A number of states and school districts are including some form
of classroom data in their reviews of instructors.
Teachers gather and
use classroom data to guide their instructional decisions and provide students with descriptive and actionable feedback to support learning.
With a clear focus in mind, the observed teacher invites colleagues to
collect classroom data related to that focus.
Because
classroom data collection is at the heart of teacher - driven observation, it's crucial that observers are clear about the type of data they should collect.
• Identify a variety of available
classroom data sources that can be used to accurately identify student learning challenges and monitor progress toward improvement.
To explore changes in teaching practice,
classroom data from before and after the learning study intervention was collected and analyzed.
It's also easy to instantly view
aggregate classroom data, detailed student information, and peer comparisons in real time — and immediately take action where needed.
Through teacher - driven observation, teachers engage peers in gathering and
analyzing classroom data — data that speak to the unique context of their own classrooms.
If participants take the workshop as a team, they will leave the session with an analysis of their
own classroom data and a plan for putting it into action to raise student outcomes.
Her experiences in those roles include developing and facilitating face - to - face professional learning events, managing staff and
training classroom data collectors, as well as developing online courses.
The printing rate of each child was listed by teachers
submitting classroom data, and each was matched by the subjective teacher assessment of the child's relative reading skill.
A more meaningful system would
use classroom data and feedback from peers and principals in ways that are much more focused on how to teach specific content to particular students.
A focus question should require the collection
of classroom data; in other words, it should answer a question a teacher can't answer on his or her own.
Chicago, IL About Blog The Otus Student Performance Platform, designed specifically for K - 12 school systems, is the first system that integrates student learning data from 3rd party assessment and content providers with real - time,
in classroom data.
When I consult with school administrators and district personnel who are excited — sometimes hyperexcited — about getting teachers interacting
with classroom data, they inevitably ask, «How do I get my teachers interested in data — especially the unmotivated ones?»
All In Learning ives teachers, schools and district administrators real -
time classroom data from a variety of assessment instruments.
Sean Gaillard, principal at Lexington Middle School in Lexington, North Carolina, said the technology helps him capture and
assess classroom data.
With the integration data analytics tools in Learning Management Systems and big data analytics tools in blended classrooms, teachers can easily
leverage classroom data to offer truly adaptive and personalized learning in a blended classroom.
When Bensinger - Lacy first became principal of Graham Road Elementary, she led teachers in
examining classroom data, searching for patterns of success and failure.
Participants will leave the session with useful resources to support effective
ongoing classroom data use, including:
• Know how to
connect classroom data use to overarching district and / or school - level student learning goals (e.g., District Determined Measures / DDMs, Student Learning Outcomes / SLOs, Student Growth Objectives / SGOs), and professional development plans.
As they reflected
on classroom data showing them how their students built on peers» ideas in discussions, wrote multi-draft essays, and analyzed literature for its relevance to their lives, the teachers had to feel comfortable revealing what they did not yet know about their students» understandings.
Improved standards - aligned instructional practices in response to what teachers learn through
studying classroom data with cross-grade colleagues
Though targeted professional development principals learned how to identify and celebrate mastery experiences; provide vicarious experiences by either modeling instructional strategies themselves, or having others in the school model and demonstrate their expertise; collect
relevant classroom data and provide specific nonjudgmental feedback to teachers
Measuring Elementary School Students» Social and Emotional Skills: Providing Educators with Tools to Measure and Monitor Social and Emotional Skills that Lead to Academic Success identifies social and emotional skills to focus on in elementary grade students (K to fifth grade), with research behind the skills and suggestions on how to incorporate skills measurement into
regular classroom data collection.
That you have a way to
aggregate classroom data, check to see how individual students are doing, and make decisions about reteaching by looking at a computer monitor.
In small groups, participants learn to collaboratively
analyze classroom data and use it to plan and monitor instruction that leads to targeted student improvement toward meeting district and / or school - level student learning goals.
We can do better — by harnessing the power of real -
time classroom data to not just adapt, but to actually create, curricula unique to each student and each specific classroom.
This Teaching Channel video shows how Mills Teacher Scholars supported these teachers to interrogate multiple sources
of classroom data that made their students» learning visible.
When
using classroom data to separate students into quarters based on academic performance, the lower quarter of students had the lowest mean use of self - regulated learning skills followed by the middle quarters.
The ability to use
classroom data that is readily accessible in real time, actionable for both the teacher and learner, and enables informed adjustments to the learning task is what educators are asking for to close gaps and raise achievement.
Gain replicable processes that develop school leaders» ability to observe and collect
classroom data and to provide constructive feedback.
The observation enables the collection of
classroom data.
The classroom data collected can also be used to monitor and track the use of strategies identified in School Improvement goals.
In addition to student performance and
classroom data, an intersection of behavior, attendance, school climate, and even transportation data can help teachers and school leaders improve teaching and learning.
Then they identified next steps for using data far beyond standardized tests to
classroom data in the hands of teachers.
Teams will use their own multiple measures of
classroom data to learn how to pinpoint student learning challenges, select instructional interventions, and monitor progress toward reaching district - and / or school - level student learning goals.
Join us on February 7th at 1:00 pm EST to learn how JSIA leveraged creative scheduling, revamping math instruction and assessment and integrating a culture of growth through daily student and teacher usage of
classroom data.
Routine use of
classroom data (student work data, video, audio) to gain clarity on students» thinking
By interrogating multiple sources of
classroom data that made their students» learning visible, they learned to derive their own solutions to problems of practice.