Lesson: What is a Culture of Quality Data? - Introduction

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• Discuss the growing importance of data in school operations and the history of factors that have contributed to this development, such as:
  • rising demands for accountability in education and society as a whole;
  • the emergence of data-driven decisionmaking as an educational concept;
  • the need for LEAs to be effective and efficient in providing education to an increasingly diverse student population; and
  • the tracking requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
• As a means of conveying the objectives of the lesson, have participants complete the Before column of the Before... After... Next (BAN) Chart. The After and Next columns will be completed during the Summary/Wrap-Up exercise of the lesson as a way to reflect on the lesson and to identify next steps.
• Encourage participants to discuss their level of understanding and ask questions for clarification.

Lesson Resources² for the Introduction

• Before...After...Next (BAN) Chart (6 KB)

Supplementary Resources³

• Building a Culture of Quality Data presentation (51 KB)
• Discussion starters:
  • Describe the basic flow of data for enrolling a student and reporting that student's state assessment score.
  • Describe the steps leading up to student-data reporting required by the state and the consequences of inaccuracies in those data.
  • Describe the consequences of inaccurate data for scheduling or assessments.

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