Handout: Data Sources in a Standards-based Education System

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