Session 8
Data Driven Decision Making
It is a necessity to make decisions that are data driven in today's classroom. With all of the federal mandates that are being handed down, teachers of all levels are pretty much forced to make decisions in this manner. I use data driven decisions in my classroom daily. My grading system is computerized and it provides me with immediate feedback on how well my students did on a certain test. The grading system that i use called "GradeQuick", also gives me the students averages, individually and collectively. Gradequick also allows me to do lesson plans within the gradebook, where I can list the objectives, goals and standards for the lesson. I am then able to see what goal or objective a large number of students failed so that I can re-teach it.
In addition to the grade book, my district requires the use of a tool called "Data Director". Data Director is a computerized program that provides immediate feedback on the various standards that are taught during the school year. The way that the program works is to input the students responses to test questions and the program lets you know where the student either understood or misunderstood the concept.
On the flip side, there can be such a thing as too much data!! All I hear about from the higher-ups is how we are to use the various tools for data collection. Tools such as Accelerated Math, STAR Math, Accelerated Reading, STAR Reading, and numerous other benchmarks and assessments. The amount of time required to look at all of the results derived from these sources is difficult to find, let alone using them adequately.
Activities for the week of 2/26/07
Still trying to post my session 7 assignment to my site, posted my project 2, began work on project 3, read blogs of classmates and responded.
Project Focus 2
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- Anita K.
- Rialto, California, United States
- I am a woman dedicated to making a difference in the lives of today's youth that are willing to go the extra mile in order to become significant contributors to the society of tomorrow.
2 comments:
Anita,
Good to see I am in good company with difficulty in posting a project. Not that it is a good thing for you, it just comforts me to know I am not the only frustrated one.
On another topic, I agree about the fact that there can at times be too much data and it becomes hard to sort it all out. I guess the solution is to determine exactly what you need to perform and be succesful within your classroom. What would be even cooler is there was a user interface that would allow you to pick and choose what pieces of data you wanted to look at and integrate them into one place. I guess that is idealistic though. :-)
Davena
Do you have a sense of how the data that you collect is used at the school or district level? While DDDM in the classroom is good, as with most things, larger pools of data are better and making large scale decisions often require data collected from many sources.
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