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Varied sources of data, informal and formal, are needed to ensure the appropriate decisions are made for student achievement.

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Data should be used authentically for continuous school improvement rather than compliance

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Begins with goal setting followed by data collection, sense making, action, and evaluation.

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Personalized goals to boast student morale

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Student ownership. Particularly during covid

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Goal Setting must be a priority before data analysis begins. 

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Goal Setting must be a priority before data analysis begins. 

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Goal-setting is like backwards planning by keeping the end in mind. What is the purpose for us gathering data?

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Instructional leaders should be responsible for building data literacy skills

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The school leader is crucial for fostering a positive culture of authentic and sustained data use to empower teachers and promote student achievement

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School leaders should distribute leadership so teachers will be more empowered to use their data literacy skills

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School leaders to facilitate the use of data by providing access and time to process it

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Just collecting data but not processing or using it

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Students are stakeholders in their own learning and data use.

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Data can contradict and interpret data to just affirm our beliefs

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"ability of data does not ensure the actual use of data to make changes in the instructional practices that happen in the classroom"

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Data should lead to SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT!