Analyze student data

Before you can improve the effectiveness of instructional practices in your school, you need to know where to begin. Student data can reveal weaknesses and strengths in teacher practice.

The Inquiry Process: From the Classroom to the School by Nancy Love
Using Data/Getting Results: A Practical Guide for School Improvement in Mathematics and Science, 2001. Reproduced with permission from Norwood, MA. Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc. Pages 26-30, all rights reserved.
This excerpt from the book Using Data/Getting Results emphasizes the inquiry process as a means of gathering information about a school.

Data Fuels Continuous Improvement in Glendale, Arizona by Nancy Love
Using Data/Getting Results: A Practical Guide for School Improvement in Mathematics and Science, 2001. Reproduced with permission from Norwood, MA. Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc. Pages 327-334, all rights reserved.
A school in Glendale, Arizona, became truly data driven to provide meaningful learning experiences to all students.

Data Provides Answers for Student Learning by Joan Richardson
Results, October, 1998. Copyright, National Staff Development Council, all rights reserved.
A Texas school district raised student achievement through regular examination of student achievement data to determine instructional needs.

Learning to Use Data to Get Results by Pat Barron, Cathy Behrends, Jennifer Feeney
ENC Focus, 2002, 9 (1). Copyright, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, all rights reserved.
The Central Ohio TIMSS Collaborative is bringing school districts together to help educators learn to use data to improve student achievement.

6 Steps to a Solution by Brenda Guenther LeTendre
Journal of Staff Development, Winter, 2000, 21 (1). Copyright, National Staff Development Council, all rights reserved.
This article outlines a plan for gathering information on school improvement efforts, from posing a question to interpreting results.

Using Data on Enacted Curriculum in Mathematics and Science by Council of Chief State School Officers, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Eleven State Collaborative
Survey of Enacted Curriculum Project, May, 2000. Copyright Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), all rights reserved.
This is a summary report from a 1999 study analyzing results from teacher surveys about the subject content taught and instructional practices used in schools in 11 states.

By the Numbers by Margery B. Ginsberg
Journal of Staff Development, Spring, 2001, 22 (2). Copyright, National Staff Development Council, all rights reserved.
The Data-in-a-Day technique is used in high-poverty schools to collect information to learn how to better motivate and engage students from diverse cultures.

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