The Vertical Brainstorm: What questions should we be asking about students, teachers and schools? by Josh McLaughlin https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j Add your questions to the board by double clicking on the screen. en-us 2017-01-12 14:31:36 UTC 2017-02-15 15:54:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Example student question https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253156 What is the relationship between behavior attendance and test scores  on student retention?]]> 2017-01-15 18:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253156 Suggestions for writing good questions https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253213 Questions can be about what we need to know about students, teachers, or schools. 
Pose questions that examine the relationships between a set of variables.
Think about questions that relate to our definition of educational excellence. ]]> 2017-01-15 18:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253213 Example school question https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253270 What helps us better predict retention rates at schools? ]]> 2017-01-15 18:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253270 Example teacher question https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253559 How can we best place teachers in grades/content areas where they will be most successful? ]]> 2017-01-15 18:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253559 Definition of Educational Excellence https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253703 Educational Excellence is identifying and meeting the needs of all students to develop lifelong learners who are college and career ready. This is achieved  through five distinct but interrelated commitments to:
  1. Rigorous curricula, pedagogies and assessments;
  2. Holistic, whole child approaches to education that support social, emotional well being; 
  3. Diversity, cultural awareness and civic-mindedness; 
  4. Family and community engagement;
  5. Positive school and staff cultures of learning and growth-mindset;
  6. Evidence-based decision making.
]]> 2017-01-15 18:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/147253703 What is the effect on kids, families, etc. of a teacher who moreso embraces #3 on the Edu Exc. list? https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/149000900 2017-01-24 13:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/149000900 Family involvement https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/149001272 Does the active satisfaction of a family affect student achievment & retention at a school?]]> 2017-01-24 13:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/149001272 Key teacher skills https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/149001814 Are there attributes of teacher evaluation metrics (e.g. the 3rd row on their rubric, this type of SGM growth, etc.) that are most predictive of student achievement...student retention...staff retention?]]> 2017-01-24 13:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/149001814 Meta Comments https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/152189786 There are a million good questions you can ask - being super clear about what is most useful to examine (e.g. highest likelihood of driving action, research based proof that changes will drive outcomes, etc)]]> 2017-02-07 16:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/152189786 Correlation Ideas https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/152204296 - Intersection of everything you know about teachers w/ everything you know about student outcomes
(e.g. tenure, demographics, training, attrition, achievement, etc.)

- Intersection of everything you can quantify about a school's programs and student and teacher outcomes (e.g. which curricula/assessments/ model design/arts programming, SEL, etc.and student/teacher retention, achievement, etc.)

- Intersection of formative and summative achievement outcomes - e.g. is KIPP Wheatley impacting state test scores or MAP positively?

- Family engagement measurements and student outomes]]> 2017-02-07 16:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/152204296 School culture https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153566052 What is the relationship between specific indicators or behaviors we see in classrooms and their impact on academic achievement?]]> 2017-02-13 20:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153566052 Best Practices https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153566582 Is there a correlation between a certain frequency of specific teaching best practices and high achievement?]]> 2017-02-13 20:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153566582 Effectiveness of incentives https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153571751 Often times we use incentives to push students to meet a certain goal - how can we determine if these incentives are effective? ]]> 2017-02-13 21:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153571751 What is the relationship between homework completion and academic achievement? https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153575630 2017-02-13 21:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/153575630 Length of time https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/154037536 How long do we need a student in breakthrough schools to make a difference in achievement gap?]]> 2017-02-15 15:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jmclaughlin14/q3j2m2m2qi8j/wish/154037536