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Using Data to Support Good Instruction
(30 hours)

In this era of yearly literacy assessment, schools amass a plethora of data. Rather than just label schools and teachers, this data should inform instruction. How, then, can teachers use assessment to benefit teaching and learning?

This workshop will:

1. •   Describe how to use data to measure student growth,
   

      design literacy programs, and guide instruction.

1. •   Provide guidelines for analyzing data to identify
   

      strengths and areas for improvements in present

      literacy instruction and curriculum.

1. •   Identify school-wide strategies, based on analysis of
   

      literacy instruction.

Participants will:

1. •   Analyze trends in literacy development using their own
   

      school-wide assessment data.

1. •   Design a school-wide literacy plan that uses action
   

      research and data analysis to achieve Best Practice

      Instruction.

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