| Abstract |
While most schools track data of some kind, a school that is truly data-driven goes way beyond typical efforts and uses data to achieve real progress in student achievement and school performance. Here's a video that takes you to a data-driven school district to show how data gathering and analysis is a required step to achieve desired results. This up-close tour introduces key elements of data-driven school improvement: How to use data in your school improvement process. What kinds of data give you a comprehensive and in-depth view of student performance and community expectations. Why collecting data from three levels - student, staff, and community - is essential. Where and when to analyze data to identify problems and give your school clear direction for improving student achievement. Video scenes show how teachers, administrators, and students take an active role in collecting and analyzing data. Teachers demonstrate how they use data to spot achievement gaps, identify instructional improvements, and analyze the effects of improvement efforts. And school leaders explain how they create staff buy-in to the process and share data throughout the district. Show this video to school improvement and teacher teams to highlight the positive impact of data-driven school improvement, and introduce audiences to methods that ensure data gathering and analysis provide direction and lead to decisions that are more likely to produce higher student achievement. |
