Custom Reports:

SCGs and VCGs

Standard Comparison Group (SCG)

What is an SCG?

Custom Report Evaluates your students’ observed

growth against normative group Same grade & initial score

Same number of instructional weeks

Allows you to compare growth patterns across different groups of students

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• Regular reports give you high level view of growth data

• SCGs break growth data down for deeper analysis

• Pivot tables allow you to sort data by– Gender– Ethnicity– School– Subject

Digging Deeper into Growth Data

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• Six Pivot Reports:– Growth by Achievement– Growth by School– Growth by Subgroup (ethnicity)– Growth Figure (bar graph)– Testing Conditions– Testing Conditions & Growth

SCG Reports

Reports are best used in relation to a research question that needs to be answered with data.

Using Questions to Guide Data Collection

Dylan Wiliam calls it:

“Question-driven data collection.” Not….

“Data-driven decision-making.”

Report Tabs

• Tab: Growth by Achievement• Question: How did our kids grow in various

percentile ranges of achievement compared to other kids with similar scores and similar amounts of instructional time?– Or, “Are our high-achieving students growing as

much as our low-achieving students?”

Questions to Drive the Data

Growth by Achievement

Filter your Data

Filters help administrators to dig into the data

• Tab “Growth By School”• Question: How did students in my building

grow compared to other students nationally by grade, and with similar amounts of instructional time?

Questions to Drive the Data

Growth by School

• Tab “Growth By Ethnicity”• Question: Which subgroups of students grew

average or above average compared to other subgroups nationally that had the similar scores and similar amounts of instructional time?

Questions to Drive the Data

Growth by EthnicityDistrict Data:

Filters always available:

• Tab “Growth Figure”• Question: What was the observed actual

growth of our students compared to students nationally that had similar scores and instructional time?

Questions to Drive the Data

Growth Figure

• Tab “Testing Conditions”• Shows the percentages of students within each

school whose MAP assessments triggered one or more “flags”

• Indicates that the student was not fully engaged when taking the assessment – Low accuracy = significantly less than 50% correct

(higher SEM)– Short duration = little time on test– Unusual time increase/decrease = differences between

fall to spring test duration

Questions to Drive the Data

• Tab “Testing Conditions”• Question: Throughout the district, are there

any flags related to testing conditions that might be cause for further investigation?

Questions to Drive the Data

Testing Conditions

Testing Conditions

• Tab – “Testing Conditions & Growth”• Question – What impact did low accuracy and

short test duration have on the growth rates of these students?

Questions to Drive the Data

Testing Conditions and Growth

Pricing and Support

30¢ per student $1,000 minimum

Includes one hour of live online support

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Virtual Comparison Group

(VCG)

• Since my students and my school aren’t typical, how can you expect my students to make typical progress?– Need an apples to apples comparison– A proof point to demonstrate what is

possible

That’s great, but…

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What is a VCG?

Custom Report Evaluates individual students’

observed growth against a virtual comparison group Same grade & initial score

Same number of instructional weeks

Similar F/R eligibility

Same urban/rural classification

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What is a VCG?

One step further…. We apply the filters to create a group that

matches each of your students

Virtual Comparison Group = virtual peer group

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How we create a VCG

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We identify included students

Identify all matching students from GRDSchool Income, Urban vs. Rural ClassificationGrade, Subject, Starting Achievement, Instructional Weeks

Randomly select comparison group

• Class Reports– Includes questions to guide interpretation

• School Reports• District Reports with pivot tables

What do you get?

Class Report

Class Report

Class ReportQuestions to guide interpretation

School Report

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

District Report

• Growth by Achievement• Growth by School• Growth by Ethnicity• Testing Conditions and Growth• Hybrid Success Metric• VCG & Hybrid Growth

Pivot Tables

• Hybrid Success Goal– For students above state proficiency target =

average growth from norming study– For students below state proficiency target =

amount of growth needed to be proficient by 10th grade

Hybrid Success Metric

Hybrid Success Metric

Pricing and Support

90¢ per student $1,500 minimum

Includes two hours of live online support

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