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Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > Overview & Tools
This tool provides implementation steps for the facilitator of a workshop about the types of supports that are needed to foster a data-driven culture in schools. The workshop also focuses on ways...
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Data for Instruction > Vision for Data > Overview & Tools
Administrators and teachers can use this planning tool to review the collaboration times established in the school. The tool can help identify any gaps or overlaps to ensure adequate collaboration...
This tool can be used as a guide to begin writing a plan for data use that aligns with the school’s and district’s goals for improving student achievement. The plan should articulate how the school...
Creating a data team can help to establish a clear vision for schoolwide data use. School leaders can use this tool as a guide to help them determine who among their staff would be best suited to...
A school’s data team can educate school staff about the school’s vision for data use by having workshops or meetings focused on developing the capacity of all staff to use data. This tool provides...
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > Overview & Tools
When teachers help students use their own data to set goals, students feel a sense of ownership over their learning. Educators can use this tool to assess their practices for helping students use...
Teachers can use this tool to plan strategies for student self-assessment. The tool provides various strategies, explains the benefits of each, and gives an example of how the strategy could be...
This tool provides an outline for a workshop focused on the importance of teaching students to use data to examine progress and set learning goals for themselves. Several structures for discussion...
Data for Instruction > Improvement Cycle > Overview & Tools
This tool provides a guide to planning the cycle of instructional improvement. It can help a leader evaluate existing procedures and see where improvements are needed. The tool also provides...
Schools may complete some but not all of the steps within the cycle of instructional improvement. This self-assessment tool is designed to help state, district, and school leaders assess their...
School staff may not always be familiar with all the steps involved in the cycle of instructional improvement. Professional development and technical assistance providers and district and state...
Adolescent Literacy > Intensive Intervention > Overview & Tools
Principals and reading specialists are encouraged to use this tool to assess the status of their school’s adolescent literacy intervention opportunities for the purpose of strengthening the...
