In this blog, learn how principals can use data to create a strong foundation that supports a student-growth centered culture. We have a step-by-step guide to help you turn your data observations into procedures that benefit students and staff.
Teaching evaluation systems should support student growth. If students aren't growing, it's probably due to skewed data. District leaders can fix a skewed data problem and create a strong evaluation system with a few important changes.
Teachers are essential. Teachers provide the foundation that helps children succeed in life.
I want to talk about the hot topic of Student Growth, but I’m going to take the long way around. So let's begin with a little pop quiz:
The easiest method to determine growth is to take a measurement, take a second measurement at a later time, and subtract the results.
Is it possible to foster a growth mindset in the presence of high-stakes testing? I would argue that it is, so long as we keep ourselves grounded in the purpose of assessment.
When I was in high school, I loved spreadsheets. I used to design measurement tools to test my friends' abstract psychological constructs like "Movie Trivia Content Mastery" and generate data tables of the results.
A few years back I had the opportunity to work for a term as an instructional coach at a Scottish boarding school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
In the shadow of high-stakes state testing and accountability, sometimes “assessment” can feel like a four-letter word (test).