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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Overview and Rationale
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Instructional Leadership Development training pro
vided information about making data driven
decisions through their creation of Lone
Star Middle School.
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Overview and Rationale

• Purpose of the Data Driven Decision-Making TEKS
   Tool
• Making Data Driven Decisions
• Relating TEKS and TAAS
• Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessments
• Reflection and Application

Agenda
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Overview and Rationale

• It is recommended that one hour be given to each
   TEKS Tool.
• However, there is more material in each TEKS
  Tool  than one hours attention will address.
• Therefore, as we proceed through each TEKS Tool,
   we will spend time on features that fall within
  the  one-hour range, but please notice that there
  are  more activities for those campuses that
  would  benefit from a deeper study of the
  material.

Please Note
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Overview and Rationale

• To provide direction for designing  curriculum,
  instruction, and  assessment that will lead to
   student success based on  decisions made from
  appropriate  data.

Purpose of the Data Driven Decision-Making TEKS
Tool
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Examine pages 1-6 from the fictitious  Lone
   Star  Middle School.
• At your table, complete this sentence
• Data  is
• Definition Any evidence that informs  school
   personnel about the state of the  campus or
  district  in areas such as  student performance,
  school  climate, or  community involvement.

What is Data?
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• To formulate a goal based on data,  answer the
  following questions
• Who?
• What?
• When?
• To what extent?

Formulating Goals Based on Data
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Ninety percent of all students and student
   groups in Lone Star Middle School will pass  the
  reading portion of the Texas Assessment  of
  Academic Skills (TAAS) in 2000-2001.
• What is the basis for this goal? (See TAAS
   Summary Report on page 13 of the Lone  Star
   Middle School data.)

Lone Star Middle School's Goal
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Making Data-Driven Decisions

• Ninety percent of parent/guardian responses  on
  the 1999-2000 climate survey will be  favorable
  toward Lone Star Middle School.
• What is the basis for this goal? (See page 3 of
   the Lone Star Middle School documents.)
• Why have a non-academic goal?

Lone Star Middle School's Non-academic Goal
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The Relationship Between and Among Grade 8 Social
Studies TAAS, U.S. History End-of Course Exam,
and TAAS II Objectives
U.S. History End-of-Course Objectives
Grade 8 TAAS Objectives
Domestic and Foreign Affairs
Citizenship

• Common to All Objectives
• Historical issues and events
• Geographic influences on
• historical issues and events
• Economic and social influences
• on historical issues and events
• Political influences on
• historical issues and events
• Critical Thinking

Historical Concepts
Problem-solving and Decision-making
Interpret Social Studies Data
TAAS II Objectives
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Relating TEKS and TAAS

• What do you think about this statement?
• If you are teaching the TEKS, you are  teaching
  for TAAS.
• An analysis of released Grade 8 Social  Studies
  tests affirms that there is  definitely a close
  relationship.

Using Released Tests as Data
TEKS and TAAS go hand-in-hand.
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• To demonstrate how to make  learner- centered
  instructional  decisions based on data that
   address
• High cognitive thinking
• Assessing student progress
• Alignment of learning objectives to  TEKS/TAAS

The purpose of This Section
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Cheryl Downing and Kelley  Taylor teach Grade 8
  Social  Studies at Lone Star Middle  School.

Meet Cheryl and Kelley
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Examine Cheryl and Kelleys PDAS  Self-Report.
  (See Cheryls and  Kelleys Documents.)
• What impressions do you have  about the teaching
  performances  of Cheryl and Kelley based on
   their self-reports?

PDAS Teacher Self-Report as Data
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• Examine Cheryls and Kelleys  lesson plans.
• What observations and inferences  do you make
  about their teaching  performances based on their
   plans?

Lesson Plans as Data
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• What does an examination of the  use of
  instructional strategies by  Cheryl and Kelley
  reveal about  their teaching performances?
• Why are the social studies skills  important in
  using instructional  strategies?

Instructional Strategies as Data
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• What does an examination of Cheryls  and
  Kelleys assessments reveal about  their teaching
  performances?
• How closely does each teacher pay  attention to
  TEKS and TAAS? (See  grade books)
• How closely do the assessments align  with the
  instruction? (See lesson plans  and sample
   homework.)

Assessment Samples as Data
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TEKS Tool Data Driven Decision-Making
Designing and Aligning Learning and Assessment

• What does putting all of the data from  Cheryls
  and Kelleys documents reveal  about their
  teaching performances?
• How does an analysis of these teachers
   performance relate to student  performance?
• What are your thoughts about collecting  data
  and using it to make decisions?

Summing Up
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A Social Studies Compass Setting Directions for
Success
Data Driven Decisions
Collaboration
Active Learning
Evaluation of Programs
TEKS Based Curriculum
Student Success
TAAS Objectives Across the Grades
Appropriate Staff Development
Well-aligned Assessments
Effective Learning Designs
Relevant Applications
Real World Experiences
Appropriate Strategies