I currently use ExamView Manager as my primary data tools source for my classroom. All of the quizzes and tests that I give are in ExamView and I have been tracking multiple choice question responses for three years. I primarily use the item analysis to assess where instruction may have been lacking for the whole class and I also use it to help pinpoint where specific students need remediation and use the data to determine where retesting is needed.
Our district uses Powerschool and imports some of this information into IGOR. I am vaguely familiar with IGOR and use it to access PLAN & ACT & MME info. However the amount of info available at the high school level for science on these assessments is pretty limited and does not help to drive classroom specific instruction. Unfortunately, our school has not started putting classroom specific info into IGOR, but once they do I foresee myself using this data on a regular basis.
FERPA & HIPPA are certainly limitations to using this as permission is necessary for students information to be shared outside of the internal school records. Since the data management tools that our school often uses are collected outside the walls of our school, both of these laws need to be considered and followed.
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