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Summary

This guide offers five recommendations to help educators effectively use data to monitor students’ academic progress and evaluate instructional practices. The guide recommends that schools set a clear vision for schoolwide data use, develop a data-driven culture, and make data part of an ongoing cycle of instructional improvement. The guide also recommends teaching students how to use their own data to set learning goals.

Recommendations

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1. Make data part of an ongoing cycle of instructional improvement. Source PDF 1577 KB Minimal
2. Teach students to examine their own data and set learning goals. Source PDF 1577 KB Minimal
3. Establish a clear vision for schoolwide data use. Source PDF 1577 KB Minimal
4. Provide supports that foster a data-driven culture within the school. Source PDF 1577 KB Minimal
5. Develop and maintain a districtwide data system. Source PDF 1577 KB Minimal