Student Data Use
Recommended Practice: Teach students to examine their own data and set learning goals.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about student data use
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Teaching Students to Examine Their Own Data
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > Overview & Tools
Students can learn to examine their own data, monitor their progress, and set learning goals when teachers set clear expectations, provide explicit feedback, and give students tools to understand...
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Overview
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
Go Back and Reflect
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > See How It Works
Listen to a language arts teacher at a middle school describe the Data Analysis Booklets that students are required to complete. Students are asked to go back and reflect on their test answer...
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School Example
Taking Ownership
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Teachers at this high school use student portfolios to teach students how to analyze data, set learning goals, and track their own academic progress. To view an example of how students use the tool...
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School Example
Data Boards Help Students Set Learning Goals (Part 2)
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View a sixth-grade teacher modeling a goal-setting conference with a student. Together they review his scores and set a new goal. Students record their goals in the sample material, Student Goal...
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School Example
Data Boards Help Students Set Learning Goals (Part 1)
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A sixth-grade teacher explains how their school uses data boards. View the sample material, Student Goal Setting Worksheet, that students complete as they set their own goals for improving their...
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School Example
Student Objective Analysis - The Cutting of My Long Hair
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > See How It Works
Students at one high school use data from their assessments to conduct an item analysis. This sample template is used to analyze results of an assessment on the story, The Cutting of My Long...
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Sample Material
Analyzing Your PSAT Score Report
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > See How It Works
Students in ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades from one high school complete this tool by analyzing their own PSAT data and by identifying areas of improvement. The content to this tool varies...
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Sample Material
Research Plan Product Guide and Grading Rubric
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > See How It Works
All core subject teachers in a ninth-grade school develop product guides and rubrics to communicate expectations and assessment criteria. View this sample material to see an example used in...
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Sample Material
Jacob Hiatt Portfolio Philosophy and Table of Contents
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > See How It Works
Students and teachers refer to this document in describing the purpose and contents of the student portfolios. View the slideshow, Engaging Students in Data Use Through Student Portfolios, to learn...
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Sample Material
Response to Intervention Student Exit Survey and Reflection
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Shotwell Middle School (TX) When students at one middle school exit an intervention, they complete this exit survey and reflection. This sample material complements Go Back and Reflect and...
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Sample Material
Academic Goal Reflection Template
Data for Instruction > Student Data Use > See How It Works
Students from one high school use this sample template to analyze data, reflect on their progress toward goals, identify areas for improvement, and write reflections. This template has two...
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Sample Material
