Using Data to Guide Instructional Decisions
 


How to use Data for PD and Reflective Practice

What Research Says About / Collaborative Inquiry
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec08/vol66/num04/Collaborative_Inquiry.aspx
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Educational Leadership, December 2008/January 2009

Data-Driven Teachers
(see chart at end of document)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/5/9/259f7395-bd6a-45d0-bbe2-cb7cbc3e16a7/ThoughtLeaders_DDDM_May05.doc

School Technology Leadership Initiative, University of Minnesota


Use of Data to Guide Student Progress

Acting on Data: How urban high schools use data to improve instruction
http://www.newschools.org/files/ActingonData.pdf

Center on Educational Governance, University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education, 2008

ROLE: Data coach
PURPOSE: To ensure that student achievement data drive decisions in classroom and school
http://www.nsdc.org/members/t3/oct05.pdf

National Staff Development Council, Teachers Teaching Teachers, 2005

Improving Teaching and Learning with Data-Based Decisions:Asking the Right Questions and Acting on the Answers

http://www.ers.org/spectrum/sum01a.htm

Educational Research Service, 2001
 

Breaking Down the Data: Looking for ways to improve instruction and student learning? Take an informed approach.
http://www.nsba.org/MainMenu/Governance/DataDrivenDecisionMaking/ASBJArticleBreakingDowntheData.aspx
American School Board Journal, 2004


School Planning and Administrative Uses

 Looking Deeper Into the Data
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec08/vol66/num04/Looking_Deeper_Into_the_Data.aspx
ASCD, Educational Leadership, December 2008/January 2009

Guide to Using Data in School Improvement Efforts
http://www.learningpt.org/pdfs/datause/guidebook.pdf
Learning Point Associates,  2004


Data for School Improvement
http://www.learningpt.org/expertise/schoolimprovement/data/
Learning Point Associates, 2009


Using Multiple Levels of Data to Address Educational Issues http://www.learningpt.org/aboutus/howwework/centers/RELpubs/June2008Brief.pdf
Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest at Learning Point Associates - Policy Brief, 2008


Effective Use of Electronic Data Systems: A Readiness Guide for School and District Leaders
http://www.learningpt.org/pdfs/datause/DataReadinessTool.pdf
Learning Point Associates, 2006

Using Data to Drive School Improvement
How does data help us close student achievement gaps?
http://www.my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=713

Making Learning Personal, 2006

Data-Driven School Improvement. [A little dated, but informative]

http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-3/data.html

ERIC Digest

Tools for School Improvement Planning: Using Data

http://www.annenberginstitute.org/tools/using_data/index.php
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2006


Improving School Board Decision-Making: The Data Connection
http://www.schoolboarddata.org/



The NYS Data Analysis Technical Assistance Group (DATAG) recommends an online program called DataMentor that is designed to help educators with all levels of data experience analyze and customize assessment data (and more) to inform instructional practices and policies. (You might find these to be very helpful.)

Links to DataMentor and DATAG
DATAG:
www.datag.org


DataMentor:
http://datamentor.org/index.cfm?event=home



Data Basics

Anchoring Down the Data
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec08/vol66/num04/Anchoring_Down_the_Data.aspx

ASCD, Educational Leadership, December 2008/January 2009
 

Data: Now What?  The New Stupid
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/dec08/vol66/num04/The_New_Stupid.aspx

ASCD, Educational Leadership, December 2008/January 2009

http://www.nsba.org/MainMenu/Governance/DataDrivenDecisionMaking.aspx

Links to many different articles/resources on Data-Driven Decision Making.

National School Boards Association