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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 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 Articles NEW! 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) NEW! How Spelling Supports Reading: And Why It Is More Regular and Predictable Than You May Think Dr. Moats sites the research that connects spelling and learning to read with similar knowledge structures and then provides “Key Content and Strategies for Kindergarten through Seventh Grade. Author: Louisa C. Moats Publication Date: Winter 2005-2006 Publisher: American Educators online NEW! 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 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: Chapman, Elaine Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Assessment Crisis: The Absence Of Assessment FOR Learning In this article, Richard Stiggins states thats to maximize student achievement in the U.S., we must pay far greater attention to the improvement of classroom assessments. Author: Richard J. Stiggins Publication Date: 2002 Publisher: Phi Delta Kappa 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) 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) 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) 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 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 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. Note: This article is available free of charge to members. For non-ASCD members, the full-text article is available for purchase from the ASCD Web site. Use the URL above to locate the article by date in the Archived Issues section of the Educational Leadership area. Author: Brimijoin, K., Marquissee, E., Tomlinson, C.A. Publication Date: 2003, February Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Other Resources Using Data to Improve Student Achievement This issue of Educational Leadership is focused on data. Note: The issue may be read on the ASCD Web site. Use the URL above to locate the article by date in the Archived Issues section of the Educational Leadership area. Author: various Publication Date: 2003, February Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved.  |
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