How Classroom Assessment Cadences significantly improved student achievement in 1 school year In the fall of 2017, school turnaround specialist principal Desiree Galashaw arrived at Roosevelt Children’s Academy with a mandate to improve the elementary school’s scores on her state's end of year exam in ELA and math. As in all K-12 settings, every day [...]
Photo by Laercio Cavalcanti Understanding your students' families - and engaging with them effectively - has an impact on almost every aspect of school life and the success of your programs. Family engagement begins with understanding, and an effective way to do this is through a take-home or emailed family survey. Do you already have [...]
Thanks to Kristin Killough for sharing this video on how she uses Quick Key! Keep up the great teaching Kristin! Your students are fortunate to have you! This is Kristin’s 4th year to teach 5th Grade ELA in Texas. She enjoys incorporating technology and other hands on activities into teaching to help engage her students [...]
Where do we want to be at the end of the school year? As a school leader, you might be inclined to answer this question in an aspirational way, perhaps something like "With all of our students achieving their full potential." But there is another way to frame an answer to this question, such as "With [...]
by Marlon Davis, Ed.M. Why you need an app for Entry and Exit Tickets. Grading your Exit and Entry Tickets using some kind of digital grader not only saves you a TON of time, it gives you actionable data that is far more useful than written responses that you have to remember or write down [...]
by Marlon Davis, Ed.M. Exit Tickets and Entry Tickets and why you should use them Entry and exit tickets are perhaps the easiest and straightforward way to get the benefits of data for informing and differentiating instruction. Put simply, Entry and Exit tickets are short prompts that can provide instructors and students with a quick [...]
Photo by NeONBRAND What are Exit Tickets and Entry Tickets? Entry and exit tickets are perhaps the easiest and straightforward way to get the benefits of data for informing and differentiating instruction, especially when you use an app to do them digitally. Put simply, Entry and Exit tickets are short prompts [...]
This self-assessment checklist will get you thinking about everything that goes into a successful data program. Data overload is not helpful. Technology is not a solution in itself. But using data effectively makes teachers, parents, students, staff, and the community happy and successful! by Marlon Davis, Ed.M. Marlon is a 2-time [...]
Photo by Thought Catalog Sing the praises of your staff while “de-personalizing” the use of data for teaching and learning. As a former school principal (and current trainer of principals), I often hear well-intentioned teachers talk about the drudgery of using data to drive classroom instruction. If you are facing these objections - whether rooted [...]
There is still time to improve your students' scores on this year's New York State Tests and Regents exams. This simple guide to data-driven instruction will get you measurable results in just one semester. Busting the data-driven myth Myth: You won't see measurable outcomes from data-driven instruction [...]
