Using data from these assessments, schools now make
decisions about individual students, groups of students, instructional programs, resource allocation, and more.
Testing experts agree that using a single test score to make important
decisions about individual students (such as promotion, retention or access to a particular program (e.g., gifted and talented programs] is indefensible.
That data drives instructional
decisions about individual student programming.»
Not exact matches
All
students benefit from making good
decisions about their needs as
individuals and in relationships.
Andrew Miller looks at prep for standardized testing as an opportunity to encourage higher order thinking, embed test prep practices, and make informed
decisions about engaging the class and reaching
individual students.
The latest draft of proposed common academic standards offers more - detailed expectations of what
students should know and be able to do by the end of high school in math and language arts, but also notes that some
decisions about curricula should be left to
individual states and schools.
Known as Community Learning Centers, each school employs a resource coordinator who works closely with school leaders and the school's Local School
Decision - Making Committee to gather data
about student needs, monitor their performance, and create targeted interventions for
individual students and the school as a whole.
Data
about educator practice and
student learning obtained from evaluation systems helps inform district - wide and
individual decisions around recruitment, development, and retention of educators.
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.
While much of the time problem - solving teams focus heavily on
individual student progress in order to make
decisions about instructional supports, the annual spring data review is an important time to consider trends at the class, grade, and school levels.
The groups are seeking endorsements from other local, state and national organizations as well as
individuals concerned with the rapid increase in time, money and energy devoted to exams used to make major
decisions about students, educators and schools.
Every layer of educational bureaucracy should infuse
students as well, positioning in them in powerful roles that effect not only
individual students, but all
students; not as recipients, but as active partners who design, implement, critically assess, and make substantive
decisions about the education system as a whole.
I like to think of reflection as a verb — a conscious
decision made by a teacher to take a moment and think
about specific moments in their day; whether it be reflecting on an
individual lesson, a six - week unit, a conversation with a
student, an interaction with a parent or a debate with a trusted colleague.
To make informed
decisions, both as
individuals and as citizens,
students need to develop scientific habits of mind and have knowledge
about both the natural environment and how it is transformed through technology.
Here are some excerpts: A safe and caring school climate includes feeling safe at school, feeling part of
decision — making, and having a sense of school connectedness, which «is the belief by
students that adults and peers in the school care
about their learning as well as
about them as
individuals» (CDC, 2009b, SAMHSA Toolkit, p. 12).
These practices are: 1) inclusive education is not a separate initiative from general education, 2)
students receiving special education services are general education
students first, 3)
decisions about student services are based on
individual student needs, 4) the district must raise its expectations for
students with disabilities and end their social and physical segregation, and 5) the success of every
student is the collective responsibility of all district educators.
So, for example, instead of just utilizing money to arm police officers in schools, we also are allowing
individual school communities to make
decisions about putting more mental health for
students, to provide advocacy in the support system and not just move kids out of school or automatically engage them in the judicial system that we know can happen too often.
What professional development opportunities are available within your district that could help prepare educators to analyze and interpret
student data to make
decisions about individuals and also groups of
students?
This lines up well with what we know
about how
individual students make the
decision to become teachers.
Allow me to reiterate, they will simply provide current, data - guided
decisions about summer school interventions to the benefit of
students who are struggling, they will inform as to where additional supports should be allocated to
individual students next year, and they will provide a baseline that will guide the implementation for next year's new curriculum and instructional program.
For some reason, when we reach home, we go from pragmatic
individuals who can easily make objective, fact - based
decisions for a company, to people who are emotional
about their credit card debt and
student loans.