This presentation was designed to assist educators with school level, data-based decision-making. The material presented here was packaged to help teachers understand various data sets, how to analyze information, and how to use the same information to inform instruction. This presentation is free for public use. If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact me via email (Floydd1@duvalschools.org).

1. Data-Driven DecisionsDessalines FloydDistrict Literacy Specialist

2. Data= Information It is often organized for analysis and used to make decisions.

4. Teacher-made exam/quiz results

5. Activities/assignments

6. Observations

7. Student-portfolios and notebooks

8. Attendance tracking

9. Conference logs

11. Before using your data to make a decision, ask yourself… What does the information reveal? Is it reliable? How many different forms of data did I collect? Have I recorded my results?

12. Promote student achievement by using the data to get from point A to point B!

14. Rigid, fixed lesson plans designed with imaginary students in mind

15. Data-rich, information -poor classrooms whereby data is collected but never used

16. Organized notebooks with active/fresh data-sets

17. Flexible lesson plans designed to meet the needs of YOUR students

19. You introduce a graphic organizer designed to help your students understand how two characters in a story compare.

20. Students complete the assignment-you record the results.

21. After answering a few more important questions, you decide to help Danny accomplish the same goal by making adjustments to a graphic organizer that he has already mastered. You begin by asking yourself ‘What does this information reveal?’

22. Re-assess and Record Results-How does he compare to his peers?-

24. Pull data from multiple -sources

25. Provide enrichment to those who initially mastered the skill