Administrators' Guide: School Improvement in Maryland

What Do Administrators Need to Know?

Teaching Maryland Standards

What are my students expected to know and be able to do?
• K-8 • 9-12
What resources help my teachers understand the MD Content Standards?
VSC • Mathematics • Reading/ELA
CLG • Algebra/Data Analysis • Geometry • English • Biology • Government
What strategies help teachears be most effective?
• Mathematics K-8 • Algebra/Data Analysis • Geometry • ELA K-8 • ELA 9-12 • Social Studies K-8 • Government • US History • World History • Science K-8 • Biology • Chemistry • Physics
Who at MSDE can answer my curriculum questions?
Mathematics • English/ELA • Social Studies • Science

Understanding State Assessments

How does Maryland assess student learning? • MSA • HSA • AYP
What are my school's AYP targets?
Elementary • Middle• High
What do the assessments test? MSA • HSA • Mod-HSA
What do the assessments look like? MSA • HSA
How are the assessments scored? MSA • HSA

Analyzing Data Results

What can I learn from analyzing my school's performance on state assessments? MSA • HSA • AYP
How do I engage staff in analyzing their data?
How do I lead the data analysis discussion?

Using Classroom Data

Leading School Improvement Efforts

Welcome, Administrators

from Leslie Wilson, Asst. State Superintendent

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understand the relationship between classroom instruction and student achievement as a prerequisite to clarifying the problem

look at how the subgroups must perform over the next three years in order to make the AMO

examine the trends for subgroups

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Monitoring Plans

Access planning templates for discussing how best to monitor student progress.

Individual Student and Class Monitoring Template

Resources

Offsite links professional organizations and resources for school leaders.

The School Administrator

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Online Data Course

Principals can find support in leading their school's improvement efforts through data-driven instructional decisions with this course.

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Data Explorer

Analyze interesting assessment data with this multi-media data explorer.

How many students are passing HSA?

How MSDE uses a Confidence Interval

Reading your AYP Reading Data

Reading your AYP Math Data

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