by National Academic and Character Team | Dec 18, 2023 | Databits
This concept, underlying the Potential Outlier Report and the recent Alerts associated with the report, has inspired a lot of productive conversations regarding assessment and the meaning and use of the results. When we have predominately good data to work with,...
by National Academic and Character Team | Feb 21, 2023 | Databits
We know that STAR provides excellent information for a teacher regarding their students’ and classes’ particular strengths and weaknesses and suggestions as to what are the next instructional steps to take on both levels. However, a question pops up at times regarding...
by National Academic and Character Team | Feb 10, 2022 | Databits
“A BAD NUMBER IS WORSE THAN NO NUMBER AT ALL” A short story: On a trip to London, I throw caution and budget to the wind and head into the shop of one of the finest tailors on Seville Row to have a new suit made. After the initial pleasantries, the tailor asks me what...
by National Academic and Character Team | Aug 10, 2021 | Databits
Starting with the 2022-23 school year Renaissance will only reference the Unified Scale score for SEL, SR and SM Assessments (English and Spanish). Imagine School will transition to the use of the Unified Scale Score as the default scale score for all reports for the...
by National Academic and Character Team | Nov 16, 2020 | Databits
As part of the steadfast support that we provide our family of 55 campuses across the country, the Imagine Schools National Organization partners with various groups to provide our schools with proven solutions that accelerate student learning. One such partnership is...
by National Academic and Character Team | Oct 1, 2019 | Databits, Imagine Schools in the News
Previous studies conducted on the results of the STAR spring window assessments and the various state tests have demonstrated a high and consistent relationship in all of the states in which Imagine has a presence (see my first blog post“ How Optimizing Performance on...
