Finally, assessment and reporting - from
effective use of student data and how to incorporate assessment into your curriculum planning, to effective feedback in the classroom and reporting student progress to parents.
In a nutshell, the processes really involve
making use of student data that you already have likely collected, so there's no additional work with respect to that part of the process.
To provide policy recommendations to ensure the protection of student privacy and
appropriate use of student data to improve teaching and learning in the classroom.
Deliver training, coaching and support (in person and remotely) to school and program staff
for use of student data, as well as development of whole school / program, classroom, and individual intervention strategies and best practices.
Conversely, those pushing for the
greater use of student data maintain that ultimately the goal of every teacher must be improved student learning and that schools have been remiss in not counting it enough.
(District of Columbia) A survey by education experts suggests President Barack Obama's proposal to restrict
commercial use of student data will gain the approval of Congress whereas his plan to make community college free is doomed to failure.
There are many books and professional development programs that purport to help teachers
make use of student data to improve instruction and student achievement (Boudett, City, and Murnane 2010; Bernhardt 2009; Love 2008), but there is little rigorous evaluation of these programs.
Lawmakers have proposed bills to address teachers» and parents» concerns over implementation, testing and
the use of student data.
The project grew out of a push to improve the collecting, analysis, interpretation and
use of student data.
Decades in the making, Florida's system stands out nationally for
its use of student data to influence policy and practice.
E4E is among a 30 - group coalition, led by the Data Quality Campaign, promoting principles for protecting and guiding
the use of student data (Education Week).
One specific way to develop a culture of public practice is to create and maintain a year - long professional development calendar based on
the use of student data to determine an areas of focus.
The argument has especially high stakes because states that bar
the use of student data to evaluate instructors are ineligible for $ 4.35 billion in national «Race to the Top» funds, federal officials have said.
, and skeptics have questioned whether the NJEA sees the PARCC resistance movement as a way to escape
the use of student data in teacher performance reviews.
CEA is advocating for consistent policies regarding the collection and
use of student data to address critical security concerns.
A measure of student academic growth extracted from PARCC scores will be a 10 percent weight in the evaluation of some teachers, and skeptics have questioned whether the NJEA sees the PARCC resistance movement as a way to escape
the use of student data in teacher performance reviews.
Our privacy policy reflects these values and adheres to national best practices for
the use of student data.
The platform provides clients a secure single - sign - on portal to deliver apps specifically designed to support
the use of student data for specific district functions.
Though there is no single correct way of structuring PLC meetings, often times they include open reflection and
the use of student data to inform decisions about instructional improvement.
In an earlier blog, we discussed
the use of student data to help inform decisions about revising group - level instruction.
PCSD recognizes the need to exercise care in the handling of confidential student information as
the use of student data has increased and as technology has advanced.
In states like Tennessee and cities like Dallas and Houston,
use of student data is becoming part of the way to evaluate the job performance of teachers.
Review policies on
the use of student data to ensure they balance privacy protection with the need to improve teaching and learning
Communicate directly with parents about the collection and
use of student data and the privacy measures and protections that are in place to preempt confusion and misunderstanding
Laura Brace, Elementary Math Curriculum Specialist for the district, leads their efforts in the effective
use of student data to inform personalized learning plans for students and core instruction time.
Promoting the continuous
use of student data (such as from formative, interim, and summative assessments) to inform and differentiate instruction.
Amid parent concern over new efforts to harness student data, an education technologist talks about how public discussion over health data could positively influence current debates over
the use of student data.