This practical analysis workshop will demonstrate how to use AERIES data to assist teachers and administrators to track student achievement. It will include how to use AERIES reports and query functions to improve student achievement. This will go beyond "how to print reports" to answer the question "What is the data telling us?"
More in depth documentation for Aeries Analytics can be found in the Aeries Analytics Data Analysis articles.
Outcome Data
- Describes how a student or group of students is doing at a particular point in time
- Communicate the degree to which a student or group of students has acquired specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes
- Is measurable
Demographic Data
- Help staff understand the students and their unique needs
- Provide vital information regarding the students, their families, and their community
- Identify factors that must be considered in instructional decision making
Process Data
- Include information related to the school’s and/or district’s efforts to promote a high level of student achievement
- Help the staff make effective instructional decisions
- Refer to variables of which the staff has some degree of control
Outcome | Demographic | Process |
Teacher-made tests | Language proficiency | Curriculum organization |
Minimum proficiency tests | Ethnicity | Instructional time |
Report cards | Primary language | Instructional strategies |
Portfolios | Parent education | Materials/equipment/supplies |
Exhibitions | Gender | Assessment practices |
Performance tasks | Special programs | Priorities |
State-level testing | Attendance | Classroom organization |
National norm-referenced tests | Mobility | Family involvement |
District-made tests | Socio-economic status | Opportunities |
Department/grade level tests | Family configuration | Professional development |
Surveys | Family support | Experience |
Observations | Family language proficiency | Expectations |
Graduation/promotion rates | Family primary language | Expertise |
Drop-out rate | Community support services | “Safety nets” |
Enrollment in honors classes | Age of student | Staff mobility |
Performance in subsequent classes | Discipline | Staff attendance |
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