# data[].attributes.body
One of the most important aspects of interpreting data is how a test is constructed.  A teacher must be strategic at making sure that each standard has enough questions for it to be properly assessed. Many of the older teachers at my school use one or two questions to check for understanding but that doesn’t indicate much. Each standard should have at least five questions and they should be varying degrees of difficulty to get a true understanding. I’ve included an image with five questions that I asked for our WWI unit.

# data[].attributes.body
I’m the social studies department head at Holly Springs High School which requires me to meet and work with all the other history teachers at my school. Other teachers implement many projects, assignments, and tests that I create that align to both their standards and the US history standards. Many of the other social studies teachers at my school don’t have a background in social studies and aren’t as aware of the techniques that work well in a history class. I also have to help the older history teachers implement technology into their lessons and teach them how the technology will better assist student learning.

# data[].attributes.body
I’m fortunate to be a part of a great graduate school program that is always providing us with new techniques to better teach students. We’re always reading articles and having discussions about modern strategies and discussing with other teachers how to best implement these techniques into our classrooms. Most teachers don’t have that kind of resource and I think it’s important to share what I learn from Ole Miss with other teachers at my school.

# data[].attributes.body
Holly Springs School district is a data-based district and I’ve learned how to properly access data to determine student's needs. I’ve included an image of one of our testing resources that breaks down the questions by standards so that I can see what students are learning and which standards they are still struggling with. Many older teachers at my school struggle to understand how to use this technology and they tend to just look at the overall score of each student instead of breaking it down by standard.  I try to help these older teachers understand how to use these online resources and break tests down by standards and not just looking at the overall score of a student.