Data Wise

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Data Wise

• A process for working with data to improve
  teaching and learning

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All good processes are focused, malleable, and
manageable.
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Victory is in the classroom
Focus

• Continuous improvement in teaching, leadership
  and accountability

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Malleable
Tailored to fit the specific needs of the staff,
students, and school community
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Manageable
Building capacity by working collaboratively
toward a common goal
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Information Process Better

• Better instructional leadership
• Better teaching
• Better student performance

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The Data Wise Improvement Process
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What is Data Wise?Group Assignment

• Skim the assigned article.
• Read the assigned section.
• Individually capture the quote you feel best
  describes the step of Data Wise you are reading.
• As a team, create a poster with two quotes you
  feel best describe your step. Present in order by
  steps.

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Prepare

• Organize for Collaborative Work
• Build Assessment Literacy

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Inquire

• Create Data Overview
• Dig Into Student Data
• Examine Instruction

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Act

• Develop Action Plan
• Plan to Assess Progress
• Act and Assess

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Think, Write, Pair, Share

• Reflect on the Data Wise process.
• How does this compare to what exists in your
  school now?
• How would it impact student learning at your
  school if this became the way you used data?

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How do we develop a new way to see data, talk
about data, understand what the data says, and
plan instruction based on evidence from the data
artifacts?
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Data Wise
Section I Prepare Step One Organizing for
Collaborative Work Step Two Building Assessment
Literacy
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Step One

• Organize for Collaborative Work
• Compass Points Protocol

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Compass Points

• North- Just get it done.
• West- Pay attention to details.
• East- Look at the big picture.
• South- Take into account everyones
  feelings.

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Compass Points

1. What are the strengths of your style?
2. What are the limitations of your style?
3. What style do you find most difficult to work
   with and why?
4. What do people from other styles need to know
   about you so that you can work effectively?
5. What do you value about the other three styles?

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Reflection

• List the teams present in your school.
• What is the purpose of each team?
• What is the focus of each team?
• How do those teams communicate with each other
  and the school as a whole?
• Share with the class ideas for making current
  practice more efficient.

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System of Teams
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Roles and Responsibilities

• Leadership Team
• Honors collaborative work by creating time to
  meet, listening to input, and providing support.
• Data Team
• Identifies data to analyze, creates data overview
  for staff, listens to input, and provides
  support.
• PLC
• Analyzes data, identifies learner-centered
  problem, problem of practice, and strategies to
  improve instruction.

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System of Teams
Interactive Communication
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Data Inventory

• List the data sources available to your staff
  that would help you get a picture of the learning
  happening in your school.

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Inventory of Instructional Initiatives

• List the initiatives implemented at your school,
  their purpose, and the data sources that could
  show their implementation.

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Setting the stage for success
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Step Two

• Build Assessment
• Literacy

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Assessment Literacy

• Build the foundation for meaningful discussions
• Include every stakeholder
• Simplify the muddle of data overload
• Speak in terms that are easily understood
• Make abstract concepts visible

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Is it summative or formative?
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Assessment Literacy

• Develop a working knowledge of the key concepts
  of data reporting to assess data appropriately.
• Understand the limitations of the data you have.
• Know the appropriate application of the
  information assessments provide.
• Identify sources of data other than state/LEA
  reported scores.
• Triangulate data sources for a more complete
  picture of what is really happening in the school.

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Self-Evaluation Form

• Used in CMS as part of the School Improvement
  Plan process
• Every school, every year
• Created as the first step in the School Quality
  Review process developed in England
• Classroom observations focus on
• student
  engagement
• Provides vital data about all aspects of the
  school to facilitate data-driven decisions
• Most important question
• How do you know?

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Homework

• Complete the analysis of the
• Self Evaluation Form (SEF)
• Complete the Reading Guide for Ch. 3-5