Strand 3 training materials
On this page you will find a list of resources available for the Oregon DATA Project's "Using Data to Improve Learning in the Classroom" professional development. You may also request a disk containing all of the information by emailing us here.
A. Overview document
-->"Resource Guide for Strands 2 & 3 Professional Development" (PDF)
We recommend printing this guide before beginning the training. It is designed to be printed on both sides and in either color or black and white. (Alternatively, the cover can be printed in color, and remaining pages in black and white.)
B. Main presentation
Strand 3 Day 1 (17.8 MB PowerPoint)
Strand 3 Day 2 (8.1 MB PowerPoint)
Supplemental material (5.6 MB PowerPoint)
C. Assessment guides
Oregon Primer on Educational Assessment (162 KB PDF)
Oregon Assessment Tables (319 KB PDF)
D. Support documents
General agenda (32 KB Word doc)
Blank personal commitment (32 KB Word doc)
Sample personal commitment (36 KB Word doc)
Patterns-outliers (48 KB Word doc)
Target algorithm (44 KB Word doc)
E. Support videos
Data teams video (Windows Media Player)
Ma and Pa Kettle (Windows Media Player)
F. Training videos
Click on the name of the segment you wish to view, and the video will open in a separate window. The videos are designed to be viewed online--if you would prefer them on disk, please drop us an email here with your name, address, and affiliation (ESD or district, for example). Please note when viewing video clips: The audio does not always start with the first slide.
Segment 1: Setting the Stage (19:05 minutes)
Segment 2: Data teams/PLCs: Functional or Dysfunctional? (26:35 minutes)
Segment 3: No Direction on Data: How Do You Know Where to Go? (8:20 minutes)
Segment 4: The Correct Use of OAKS Accountability Exams (6:50 minutes)
Segment 5: Putting Student Achievement in Context (18:49 minutes)
Segment 6: Oregon OAKS Risk (11:04 minutes)
Segment 7: Accurately Communicating Student Performance (16:47 minutes)
Segment 8: Getting Accurate & Useful Information from OAKS (17:16 minutes)
Segment 9: Action Research-Anchoring Data Teams (11:24 minutes)
Segment 10: Moving from Data to Hypothesis (15:23 minutes)
Segment 11: The Importance of Evaluating Your Hypothesis (11:00 minutes)
Segment 12: Assessment of Your Assessments (7:24 minutes)
Segment 13: Formative Assessment: A Fad or a Road Map for Change (8:42 minutes)
Segment 14: Test-Trigger Clarity vs. Teaching to the Test (12:29 minutes)
Segment 15: How Tests Can Clarify the Curriculum (15:38 minutes)
Segment 16: Assessing Prior Learning (6:11 minutes)
Segment 17: Two Essential Concepts for Selecting Assessments (10:41 minutes)
Segment 18: The Testing-Teaching Connection (20:29 minutes)
Segment 19: Evidence-based and Promising Practices (4:53 minutes)
Segment 20: Getting Powerful Meaning Out of Classroom Data (9:29 minutes)
