Data Driven Professional Development from Performance Assessment

Learning Effects provides a unique solution to improving student achievement.

• It relies on actual open-ended, student work involving critical and analytical thinking to improve student performance on a state test instrument.


• It creates a calibrated scoring expectation and trains teachers to score reliably to this expectation.


• Data from scoring student work is used to direct professional development in the content area for staff that are now eager to learn.


• The professional development yields improved classroom practice, which, in turn, yields improved student performance on state achievement tests.


• Preliminary research indicates positive impact on student achievement.

Investing in Professional Development:
Can it lead to measurable test score improvement?

Learning Effects uses data to direct the professional development effort. The first step is to create the data. The second step is to analyze and use it. The Learning Effects technology makes both steps efficient.

Creating Data from Student Work: Learning Effects works on a district level to calibrate student work. Teachers are then trained to reliably score student work using technology as an aide so that the results are immediately available district-wide.

Directing Training from Data: After the data is analyzed, professional development is designed to address areas of high need.

The net result is improved student achievement which is fostered by an enriched learning environment.