Increase Your MDE Performance Rating

Traditionally schools analyze data in the fall of each year as it becomes available. Decisions are made about curriculum needs, and action plans are developed for the coming school year. Customarily at the end of the school year, the data will be analyzed to determine if the goals of the action plan have been met.

The problem with this type procedure is the administrators and teachers are judging success by the end result.

To use data effectively, it must be managed throughout the school year. This allows for adjustments in the instructional process during each Benchmark testing cycle. If this procedure is followed, teachers and administrators should be able to predict success or failure. Data management allows teachers and administrators to adjust instruction throughout the year.

The results of each student’s benchmark test and MAAP results drive the data management process. PBEC has the ability to utilize data from any instrument used as the schools benchmark test.

Data management must be driven by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Accreditation Model. The MDE Accreditation Model is built around student proficiency and student growth. It is imperative that administrators and teachers understand the components of this model, and how each student’s scores impacts the total points allowed under each component. District administrators need to provide professional development activities that focus on how each student or a group of students affect the school overall performance level.