Baseline+Data

= = = = =Baseline Data =

= = Below you will find an examination of the process I used for determining my "need area" using eMetric data.

// The Process: 1. Look at the eMetric scores in your grade over a period of years, and find a standard that you teach that is traditionally low. 2. Create a pretest in Achievement series finding questions built on that standard 3. Administer that as a pretest, and then duplicate that test and administer formatively throughout the lesson plan to see if students are increasing their achievement level on that standard 4. Infuse two tech lesson plans with that unit 5. Duplicate the achievement series test again to use as a post test 6. Finally when eMetric data is available for the year, We gather the data and compare last year’s eMetric scores to the grant year’s eMetric scores to see if there was an improvement //

**Reflection** : I perused the eMetric scores for both //East Dakota Educational Cooperative// and //McCrossans Boys Ranch// as some of our kids carried over from the later. I noticed that it would be most accurate to use the data from East Dakota Educational Cooperative because more students fell under the test scores retrieved from EDEC. It was somewhat difficult for me to decide the biggest "need area" for my classes as we do not have a comprehensive look at all students test scores because we are an alternative setting. I was a little shocked to see that my students were low in the area of 11.R.4.1 (//Students can analyze a text within cultural, geographical, and historical context.)// and am excited to see the progress the students will make in developing this standard through the implementation of technology and 21st Century Skills in my lesson plans.

Below I have also posted a copy of the Reading Indicators from eMetric for 2008 and 2009.

__**2008**__ __**2009**__