Data-Driven+Differentiation+with+Technology

Rachel McMillan Christy McQueeney Corporate Landing Middle School

Talked about benefits of data-driven decision making

Data Sources
 * SOL tests
 * local assessments
 * Site-based assessments
 * collaboratively prepared unit tests
 * Gates-MacGinitie Tests
 * One minute fluency test
 * Fast Fact Quizzes
 * Discipline data

Data Profile
 * Pulls data from numerous sources
 * Sasi--demographics, master schedule, previous grades, retention, advanced classess, remediation
 * IEP Online
 * SOL/standardized testing
 * Data downloaded into Excel

Results of data Analysis Collaboration--each curriculum area works as team to identify strengths and weaknesses--meet two times a week to analyze data and develop plans and tests
 * Administrators
 * Use use data to develop master schedule
 * identify students for advanced and at-risk classes
 * establish tutoring program
 * Develop Algrebra Readiness Program
 * Identify instructional and professional development focus

Core Plus--extra block in the schedule
 * 40 minutes of remediation/enrichment each day
 * student-droven instruction based on individual nees
 * may include
 * stations
 * development of student-created product
 * web-based tutorial program--Skills Tutor (vendor talked about Skills Tutor)
 * all middle schools in VB have 15 of the 25 available modules