What is Data Sgp?
Data sgp is an initiative to assemble and make accessible a new multi-proxy sedimentary geochemical database for Neoproterozoic through Paleozoic time slices. This is a major undertaking and while it compares in size to large community databases like Genbank or EarthChem, it still represents comparatively modest amounts of data by comparison with the scale of information currently available on the internet (see What is big data). The sgpData project is working to assemble this enormous amount of information to address specific scientific questions at hand rather than seeking to develop a full community database.
In addition to student achievement levels and rankings, Renaissance Star assessments report Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) for each student. These percentiles are calculated by comparing the students score on a given assessment to the scores of academic peers who performed similarly on previous assessments. This allows teachers to monitor how well their students are making progress toward grade level proficiency and identify areas where students are lagging behind. SGPs are particularly important for identifying students who are not yet meeting grade level standards, as these students may need additional support to close the gap.
ARM’s core mission is to collect high-quality observations of the atmosphere for use in atmospheric research and modeling. These measurements are transmitted to the ARM Data Center and made freely available via Data Discovery. ARM scientists then use the data in a range of applications from single observation analyses, to multi-observation process studies, to assimilation into earth system models.
The data sgp website features two sets of data: the SGP data set and the sgpData data set. The SGP data set is an anonymized panel data set comprising five years of vertically scaled assessments in long format. This exemplar data set models the format of assessment data used by lower level SGP functions such as studentGrowthPercentiles and studentGrowthProjections.
sgpData is updated regularly with the latest student assessment data. The first column in sgpData provides the unique student identifier. The next columns provide a list of academic peers with the same unique student identifier and the grades for which they are associated. The final columns provide the assessment scale scores for each of these academic peers. The sgpData data set is designed to be used with the lower level SGP functions that require student ID, academic peer, and scale score in the same format.
The sgpData data set also includes the sgpData_INSTRUCTOR_NUMBER lookup table which is useful for assigning instructors to each student test record in the SGP data set. This information is useful for assigning teacher practice and SGP scores to students. Teachers who work with student records at the district level can submit the data sgp_INSTRUCTOR_NUMBER to NJ SMART to be included in teacher evaluation reports. This information is linked to the mSGP score in the final evaluation rating. Teachers should review their submissions with their supervisors to ensure that all appropriate data is reported. This step is mandatory to ensure that accurate and complete student information is reflected in the evaluation ratings.