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AACPS Home>>Accountability,
Assessment, & Research
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Anne Arundel County Public Schools' Division of Accountability,
Assessment, and Research collects information to assist the learning
community in making sound decisions to increase student achievement.
Work done by this division is the cornerstone for
instructional change and classroom learning by providing
meaningful interpretation and analysis of data to assist the
instructional community. Our team works with students, teachers,
instructional leaders, parents, and the public to impact student
achievement through collaboration and positive action.
Data
gathered is used to enhance instructional decision-making.
Educated use of data translates into instructional enhancements
for students. Positive relationships with personnel
are fostered through guidance, training, and support of our
users.
We serve as the primary resource
for monitoring student achievement using data from various
sources, including:
We are also the school
system’s point of primary contact for receiving and reporting data to
the Maryland State Department of Education, (MSDE) and the United
States Department of Education for issues such as:
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test administration and test security
procedures
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addressing all issues relating to the
proper administration of various federal-mandated,
state-mandated, and selected county assessments
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the identification of students eligible to
participate in these assessments, and
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the training of staff in the proper
administration of these assessments
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collecting, editing, retrieving, and
reporting on various aspects of student academic, attendance,
and student discipline data
We are also a resource for analyzing student achievement data; identifying
relationships between different types of student achievement measures;
and predicting student performance in order to better identify appropriate
instructional strategies to address student needs.
The
Office of Accountability increases school and teacher
capacity by helping schools build links between student data and
instructional practice, aligning assessment, analysis, and
instruction together to increase student achievement.
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Increasing access to
student data...
Creating structures within the schools to
promote data dialogues and school improvement...
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Assessment is an important part of
instruction. Students take a variety of tests during their
years in public school, including state mandated achievement
tests, county benchmarks, ability tests, and assessments
required for grade promotion and graduation from high
school. Students may also take college level exams related
to advanced placement studies and scholastic aptitude tests
required for college admission.
A student's academic performance is based on more than
test results; however, test and assessment results are vital to
monitoring student progress, as well as evaluating and improving
instruction and curricula to ensure student success.
 The Office of
Student Data provides training and support for all who are involved in the collection,
maintenance, and reporting of accurate student data. The office is
comprised of personnel experienced in working in an educational
setting.
Student data collected include
demographics, attendance, discipline, course enrollment, student
academic progress, grade reporting, and transcripts for all current
students in the system. There are currently approximately 5,000
users of the student software including those in schools, central
office, and remote sites.
The office also supports decision-making by providing training in accessing the data
collected by the system, providing it to schools as needed. Teachers are
trained and supported in the use of electronic attendance, grade
books, grade reporting, and access to student information.
The Research Office provides a variety
of services to a number of different audiences both within and
outside of the school system. These services include responding to
requests for school-level and system-level data relating to student
achievement, interpreting student achievement data, reviewing and
evaluating outside requests to conduct research in the school
system, and conducting analyses of existing data to identify and
predict trends in student performance. The Research Office staff
also conducts ongoing training of staff involving regulatory changes
in No Child
Left Behind legislation. |
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