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Data-Driven Instructional Decision Making
Data for Instruction > Overview & Tools
The chair of the IES panel that developed the Practice Guide, Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making explains the five recommended practices and offers...
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Expert Interview
What Makes a High-Quality Districtwide Data System?
Data for Instruction > Districtwide Data > Learn What Works
Dr. Jeffrey Wayman discusses the characteristics of a high-quality data system: easy to use and understand, expandable, and flexible. Districts should first identify their needs and then select or...
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Expert Interview
Supporting a Culture of Data Use
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > Learn What Works
Dr. Jeffrey Wayman explains the importance of providing supports for data use. Schools can build capacity for data use through supports such as a school-based facilitator, well-defined training,...
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Expert Interview
Supporting Teachers in Understanding and Using Data
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > Learn What Works
Dr. Ellen B. Mandinach discusses the importance of providing professional development to help teachers learn how to use data. She emphasizes the need for the professional development to be aligned...
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Expert Interview
Collaborative Structures for Data Use
Data for Instruction > Vision for Data > Learn What Works
Dr. Richard Halverson discusses the importance of integrating a data use plan with the school’s overall approach to charting progress and setting goals. A data team can facilitate plan...
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Expert Interview
Helping Students Gain Ownership Over Their Learning
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > Learn What Works
Dr. Supovitz discusses how teachers can help students gain ownership over their learning by teaching them to examine their achievement data and set goals. To do this, teachers can provide clear...
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Expert Interview
What Do You See in These Data?
Data for Instruction > Improvement Cycle > Learn What Works
Dr. City suggests that teachers work collaboratively as they learn to use data efficiently in a cycle of instructional improvement. Dr. City offers examples of examining the data, developing...
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Expert Interview
Prepare, Inquire, Act
Data for Instruction > Improvement Cycle > Learn What Works
Dr. Elizabeth City discusses how teachers can enact a three-step “Prepare, Inquire, Act” cycle of instructional improvement. Dr. City encourages teachers to work through this cycle testing...
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Expert Interview
Ohio Decision Framework
Data for Instruction > States & Districts
This audio interview presents information on a statewide data tool that districts use as a decision-making tool for school improvement. As districts use the decision framework, they focus on the...
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Expert Interview
Digging Into the Statewide Testing System
Data for Instruction > States & Districts
Listen to this audio interview to learn about a statewide data system to support instructional decision making. The data system includes three major components that dig into the statewide testing...
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Expert Interview
The Principal's Role
School Turnaround > Instruction > Learn What Works
Listen to Dr. Joseph Johnson discuss how the role of the principal (e.g., being a presence in classrooms, developing teachers' trust in their common goals) is essential for improving instruction....
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Expert Interview
Motivating Reform With Quick Wins
School Turnaround > Quick Wins > Learn What Works
Dr. Sam Redding discusses the reasons for establishing successes early in the turnaround process and provides some examples of quick wins used in successful turnaround schools.
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Expert Interview
