"…excellent job of getting teachers to explore beyond the data."

- Middle School Principal
 

The School Improvement (SI) Service provides assistance to participating component school districts in improving student performance. Data Analysis services are a part of the SI program. Effective skills in data analysis and interpretation are essential to the development of school improvement plans leading to improved student achievement. This part of the SI service is aimed at supporting school districts in collecting and analyzing various types of data to identify strengths and weaknesses at either the program and school level and/or at the level of the student.

All educators with a desire to enhance their skills and/or resources for data-driven decision-making can benefit from the continuum of services that are available. The continuum ranges from the provision of comprehensive analyses of district data to general support and training as districts analyze their own data.

Base Service

As a part of the base service, component districts are provided with trend charts summarizing ELA and Math 3-8 data. In addition, districts receive item maps for these assessments.

After receipt of these materials, districts are invited to receive technical assistance on how to interpret the district-level data. Through presentations and discussions of the data, district representatives are able to identify need for custom work such as additional data analysis needed for decision-making and/or additional workshops needed to inform instruction. From these efforts, districts are in position to identify possible changes to programming to target instructional activities.

The service also provides technical assistance on data warehousing efforts.

Custom Service

In addition to the base service, custom work can be commissioned by participating districts for an additional fee (cost dependant on the scope of the project). See reverse for list of possible projects.

Workshops

Assessment workshops are available for teachers and/or administrators. Please visit our website at www.wswheboces.org/data, see our listings in the Staff Development Catalog or call for customized workshop options.