Nathan Kuder, a fellow with the project working in Boston's Office of Accountability, has helped
the district make sense of its data concerning the delivery of services to English language learners.
Not exact matches
Making sense of the teacher effectiveness
data is tough work given that different
districts use different evaluation systems.
And, knowing that the Institute for Education Science's overall mission includes a commitment «to building the capacity
of states and school
districts to conduct research, evaluate their programs and
make sense of the
data they are collecting,» we respectfully offer the following comments for you to consider:
With NCLB pressures, principals and
districts were looking for ways to help teachers focus on learning results, and teachers were looking for ways to
make sense of all the standardized
data being dumped on them.
For example, the brief describes how
data — specifically,
data that showed Highline Public Schools was
making less progress than neighboring
districts on closing equity gaps — ultimately created a
sense of urgency that supported efforts by
district leaders to change policy, practice and culture within the
district.
With the millions
of dollars being spent to educate our young people, it
makes sense that decision -
making data be available to
district leaders, school leaders, and state leaders regarding where our resource dollars are being spent.