Handout: Sources of Data Resource

What decision do you need to make? What type of data will you need and what method can be used to collect it? Select a type of data and a method of collection and examine the examples of sources that could be used. This chart includes examples that could be used, but is not exhaustive.

Methods Types	Observation (face-to-face, audio, video)	Product (electronic or paper documents, record reviews)	Formal Assessment (placement, diagnostic, formative, and summative)	Perception
Student Outcomes -- Academic and Non-academic (Results data about the impacts of an innovation on all students)	Student engagement observation	Placement records Tier 2 and 3 Intervention assignment records Samples of student work Grade Point Average Graduation rates Credit accumulation by subject Failed courses Referral/Suspension/Expulsion records Attendance records	Placement test scores Diagnostic test results Progress monitoring data Common assessment data Accountability test results	Student engagement survey Student self-monitoring data Teacher focus groups on school climate
Fidelity (Practice data about adherence to core components of an innovation)	Classroom fidelity tools Coaching checklist	Coaching Logs Teacher lesson plans PLC plans and notes	Tiered Fidelity Inventory (MTSS for behavior and academics)	Teacher reflections Self-assessment checklist
Program, Process and Policy (Systems data about supporting adults, including capacity, training, coaching and data use)	Classroom fidelity reports--aggregated Observation of families engaging	Training plan Training evaluation Coaching plan Communication plan Teacher evaluation policy Supervision schedules Discipline policy Family engagement policy Training attendance records Audit of medical and mental health supports	Initiative Inventory District Capacity Assessment Standards, Instruction, Curriculum, and Assessment alignment results	Teacher survey of instruction PLC communication to linked teams Family engagement survey Community focus groups on policy changes

Methods

Types

Observation

(face-to-face, audio, video)

Product

(electronic or paper documents, record reviews)

Formal Assessment

(placement, diagnostic, formative, and summative)

Perception

Student Outcomes -- Academic and Non-academic

(Results data about the impacts of an innovation on all students)

Student engagement observation

Placement records

Tier 2 and 3 Intervention assignment records

Samples of student work

Grade Point Average

Graduation rates

Credit accumulation by subject

Failed courses

Referral/Suspension/Expulsion records

Attendance records

Placement test scores

Diagnostic test results

Progress monitoring data

Common assessment data

Accountability test results

Student engagement survey

Student self-monitoring data

Teacher focus groups on school climate

Fidelity

(Practice data about adherence to core components of an innovation)

Classroom fidelity tools

Coaching checklist

Coaching Logs

Teacher lesson plans

PLC plans and notes

Tiered Fidelity Inventory (MTSS for behavior and academics)

Teacher reflections

Self-assessment checklist

Program, Process and Policy

(Systems data about supporting adults, including capacity, training, coaching and data use)

Classroom fidelity reports--aggregated

Observation of families engaging

Training plan

Training evaluation

Coaching plan

Communication plan

Teacher evaluation policy

Supervision schedules

Discipline policy

Family engagement policy

Training attendance records

Audit of medical and mental health supports

Initiative Inventory

District Capacity Assessment

Standards, Instruction, Curriculum, and Assessment alignment results

Teacher survey of instruction

PLC communication to linked teams

Family engagement survey

Community focus groups on policy changes

Adapted from The Active Implementation Hub, Handout 28: Decision Support Data System, retrieved 8/9/19 from https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/sites/nirn.fpg.unc.edu/files/resources/AIHub-Handout28-DriversEd-DSDS.pdf

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