Tools for Learning Schools, Spring 2017, Vol. 20, No. 3
DETAILS, DETAILS: Making meaning from data
Learning teams constitute a crucial component of the continuous cycle of learning. This is the daily job-embedded learning focused on student learning challenges that teachers have over and over said they value highly.
Tool 1: Data summary sheet
Use the chart to log data type and source by student characteristics.
Tool 2: Data analysis protocol (formal)
Use these questions to ask questions like, "What areas of student performance are meeting or exceeding expectations?"
Tool 3: Data summary statement example
Use this sample of a data summary statement to offer a conclusion and supporting evidence, as well as to answer questions about the meaning of your findings.
Tool 4: Data summary statement worksheet
Use this worksheet to write a statement from the example given.