NWEA recently updated the Dynamic Reporting Suite (DRS 2.0), a major component of the powerful analytical tools provided to members at the classroom, building, and district levels.

DRS 2.0 condenses essential data into a series of easy-to-understand dashboards and reports tailored to all members of a student’s learning team. The Dynamic Reporting Suite simplifies data analysis and offers classroom tools that assist teachers in using data to inform classroom instruction. The data provides insight into areas that need attention, allowing you to use the information when it has the greatest impact.

In addition to providing valuable reports and data, DRS 2.0 delivers access to tools and features designed to respect instructional time. Enhanced printing capabilities give users the ability to print reports for both groups of students, as well as individuals.

DRS reports now also include basic science assessment result information, allowing teachers, administrators, and district staff to quickly determine if students are meeting expectations in this subject area.

Teachers

For teachers, DRS 2.0 classroom reports provide resources designed to guide targeted instruction, allowing teachers to immediately translate test scores into customized instruction plans for individuals or groups of students.

At a glance, teachers know which students in their classes are on track to achieve growth targets and which need focused attention. Built on a foundation of timely and actionable data, DRS 2.0 empowers teachers with the tools to facilitate differentiated instruction by showcasing the academic diversity within a class. The reports:

• Provide growth and proficiency information to quickly diagnose student needs and make instructional decisions when they have the greatest impact.
• Allow educators to drill down to individual test scores and see the diversity in performance across the classroom for more effective differentiation.
• Engage students in their own learning plan through the automatic creation of self-populating goal setting worksheets. The worksheet pre-populates with student data and scores and can be set to compare different test terms. For example, compare student progress from fall to fall, fall to spring, or a combination of terms.
• Feature improved Lexile booklists. Teachers can create booklists for an entire class based on a single topic of interest in addition to individual student lists.

Principals and Building-level administrators

With DRS 2.0 reports, principals and other building-level administrators can quickly access essential information for deeper analysis as well as foster collaboration among school staff. In addition to access to all teacher-level information, these reports provide:

• School and student performance relative to:
  • Growth
  • Proficiency
  • Norms
• The ability to drill down from a school overview to an individual student level.
• Timely results for all members of a student’s learning team, delivered in formats designed to guide decision making.
• An understanding of what proportion of students met or exceeded growth targets, or fell short of growth targets based on national norms.

District Staff

The new Dynamic Reporting suite 2.0 district reports provide the ability to assess grade- and school-level performance trends. With these reports, district staff will benefit from:

• The ability to identify patterns and trends quickly and easily.
• Longitudinal data that enable effective decision-making at the district level.
• Tools that guide refined instruction planning with information at grade, teacher, and individual student levels.
• Guidance when planning for professional and staff development
• An accurate measure of group performance

More information

To order the Dynamic Reporting Suite 2.0 or to answer any of your questions, call NWEA at 503-624-1951. You can also request a quote for the Dynamic Reporting suite by using this online form.