This workshop provides an introduction to statistical testing for primary, intermediate and junior secondary teachers and leaders who want to learn how to use their assessment data, pre- and post-testing, and research-level statistics to evaluate and ‘prove’ the impact of their initiatives on student achievement and learning. We will cover graphics, statistical tests and effect sizes appropriate to analysing e-asTTle, PAT, and SMART scores, curriculum levels and overall teacher judgements. Statistical tests will include cohort comparisons (e.g., comparing this year with previous years, female with male, …), theoretical comparisons (e.g, comparing school distribution with national averages), and subgroup-group comparisons (e.g, comparing all class averages with overall school average). The workshop will consist of a survey of prior knowledge, a theoretical lecture, a guided individual exploration of statistical analysis using online data analysis dashboards, 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 Darcy’s presentation slides here: Darcy Fawcett Using Junior Assessments And Statistics To ‘prove’ Impact On Achievement And Learning
