Data-Driven Culture
Recommended Practice: Provide supports that foster a data-driven culture within the school.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about data-driven culture
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Providing Supports That Foster a Data-Driven Culture Within a School
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > Overview & Tools
Schools and districts need to provide supports, such as school-based facilitators, professional development, and structured collaboration time, to help all stakeholders develop the knowledge and...
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Overview
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
It’s Not Something That’s Static
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > See How It Works
The principal and department chair at one high school discuss how the staff uses data to develop curriculum. At this high school, staff members consider curriculum development to be an ongoing...
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School Example
Breaking It Down
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > See How It Works
Listen to two teachers describe the Subgroup Master data spreadsheet used by all teachers at their school. The Subgroup Master helps teachers examine data by breaking it down by class period and...
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School Example
Visualizing Data in the Progress Pad
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > See How It Works
Listen to a former principal talk about how they quickly visualize classroom data in the Progress Pad. In a room set aside for this purpose, teachers enter student data onto red, yellow, or green...
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School Example
Classroom Instructional Plan
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > See How It Works
Teachers from one high school collaborate to analyze student benchmark assessment data every six to eight weeks and brainstorm strategies for improving instruction. Teachers use this template to...
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Sample Material
Professional Development and Training Expectations
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > See How It Works
The administrative team at one middle school has a well-articulated approach to differentiating professional development for staff to support the use of data for instructional decision making. This...
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Sample Material
Professional Development Assessment Tool
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > Overview & Tools
District and school leaders can use this tool to conduct an assessment of the professional development provided to staff for data use. Based on the results of this assessment and through additional...
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Tool
Data Facilitator/Coach: Activity Log
Data for Instruction > Data-Driven Culture > Overview & Tools
Data facilitators/coaches or other professionals that provide support for teachers in using data can use this tool to log their daily activities. By tracking daily and/or weekly activities, the...
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Tool
Learning Together: What Supports Are Needed to Foster a Data-Driven Culture?
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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Tool
