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Using Data for School Improvement
Diana Nunnaley leading Using Data Workshops

Using Data Workshops

Project Website:
http://usingdata.terc.edu

Using Data Blog:
http://usingdata.wordpress.com

What is Using Data?

The mission of Using Data is to provide the capacity schools need to make their data-driven school improvement processes successful and to help make increased student achievement a reality. Through a series of workshops , Using Data guides educators and administrators to work collaboratively with data in order to identify root causes, implement research-based solutions, take action, and monitor the changes made in their schools and communities.

Using Data also utilizes a unique set of supporting resources and publications as an integral part of workshop delivery.

At its core, Using Data seeks to resolve the following questions:

  • How can schools effectively use their student learning data to improve instruction?
  • What are the root causes of student learning problems and achievement gaps?
  • How can already instituted data systems be used to help students?

    • Workshops/Online Coursework

    The Using Data curriculum is a series of facilitated workshops that take data teams through a process of learning how to work together and use their local data to uncover student learning problems and craft and monitor solutions.

    The Using Data online course focuses on creating high-functioning professional learning communities, and addresses major issues most schools and districts face regarding student learning data. PDPs and graduate credits are available.

    Publications

    Using Data has produced three major publications as part of the project's professional development component:

  • The Data Coach's Guide to Improving Learning for All Students by Nancy Love, Katherine E. Stiles, Susan E. Mindry, and Kathryn DiRanna
  • Using Data, Getting Results by Nancy Love
  • Using Data to Improve Learning for All: A Collaborative Inquiry Approach by Nancy Love, ed.


    • We want to hear from you about your professional development challenges and the programs you need to help meet those challenges. Please consider taking our online survey at: http://surveys.terc.edu/NoviSurvey/n/zzz8l.aspx.