Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) it was proven that gifted students make less progress from year to year on end of year exams than low achievers. One idea passed around to alleviate this decline is to implement the Growth Model.
The Growth Model is a reflection of student growth beyond proficiency. This is ideal when working with gifted students because often they are the ones who are left behind because they are already proficient. Teachers have been instructed to work with the "bubble" or "borderline" students.
The Growth Model works when there are formal assessments to be given to the student, however in the case of a "non-tested" class there may be less options for assessment. In these cases the teachers need to provide date on the gifted student to show their pre and post test data. This form of assessment can be complain requiring teachers to dig back into their statistical math classes from college.
Growth Models are important to a gifted student because they show actual growth in learning. Multiple assessments are used to gather data, the teacher can then in turn modify their teaching to the individual student to deepen understanding. This is model is driven by individual student data.
Seven types of Growth Models used in schools:
• Gain Score
• Trajectory
• Categorical
• Residual Gain
• Projection
• Student Growth Percentile
• Multivariate
Information on each of these can be found here: Harvard I recommend pages 16-20.
The Growth Model is a reflection of student growth beyond proficiency. This is ideal when working with gifted students because often they are the ones who are left behind because they are already proficient. Teachers have been instructed to work with the "bubble" or "borderline" students.
The Growth Model works when there are formal assessments to be given to the student, however in the case of a "non-tested" class there may be less options for assessment. In these cases the teachers need to provide date on the gifted student to show their pre and post test data. This form of assessment can be complain requiring teachers to dig back into their statistical math classes from college.
Growth Models are important to a gifted student because they show actual growth in learning. Multiple assessments are used to gather data, the teacher can then in turn modify their teaching to the individual student to deepen understanding. This is model is driven by individual student data.
Seven types of Growth Models used in schools:
• Gain Score
• Trajectory
• Categorical
• Residual Gain
• Projection
• Student Growth Percentile
• Multivariate
Information on each of these can be found here: Harvard I recommend pages 16-20.