Analysis helps you see the patterns from new perspectives

How do you know if you’re guiding instruction with assessments that bring you sound evidence?

When doctors make a diagnosis, they rely on tests to bring them evidence. If the evidence is sound, doctors must still turn to technicians for interpretation of that evidence, and then form a theory of the patient’s illness. Only then can the medical team determine treatment.

The practice of education also relies on sound diagnostic evidence plus wise interpretation. The interpretation must come from your assessment team and instructional leaders. Assessments produce measures of progress that, in the hands of smart technicians, can guide teachers to great heights.

The diagnostic challenge is tough. Why not enlist the best talent you can find? We can help you produce the evidence you need to solve education challenges like the following:

• How do you evaluate whether a sixth grader is struggling with subject matter or with reading itself?
• How do you know whether English learners have mastered their math lessons but simply don’t command writing skills in English to show what they know?
• What do you say to a parent whose child’s report card shows “A” and “B” grades in science but a Below Basic score on the California Standards Tests?
• How do you decide which seventh grade students are ready to move on to algebra?
• What do you say to a ninth grader who is reading at fourth grade level when his prior teachers gave no warning he was falling behind?

The Owl Corps has the experience to bring you answers that we know have worked, and we have the wisdom to bring you new questions you may not have considered.