Data Driven Instruction

Overview

Many schools purchase student management and data-mining systems with the hopes of using data to help drive decisions and inform instruction. However, sadly research says that this never actualizes in most school districts. The Stephens Group can help school districts implement steps districts needed to make these programs successful with administrators, teachers and support staff to use these systems effectively to improve student achievement.

Professional Development Services

Formative Assessment:
1.  How to Collect Data in Real Time:  Strategies/protocols for “checking for understanding”
2.  Interpreting and Reacting to Formative Data:  Shifting Content Delivery in Real Time
3.  Tracking Content Mastery:  Data Mining Software

Summative Assessment:
1.  Creating Assessments that Teach:  Celebrating Content Mastery
2.  Error Analysis:  Student Self-Reflection of Learning Targets
3.  Tracking Content Mastery:  Data Mining Software

High Stakes Testing:
1.  Building Learning Communities
2.  Developing a Culture for Student Success:  Failure is a part of learning!
3.  Data Trends:  What do they really tell us?

Upcoming Presentations

The Stephens Group will be presenting on Successfully Implementing Data Driven Decision Making into Your Organization at the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association Conference (WEMTA) on April 8th, 2008, 9:15-10:15am in the Cajun Room.

Web Conference

We will be giving a free webcast of this presentation at 11am PST, 1pm CST,  Monday, May 5th. Email: tstephens@thestephensgroup.com if you would like to attend.

Who should attend:  Curriculum Coordinators, Administrators, Technology Coordinators

*We can also do a web-conference for individual school districts for three or more participants

PowerPoint Presentation