This workshop, led by Darcy Fawcett, is intended for teachers and leaders who are already familiar with the basics of statistical testing (e.g., attended a previous statistics workshop). Darcy discusses and explores how to combine junior school scale pre-tests (e.g., e-asTTle, PAT, SMART) and high-stakes senior school ordinal post-tests (e.g., NCEA Level Qualifications) to evaluate across-sector learning and ‘prove’ the impact of teaching initiatives on learning. The workshop covers Linear Regression and Ordinal Logistic Regression, focusing on how to interpret ordinal logistic regression graphics, equations and statistics to describe learning, demographic differences, and initiative impact. The workshop will consist of a survey of prior knowledge, a theoretical lecture, a guided individual exploration of an Ordinal Logistic Regression using an online data analysis dashboard, and group discussions of our findings.
Darcy is passionate about improving teaching and learning. As a teacher and leader, he was awarded a Woolf Fisher Teaching Fellowship for excellence in educational leadership and ‘in-school’ practice (2017) and a Bright Spots Awards for his data analysis and coaching methodology (2018). In 2021 Darcy founded Sound Data, where he seeks to increase teacher impact through the power of data. He continues to dedicate his career and research to supporting teachers to develop their practice and improve student outcomes. He works with individual teachers, departments, schools, Kāhui Ako and clusters. For further information see www.sounddata.co.nz
Find the presentation slides here: Darcy Fawcett Combining Junior And NCEA Assessments To ‘prove’ Impact On Learning
