ELA PSSA 2016

A 5 GRADE
TH

CLASSROOM

By: Anna Sechrist

DATA COLLECTION
Scores can be found in Data Blender
Each classroom has its own Excel Spreadsheet
Look for patterns and connections across data
Future professional development for color
coding your own classroom data in Excel
 PSSA 5th Grade Classroom
100% 0

90%
6
80%
10
11
70%

16
60%

50%
10
40% 6

30% 7

20% 1
2
1
5
10% 2
3 3
1
0%
Total Key Ideas Craft/Structure Vocabulary

Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced

 Only 3 students had an overall below basic
score
86% of the classroom performed proficient of
advance in Vocabulary Acquisition.
81% of the classroom performed proficient or
advanced in Key Ideas and Details.

STRENGTHS
 Craft and Structure 5th Grade Classroom
12
Out of 21 students:
0% Advanced
10
28% Proficient
10 48% Basic
24% Below Basic
8

Students 6
5

0
Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

Series 1
 Scaled Scores
Craft and Structure 5th Grade Classroom Advanced Proficient Basic Below
Range Range Range Basic
12 Range
Craft &
10 Structure 9+ 7 to 8 5 to 6 <5
10

8 (All averages fall into the Basic Range)

Mean 5.38
Students 6 Median - 6
5
Mode 5, 6
4

0
Advanced Proficient Basic Below Basic

Series 1
How are students engaging with author's craft? How
much time is spent explicitly instructing on craft and
structure?

PRIORITY QUESTION
Students have trouble answering
questions about authors craft and
text structure.

LEARNER-
CENTERED
PROBLEM
Incorporate authors craft during
read aloud.
Notice
figurative language during think aloud
and how it affects the mood of the story.
Discussauthors message at the end of each
book. Encourage evidence to support the
message.
Use writing to model text structure.
Displaytext structure anchor charts in the
classroom.
Students identify the text structures of a peer
written piece.
Provide graphic organizers.

SUGGESTED
STRATEGIES
 Identifylessons in Reading Units of Study and
Writing Units of Study that explicitly teach craft
and structure.
Connect writing and reading.
Future professional development during Whole
Faculty Study Group
More data collection
Collecting data during student conferences
Look closer at About the Text during F&P interviews
CDT

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