Use achievement and contextual data at school, classroom, and student levels to target instruction¶

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Description¶

Turnaround schools considered data at three levels: "at the school level to focus on areas that needed schoolwide improvement to meet adequate yearly progress, at the classroom level to focus on teachers' instructional strengths and weaknesses, and at the student level to focus on instructional needs of individual students." Schools disaggregated data by demographics, objectives, and item responses to identify students needing help on specific skills.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Establish data leaders or data teams; use standards-based and classroom assessments; supplement achievement data with attendance, discipline, and course-failure data

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• students in chronically low-performing K-12 schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• identifying and closing specific gaps in student learning

Related Strategies¶

• Select evidence-based mindfulness programs matched to school needs assessment data

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Herman, R., Dawson, P., Dee, T., Greene, J., Maynard, R., Redding, S., and Darwin, M. (2008). Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: A practice guide (NCEE #2008-4020). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/7