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Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making

Presented by:Marlene J. Darwin, Ph.D.

American Institutes for Research (AIR)

Doing What Works - Goal

Translate research-based practices into examples and practical toolsthat support and improve

classroom instruction

Overview of Doing What Works

Builds a bridge from research to action

• Free resource from the U.S. Department of Education

• Developed by WestEd, AIR, & RMC

• Starts with IES research reviews

• Data-Driven Improvement– Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools– Response to Intervention in Primary Grade Reading– Response to Intervention in Elementary-Middle Math– Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional

Decision Making• Quality Teaching

– How to Organize Your Teaching• Literacy

– Preschool Language and Literacy– Improving K-3 Reading Comprehension– Literacy in English for K-5 English learners– Adolescent Literacy

Doing What Works - Topics

• Math and Science– Encouraging Girls in Math and Science– National Math Panel Report: Critical Foundations for

Algebra,– National Math Panel Report: Major Topics of School Algebra– Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for K-8– Improving Mathematical Problem Solving in Grades 4-8

• Comprehensive Support– Dropout Prevention– Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School

Classroom– Increased Learning Time: Beyond the Regular School Day– Helping Students Navigate the Path to College

Doing What Works - Topics

http://dwwv2.littleplanetlearning.com/topic/?T_ID=30

Resources For Each Practice: • Key concepts• Research Base• Expert interviews

• Featured Schools• Media products: Audio and Video

interviews, Classroom footage, Slideshows

• Sample Materials

• Ideas for action• Tools and templates

Using Data to Inform Classroom Level and Instructional Decisions

• Recommendation 1: – Make data part of an ongoing cycle of

instructional improvement• Recommendation 2:

– Teach students to examine their own data and set learning goals.

Cycle of Instructional Improvement –

What do you see in these data?

Dr. Elizabeth City

Teacher Collaboration Time

What do you notice that makes this session productive?

Teacher Collaboration Time

Student Use of Data

Can you identify one strategy you have used to support students in using their own data?

Go Back and Reflect

Organizational and Technological Conditions that Support Data Use

• Recommendation 3:– Establish a clear vision for schoolwide data use

• Recommendation 4:– Provide supports that foster a data-driven

culture within the school• Recommendation 5:

– Develop and maintain a districtwide data system

Establish a Clear Vision for Schoolwide Data UseDo you have a schoolwide vision for data use?

Earning Trust

Provide Supports that Foster a Data-Driven CultureWhat supports do you need?

Visualizing Data in the Progress Pad

District Supports for Data Use

Closing

What changes do we need to make to use our data more effectively and more consistently?

Order Free from WestEd (http://wested.org) at:

Data Professional Development Package

http://dww.ed.govWant to use DWW to support data driven instructional decision making and need more assistance?

Contact me at:

Marlene Darwin American Institutes for Research (AIR)

mdarwin@air.org

202 403-5395