S30 Excel Mastery for Student Growth Monitoring

The session focused on creating a student growth monitoring template, led by Stephanie Salinas. Key points include:
Introduction: Stephanie introduced the session, outlining its goal to help participants create their own student growth monitoring template and utilize DMAC for automatic growth calculation.
Student Growth Importance: Discussed the significance of tracking student growth for meeting expected learning outcomes and its impact on the Texas Accountability System.
Template Creation: Guided participants through creating a template in Excel, including setting up tabs for growth report, 8th grade, Algebra 1, and growth points.
DMAC Utilization: Demonstrated how to extract relevant data from DMAC for the template.
Troubleshooting: Addressed issues with Excel formulas not calculating correctly, suggesting solutions like ignoring errors and ensuring correct formula setup.
The session was practical, focusing on the technical aspects of creating and utilizing a growth monitoring tool.