Session+One

In two sentences explain which data you believe to be the most important and why. Start by putting your name first (see example below). You may want to change font colors between posts. Please try and not erase the previous post, but if you do, we won't get mad.

Example: I think a well crafted self-assessment is a valuable tool because it makes you perform a critical analysis of yourself and your teaching.

S.Cole--I believe monthly reading data (DIBELS or another type) is important to ensure that the students are progressing on the right track. In a month, some progress can be seen or instruction can be altered to allow for more student progress.

﻿J. James - I think regular assessments are needed to help determine whether you need to modify your teaching style to accommodate the student(s) learning style. All good teachers can quickly assess on a daily basis by spot checking for comprehension of the skill presented.

Sharon Sewell: ﻿I have been experimenting with formative (classroom observations, anecdotal records, daily grades, etc) and summative data (high stakes tests). If using summative data I like to take every cluster for each student and put them in excel to see what is going on. I then compare this data with the daily learning to see a nice composite data profile of students.

T. McArdle: I also think that regular assessments are necessary in order to determine the amount of information that the students are retaining. Being able to compare assessment data is very helpful in the classroom.

M. Hopkins: I feel as though pre and post test assessments in reading and math are very crucial in determining the progress of students. Educators can use that data to modify teaching strategies or better understand what standard we need to re-teach.

K. Douglas-I believe giving pre and post assessments is the way to go with special education students. You can first see what they know, and then teach what they need to know, and then test to see what they have learned. If necessary you would go through the process again until they have mastered the skill. (Story of my life)

M.harris I believe that STI assessment data is the most important. This data is crucial to our school at this time. This is what we rely on to address our areas of low proficiency.

Yuliya Grecu -- STI assessment definitely helps, but this test measures students' knowledge only in certain subjects at least at the present moment, and it is scheduled only twice a year, but we need feedback on daily basis, so we have to make decisions based on regular classroom assessments.