DATA-BASED DECISION MAKING IN PRACTICE
Data Sources
Data teams can use the following sources to triangulate CFA data to ensure the full picture of the instructional context before they begin to develop inferences based on identified strengths and obstacles.
Academics
- Curriculum Maps
- Identify Standard Selected for Assessment
- Unwrap Standard Selected for Assessment
- Common Pre, Formative and Summative Assessments
- Common Scoring Guides and Rubrics
Behavior
- Core Academic Standards (Social Behavioral)
- Schoolwide behavioral expectations
- Individual Classroom behavioral expectations
- Minor Office Disciplinary Referral (ODR) Form
- Major Office Disciplinary Referral (ODR) Form
- Minor and Major ODR data
DATA-BASED DECISION MAKING IN ACTION
School personnel have an opportunity to grow as consumers of data who can transform data reports (e.g. graphs or charts) into meaningful information that drives effective data-based decision making for organizational change and school improvement. -Gilbert, 1978
Testimonies from Schools
Watch one or more of the following videos, which represent testimonies regarding the results of using data to make decisions. Ask yourself: What themes about DBDM and success in teaching and learning emerge from the videos? How can you apply strategies used in your practice?