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1.8 Data as Part of Planning District/school leadership systematically uses disaggregated data in planning for diverse student needs, and then communicates data analysis information to school staff. 
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Related Resources Tools A Guide to Using Data in School Improvement Efforts This guide covers introductory lessons for educators who are just beginning to use data for school improvement. It offers preliminary information on types of data, tactics for understanding data, and methods for deciding how these efforts can shape goals and planning. Publication Date: 2004, December Publisher: Learning Point Associates Data Collection Matrix (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) This is a tool to help organize the needs assessment process. It also helps to identify sources of information, methods of collection and potential gaps. Author: Sylvie van Heusden Hale Publication Date: 2000 Publisher: WestEd Descriptive Data This template provides questions for understanding student results on classroom tasks. This is a useful tool for understanding grade level or course results (ex. 7th grade English). Author: Dennis Fox Publisher: Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center, Los Angeles County Office of Education Implications for Instructional Decision Making This template provides questions to consider when using data to make decisions about future instruction. This is a useful tool for understanding grade level or course results (ex. U.S. History). Author: Dennis Fox Publisher: Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center, Los Angeles County Office of Education Process Data: Sample Questions This template provides questions for exploring how classroom instructional practices relate to student learning in the classroom. This is a useful tool for understanding grade level or course results (ex. Algebra 1). Author: Dennis Fox Publisher: Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center, Los Angeles County Office of Education Sample High School Student Survey Based on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Seven Characteristics of Successful Schools and designed for students from the mid-elementary through high school grades, these surveys are intended to help school leaders to assess how students view their school environments. Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory School Data Inventory Activity (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) Conducting a data inventory is an important step in knowing what types of data should be considered for use in decision making and school improvement planning at your school, as well as which are available and ready for analysis. The purpose of this activity, which accompanies the School Data Inventory tool, is to introduce strategies and tools for conducting an inventory to determine what data in the school and district are readily available, somewhat available, and not available. See the related tool listed below this activity in our Get Ready list of tools, or go directly to the School Data Inventory Tool. Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: WestEd Teacher Data Framework Intended to help communities evaluate teacher quality, this tool presents guiding questions to determine the characteristics of teachers within a district and its various schools, the policies and practices that affect teachers' characteristics, the impact of people and institutions outside the school on teacher quality, and the characteristics of those entering and leaving the profession. Publisher: Public Education Network Articles NEW! A Practical Guide to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness This guide defines teacher effectiveness and discusses six common methods for evaluating teacher effectiveness. Author: Olivia Little, Laura Goe, and Courtney Bell Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality NEW! Meaningful Measurement: The Role of Assessments in Improving High School Education in the Twenty-First Century This publication discusses assessments that measure college and career readiness, performance assessments, benchmark assessments, assessing high school students who are English language learners and students with disabilities, and the benefits of international assessments. Author: Lyndsay M. Pinkus Publisher: Alliance for Excellent Education NEW! Adolescent Literacy Walk-through for Principals: A Guide for Instructional Leaders This guide is designed to help principals monitor and support adolescent literacy instruction in their schools more effectively. It provides a scaffold to build principals' understanding of scientifically based reading instruction, as a means for a principal to gather information about the quality of literacy and reading intervention instruction in a school, and as a data collection guide for planning targeted professional development and resource allocation. Author: Debra Miller, Lila Rissman, and Joseph Torgesen Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Center on Instruction NEW! Use of Education Data at the Local Level: From Accountability to Instructional Improvement This report discusses local practices in implementing data-driven decision making. Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Assessing Student Engagement Rates This article defines student engagement and describes various methods used to measure it, both in empirical research studies and at the classroom level. Author: Elaine Chapman Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Classroom Assessment for Learning (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) "We typically think of assessment as an index of school success rather than as the cause of that success....Assessment for learning occurs during the teaching and learning process rather than after it and has as its primary focus the ongoing improvement of learning for all students." Formative assessment helps the teacher and students to gauge where they are in relation to where they should be, and also prevents students from falling behind due to having only one chance to learn something. Author: Chappuis, S., Stiggins, R.J. Publication Date: 2002, September Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Classroom Walkthroughs: Learning to see the trees and the forest Pilter and Goodwin discuss how to effectively use walkthroughs to collect data and provide useful feedback to educators to improve instruction. Author: Howard Pitler with Bryan Goodwin Publication Date: Summer 2008 Publisher: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Enhancing Student Learning This article explains how profound achievement gains can be created using formative assessments. Author: Rick Stiggins and Jan Chappuis Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: District Administration First Things First: Demystifying Data Analysis This article discusses how to use data to focus on a few simple, specific goals to improve student achievement results. Author: Mike Schmoker Publication Date: 2003, February Publisher: Educational Leadership How Classroom Assessments Improve Learning (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) "The assessments best suited to guide improvements in student learning are the quizzes, tests, writing assignments, and other assessments that teachers administer on a regular basis in their classrooms," says Guskey. "To use classroom assessments to make improvements...[teachers] need to see their assessments as an integral part of the instruction process and as crucial for helping students learn." Author: Guskey, T.R. Publication Date: 2003, February Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported By Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide This Guide provides educational practitioners with user-friendly tools to distinguish practices supported by rigorous evidence from those that are not. Author: Institute of Education Sciences Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences Improving Teaching and Learning with Data-Based Decisions: Asking the Right Questions and Acting on the Answers This article discusses the importance of developing questions, collecting and analyzing data, and providing staff support to make effective use of the data when using a data-based assessment. Author: Nancy Protheroe Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: Educational Research Service Interventions for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A Meta-Analysis with Implications for Practice This report focuses on interventions designed to improve students' use of reading comprehension strategies. It also considers the impact of interventions that target improved reading vocabulary, accurate decoding of unfamiliar words in text, and increased reading fluency. Author: Nancy Scammacca, Greg Roberts, Sharon Vaughn, Meaghan Edmonds, Jade Wexler Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Center on Instruction Pause to Look at the Intersections in the Data After data is collected, what hard questions need to be asked to ensure that the data is being used thoroughly? This article discusses ways that schools can get in the habit of searching for intersections in data, as well as discusses the topic of data intersections. Author: Robby Champion Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Tapping into the Power of Longitudinal Data This article discusses the benefits of a longitudinal data system. Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: National Association of Secondary School Principals Using Data in Leadership for Learning This article discusses the challenges involved in using data effectively as well as the important role data plays in school reform. Author: Lorna Earl and Michael Fullan Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Cambridge Journal of Education Using Data to Bring About Positive Results in School Improvement Efforts This tutorial is designed to help educators incorporate data into their continuous school improvement process. Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) Using Data to Drive Student Achievement in the Classroom and on High-Stakes Tests This article discusses the importance of current and accurate data to assist student achievement. Author: Greg Decker Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: THE Journal Online: Technological Horizons in Education Using Scientifically Based Research to Guide Educational Decisions The No Child Left Behind Act requires educational practices to be based on scientifically based research. This research brief spotlights how educators can use scientifically based research to guide teaching practices, curriculum, and school-wide programs. Author: Jonathan Margolin and Beth Buchler Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) What Happens Between Assessments? Publication Date: 1996/1997 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Useful Links Looking at Student Work This website provides useful information that can be used to increase the capacity of the instructional staff to effectively use curricular and data resources. The web site focuses on the examination of student work in ways that emphasize: • teachers looking together at student work with colleagues • focusing on small samples of student work • reflecting on important questions about teaching and learning • using structures and guidelines ("protocols") for looking at and talking about student work This site includes sample protocols for examining student work, articles, books and a virtual protocol that allows you to hear the "conversation" during a protocol. Links to other helpful websites that are related to examining student work are included. Similar English Learner Students, Different Results: Why Do Some Schools Do Better? This analysis of California elementary school performance data has identified four educational practices associated with higher performance among elementary English Learner (EL) students. Author: Kenji Hakuta, Edward Haertel, et al. Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: EdSource Using Data to Differentiate Instruction This article profiles a teacher to show how the continuous, dynamic collection of informal and formal data can help determine instruction and its effectiveness. Pre-assessment, student self-assessment, and ongoing assessment are used to differentiate instruction and meet individual student learning needs. Author: Brimijoin, K., Marquissee, E., Tomlinson, C.A. Publication Date: 2003, February Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Other Resources NEW! Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making This guide offers five recommendations to help educators effectively use data to monitor students’ academic progress and evaluate instructional practices. Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
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