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"Being focused on current “real time” student data that can be acted on is key for Professional Learning Communities. Data, the right kind of data, is essential for driving the day-to-day instructional program of team members. The right kind of data is actionable, that is, it can be used to make instructional decisions based on current student learning needs.

But there is another side to data that requires some skepticism. "

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Thomas Meany summarizes..."a conversation with Damon Lopez, former principal of Los Penasquitos Elementary School in San Diego. Lopez believes that in order for teachers to maximize the impact of data gleaned from assessments, principals should honor three rules and ensure that data is 1) easily accessible, 2) purposefully arranged, and 3) publicly discussed. In those schools where “making meaning” of assessment data is a powerful experience, principals take responsibility for creating the necessary structures associated with the first two rules and insist that teachers commit to the last. Rather than working individually to make meaning of assessment data, the most successful principals have discovered it is far more productive to create the conditions under which teams of teachers can make meaning of the data.

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From navigating the Web in entirely new ways to seeing where in the world twitters are coming from, data visualization tools are changing the way we view content. We found the following 16 apps both visually stunning and delightfully useful.

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books, links to articles, and a host of visuals by Yale Professor Emeritus Edward R. Tufte, author of several works on visual display of quantitative information, teacher of statistical evidence, analytical design, and political economy.

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Reminders and links re: how we too often use teaching time ineffectively. Cites and links to Schmoker

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Tools and guidance for School Improvement from this Michigan RESA Instructional Services group

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