Data for Student Success has a vision for helping schools build a culture of using quality data suitable for decision-making that includes these essential elements:

• Identification of critical questions whose answers would benefit school districts in decision making to inform instruction.
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• Delivery of web-based, secure inquiries designed around the critical questions.
• Availability of focused professional development on data-based decision making.

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Data for Student Success is about using data already provided to the State as a starting point, then encouraging local leaders to dig deep into that data. They can then use the data for decision support and even export it to complement local data warehousing solutions that provide current localized information, such as unique local assessments.

School Improvement and Creating a Culture of Quality Data

The Data for Student Success project promotes change in school culture through a series of workshops designed to support principals and school teams in leading school improvement efforts through data-driven instructional decisions. The workshops enhance the abilities of school leaders to analyze and use their state assessment, school and classroom data to improve student achievement. Collaborative inquiry and professional learning communities are modeled as an essential strategy in creating a culture of quality data. The workshops currently delivered through this project are:

• Using State Data to Identify School Improvement Goals
• Using School Data to Clarify and Address the Problem
• Examining Student Work to Inform Instruction
• Using Classroom Data to Monitor Student Progress

Dynamic Inquiries

Data for Student Success Dynamic Inquiries provide targeted reporting to support decision making for school improvement. These web-based inquiries give principals and school leader’s timely access to data so that they can help teachers improve their instructional practice through targeted professional development and other resources. If targeted correctly there is a greater likelihood of increased student achievement.