Many educators and school system staff have an uneasy relationship with data. Maybe it’s been used to penalize or judge them in the past. Perhaps it’s intimidating. Or it may simply feel disconnected from the other work they do on a daily basis. Whatever the case may be, assume that some of your colleagues don’t feel as comfortable with data as you do. And, until they trust the data you give them itself, show them that they can trust you.
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This week we’re focused on data literacy basics. We can’t assume that everyone in the room is immediately familiar with a scale score…or even a small n-size. Set your entire team up for success by building in data literacy instruction that helps make insights clear to all.
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Back-to-school is a great time to start the year off on the right foot when it comes to data. Why? You’re welcoming new students who will learn new things in new classrooms with new teachers. What’s more, your staff is also thinking about this year as turning over a new leaf. They must learn to effectively support many new students as soon as possible.
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I heard a very inspiring keynote today at the New York DATAG Summer Conference. Dr. John Hodge of the Urban Learning and Leadership Center in Virginia spoke about how important a caring adult can be to student success.
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Mosaic’s latest feature, Metric Zoom, lets district and school leaders quickly discover patterns about how many students are exceeding, meeting or below expectations. With Mosaic’s Metric Zoom functionality, you can dive in to understand systemic trends and performance distribution patterns for key metrics.
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In looking at data in their Mosaic District Progress Monitoring platform, district leaders at Newberg Public Schools found some surprising insights in their attendance data that led them to conduct empathy interviews with certain student groups in an effort to reduce chronic absenteeism.
You may be familiar with the use of grade point averages (GPA) in summarizing an individual student’s achievement levels – particularly when it comes to college admissions. But did you know this metric can also help schools spot and support struggling students, and allow administrators and educators to monitor the progress of schools and subgroups?
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Our friends at Education Resource Strategies created the Districts at Work series of case studies to highlight ways districts successfully connected planning to implementation to get their initiatives working for schools and students.
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We love hearing stories about customers going above and beyond to help their students succeed. A recent article from Chalkbeat features Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, and how they are looking to use scholarships as a way to address the problem of undermatching.
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Back-to-School Data Wins: Tip #3 Demonstrate You’re on Their Side
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzMany educators and school system staff have an uneasy relationship with data. Maybe it’s been used to penalize or judge them in the past. Perhaps it’s intimidating. Or it may simply feel disconnected from the other work they do on a daily basis. Whatever the case may be, assume that some of your colleagues don’t feel as comfortable with data as you do. And, until they trust the data you give them itself, show them that they can trust you.
Back-to-School Data Wins: Tip #2 Build in Data Literacy Basics
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzThis week we’re focused on data literacy basics. We can’t assume that everyone in the room is immediately familiar with a scale score…or even a small n-size. Set your entire team up for success by building in data literacy instruction that helps make insights clear to all.
Back-to-School Data Wins: Tip #1 Clean Slate with Clean Data
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzBack-to-school is a great time to start the year off on the right foot when it comes to data. Why? You’re welcoming new students who will learn new things in new classrooms with new teachers. What’s more, your staff is also thinking about this year as turning over a new leaf. They must learn to effectively support many new students as soon as possible.
September is Attendance Awareness Month
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzSeptember is Attendance Awareness Month and we hope you take some time to reflect on what you can do to help get your students to school every day.
Encourage Students to Dream
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzI heard a very inspiring keynote today at the New York DATAG Summer Conference. Dr. John Hodge of the Urban Learning and Leadership Center in Virginia spoke about how important a caring adult can be to student success.
Dig Into Performance Distribution with Mosaic’s Latest Feature, Metric Zoom
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzMosaic’s latest feature, Metric Zoom, lets district and school leaders quickly discover patterns about how many students are exceeding, meeting or below expectations. With Mosaic’s Metric Zoom functionality, you can dive in to understand systemic trends and performance distribution patterns for key metrics.
Using Data to Uncover Surprising Attendance Insights
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzIn looking at data in their Mosaic District Progress Monitoring platform, district leaders at Newberg Public Schools found some surprising insights in their attendance data that led them to conduct empathy interviews with certain student groups in an effort to reduce chronic absenteeism.
Beyond College Applications – Using GPAs to Help Students and Schools
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzYou may be familiar with the use of grade point averages (GPA) in summarizing an individual student’s achievement levels – particularly when it comes to college admissions. But did you know this metric can also help schools spot and support struggling students, and allow administrators and educators to monitor the progress of schools and subgroups?
New Research – Districts at Work Series
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzOur friends at Education Resource Strategies created the Districts at Work series of case studies to highlight ways districts successfully connected planning to implementation to get their initiatives working for schools and students.
How Do You Address Undermatching?
/in Schoolzilla Blog /by Daysie KratzWe love hearing stories about customers going above and beyond to help their students succeed. A recent article from Chalkbeat features Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, and how they are looking to use scholarships as a way to address the problem of undermatching.