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Data Driven or Driven to Data?
By Charlie | February 28, 2008
One of the essential purposes of quality classroom assessment is to produce and record data by which teachers and students can make instructional and learning decisions. We are quite accustomed to working with data derived from standardized assessment whether they be state assessments such as TAKS or local assessments such as district checkpoints. We have learned to manipulate the data, combining various filters and looking from different lenses to gain information on student progress.
However, we seem to be somewhat limited in our use of data from classroom assessment. In fact, we tend to limit it to a grade average. An important question is how can we use quality classroom assessments to produce, collect, and use data that will impact our decisions regarding student learning and instruction? Will you share with us some of the types of data and uses of data derived from classroom assessments that you have used?
Topics: Data |