas
- Balanced performance data to create practical, meaningful, metrics and start dialogue
- Includes charts and summary reports – easy access to conclusions/suggestions
Integrated Comparative Analysis of State Wide Assessment Data
- Integrates demographic data** with a selection of state assessment data including:
- MCA, MCA–II, BST, MTAS, GRAD, TEAE, MN SOLOM, AMAO, AYP
- Comparative analysis by grade, school, district, and/or district–to–district level
- Compares apples to apples; ensures equivalent data sources are compared
- Includes comparison to state normative average data for each specified group
- Comparative analysis of a wide variety of specific group factors including:
- Gender, ethnicity, academic subject, economic program participation
- Special education program participation, ELL status
- Yearly data or trended data for any combination of factors
- Tabular data AND charted data makes dialogue easy for visual learners
- Identifies best performance areas, identifies challenge areas
- Balanced performance data to create metrics and jumpstart dialogue
- Identifies good trends, and trends that may need attention
- Includes charts and summary reports – easy access to conclusions/suggestions
* The CEL is not affiliated with NWEA and only uses NWEA RIT data provided by participating schools
** The CEL does not collect demographic data and only uses demographic data provided by participating schools
