Are You Data Driven or Data Dizzy?

Are You Data Driven or Data Dizzy?

Michael White Michael White

Michael White

Published Jan 29, 2017
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Can You Arrange These Teacher-Based Team Steps Into the Right Order?


* Analyze Post-Assessment data (little test).

 What’s your back up plan for students who did not master the standard?

 Plan how you will tweak your lesson for next year.


* Analyze Pre-Assessment data (little test)

Identify student barriers strengths and interests

Develop Instructional Strategies and Lesson

Use data to improve instruction


*Develop or Revise Monthly Curriculum Calendars to focus on "Honest Bad News"

Commit to teach the bad news standards at the same time

   

 *Develop and Administer Common Post-Assessment (little test)

Feedback for administrators, teachers and students

Prove Learning


*When your summative data (BIG TEST) comes back, uncover your success stories and honest bad news


 *Teach Teach Teach Teach


*Develop and Administer Common Pre-Assessments (little test)

Find out what your students know, don’t know and want to know about the lesson you are planning to teach





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