Data, Data, Data
Knowledge-Building for Teachers Series
As we finish up our state and district end of year assessments, climate surveys, and final data deep dives, I thought this would be a good time to refresh on the who, what, why, when, where, and how of all things data.
Podcasts
Measuring Data-Based Decision Making with Dr. Katie Wolfe on Glean Education Podcasts
Dr. Wolfe discusses her research article Training Preservice Practitioners to Make Data-based Instructional Decisions. The study also includes a decision-making flow chart that guides data analysis.
Effective Use of Data from Education Scotland podcast
This is a series of ten episodes about using data in all areas of education including PreK to administration.
Effective Classroom Data Use with Dr. Matthew Courtney — The Thoughtful Teacher Podcast
Dr. Courtney discusses how to effectively use the data that teachers are already collecting and his book Exploratory Data Analysis in the Classroom.
App
Teacher Tapp is a teacher survey app for teachers to share what is really going on in the classroom and in their schools. Three questions are asked daily about all things education and then the results are shared later. It is really interesting to see how teachers across the country are answering in relation to your own context. Teacher Tapp originates from England, but it does have a US version that you can choose when you download the app.
Flowcharts
A Flipbook to Support Use of the Problem-Solving Model for Individual Students from MTSS Center
This is a really thorough flow-chart of how to analyze student performance and make next-step decisions to inform instruction and support.
M.I.N.D 2.0 Facts on Fire: INTERVENTION RESOURCES by Dr. Brian Poncy
On the intervention resources page on M.I.N.D 2.0, there is an excellent decision making flowchart specific to math facts fluency and accuracy. There is also an intervention checklist to help decide the next intervention based on where a student is in the instructional hierarchy.
Substacks
Data: Moving Beyond the Colors by Elana Gordon from Voices from the Field | Substack
What I love about this piece is it brings to light what the data is and is not telling us and that things may not be as good as they seem. As an example, a student may be proficient or advanced on an end-of-year Kindergarten assessment, but when you look at the benchmark and what is really being tested, that student may not actually be ready for first grade rigor.
Why We Don’t Talk About Summative and Formative Assessment by Becky Allen and Matthew Evans from 100% Assessment
This is an interesting and somewhat provocative take that all tests are formative and summative and should be used to both shape learning (formative) and surmise what a student can do (summative).
Webinars
My 4-Step Process for Analyzing Acadience Data with Stephanie Stollar at Reading Science Academy - YouTube
Stephanie Stollar has a whole playlist of data analysis videos for reading assessments that are extremely helpful in understanding how to really dig deep into what information these tests are giving us.
Using Data for Impact with Dr. Selena Fisk on Think Forward Educators
Known as the data storyteller, Dr. Fisk shares what to do with data and how to use it for change. She also has a Substack focused on data that I’m excited to dig into.
Graphing and Analyzing Academic Progress Monitoring Data from MTSS Center
This is part of a self-paced course on progress monitoring from the MTSS Center “intended to help educators learn how to set goals, collect data, and make decisions using academic progress monitoring data”
Practical ways to collect and use student behavioural data with Dr. Russ Fox on Think Forward Educators
This webinar from Dr. Fox is intended to provide “teachers with the knowledge and tools to engage in behavioural data collection that matches the needs of their students and context in the most practical ways possible.”
Responsive Teaching: The Science of Instructional Agility with Carl Hendrick on Think Forward Educators
Data analysis can also happen within a lesson. Responsive teaching is responding to data and pivoting instruction within a lesson. Hendrick shares “how teachers can use real-time feedback to guide their teaching, making learning more effective and targeted.”
Articles
Using Diagnostic Data to Inform Intervention Planning from National Center for Intensive Intervention
This article includes five recommendations on how to use data to inform interventions.
Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Multi-Tiered System of Supports Practice Profile
In this article is a section on Continuous Data-Based Decision Making that outlines “research base for the essential component, definition of the essential component, contribution to the desired outcomes of MTSS made by the essential component, and key actions taken by educators and leaders within the component along a developmental continuum from expected behavior, to developmental, and unacceptable use”
Books
Leading Data-Informed Change in Schools by Dr. Selena Fisk
Dr. Fisk’s book “introduces a 10-step process for leading data-informed change comprising measurable steps for action supported by connections to relevant literature and practical examples showing what the process looks like in schools.”
Handbook on formative and summative evaluation of student learning by Benjamin S. Bloom, J. Thomas Hastings, and George F. Madaus
This book is highlighted in How Teaching Happens in Section Six, Chapter 26: “The Many Faces and Uses of Assessment.” It’s pretty dense, so you can read the section about it in HTH; however, if you want to dive deep, read the original.
Website
Data-based Decision Making | MTSS Center
This is an amazing collection of articles, pdfs, and courses centered around data.
Going to deep dive into these references. Thanks!