Insights on Data Data is used to make informed decisions within the educational setting. Data impacts all learners and helps teachers guide their instructional practices (Park & Datnow 2017) I realized that my understanding and use of data has been very surface-level. Data-driven instruction is not just looking at test scores, formative observations, and other assessments—it is collecting and analyzing information from multiple sources and specifically identifying each student's specific deficit to address their unique learning need (Evans, 2015) Now that I have a better insight into how to inform my instruction based on data, I intend to start data talks with my students. One of the major takeaways from this week's resources was in the media video, From Data to Dialogue: Supporting Student Success in Nashville, where students and teachers collectively collaborated on student data (1:51-2:23) I will begin to collect more informed data on individual students instead of the class average. I will plan for multiple standards to be taught instead of just one during interventions My goal is to inform my students by showing them their individual Student Achievement Data to identify the skills and standards that they have deficits in and discuss plans for mastery together. Once the standard and skill has be identified together, we can monitor their growth using a chart or graph so that students have a visual representation to track their performance. The goal is for students to invest in their own learning (Evans, 2015). Future Data Collection I also intend on pulling the demographic and perception data from my school to see if I can spot in trends that I can identify to better understand the school's dynamic. I want my students to feel welcomed and I want to have a culturally responsive classroom—to do that I need to hear from all stakeholders and know the background of my students. I will continue to
