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Data for Instruction > Improvement Cycle > See How It Works
This document provides each of the steps involved in carrying out a collaborative assessment conference. Watch teachers model collaboration conferences in Supporting Data Use Through Teacher...
Sample Material
These documents provide an outline for teacher collaboration teams for using data to inform decision making. Teachers model collaborative data use in Supporting Data Use Through Teacher...
Teachers follow these steps for working in groups to develop rubrics for evaluating student work. Watch a teacher discuss the process of implementing collaboration around student work in Supporting...
These practices guide consultancy sessions, where one teacher presents data on student progress to receive feedback from peer teachers. Hear a teacher describe the consultancy, as well as other...
The administrative team at one elementary school conducts classroom walkthroughs every six weeks to observe instruction. The team examines this instructional data alongside achievement data to...
High school English teachers use this data reflection sheet after each six-week unit assessment cycle. The audio interview, Using the Three-Week Assessment Cycle, explains the assessment cycle used...
Data for Instruction > States & Districts
This manual is a comprehensive guide to understanding and using the Ohio Decision Framework. The decision framework allows building and district leadership teams to more precisely analyze and...
When districts use the Ohio Decision Framework, they complete a comprehensive needs assessment. This sample material is a compilation of screen shots that comprise the needs assessment. The related...
Review this description to learn more about the Ohio Decision Framework. Districts use this tool in stage one of the Ohio Improvement Process. Listen to It's About the What of the Data, Then It's...
School Turnaround > Instruction > See How It Works
This sample material describes a schoolwide instructional model that contains the basic components of rigorous literacy-based instruction in all content areas. Related Files: Jackson...
Staff collaboratively analyzes data reports such as these from the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) to determine strengths and weaknesses in student learning. Related...
This instructional coherence protocol guides administrator walkthroughs of elementary school classrooms. Administrators note evidence indicating that expectations of classroom environment and...
