Data+Wall

This page is where we are sharing our thoughts of the article.

Heather commented YES, YES, YES to creating a data wall like this. Her concern is making sure we have a secure place to store it. Deb was thinking it could be built on coreplast and housed in the back room of the library facing a wall. When we want to work together, it can be brought out to the place where we are meeting.... Deb was thinking that we could use colored stickers to show where students are in relation to the F & P assessments. Blue for excelling, Green for meeting, Yellow for Beginning to meet, and Pink for Not yet meeting.

Dean: I feel that this is something CR should do. Why: - helps us determine what supports are working - helps us determine what supports are not working - Encourages collaboration (sharing ideas, concepts, and strategies). Supports that work for one student who experienced growth may work for another student - Reminds staff that the students are OUR students and that ALL staff are responsible for student SUCCESS

Questions: - common assessment tool? - If F&P, do we use the book level or do we color code it (blue, green, yellow, pink) - If it is being pulled out for staff meetings, should it be done electronically and projected?

//__Shannon states:__// I have read the article and like the idea of putting faces to the data. I have two wonders that sorta entertwine with each other: 1. The example is 6-8 middle school, not k-8 2. Putting in a lot of work into a huge visual we'll look at once or twice and the space it will take

Suggestions: -Could we spilt the data k-4 and 5-8? We would still all be responsible and not look at it as "I" but it would be more managable to our areas. Last year I had no clue who the 3 kids were because they were primary, so I don't think I helped them along very much. This would also jive with our CIT groups. -Could we create the two data walls on the computer? We could have pretty much the exact same thing; pictures and coding, that we could all access when we needed and it would be projected when we worked as a group. I am thinking about the time and energy that went into our data pyramids last year that we barely glanced at. Having it on the computer would be useful if we carry this on year to year and for adding new students as they come. This would also ensure absolute privacy of the students.

//__Laurie states__// Pros
 * provides a visual for ALL staff to see where students are and where we want to move
 * LOVE the line on second page " The focused conversation then becomes how can //we// move all our students forward." I like that it is referencing everyone even kids who are doing well - continual growth:)
 * entire staff involvement so as Dean stated collaboration and sharing of instructional strategies - will allow growth for all staff

Questions?
 * What is going to be our common assessment tool? F&P? If so, who are we testing and again how is this being managed without putting more on an already full plate?
 * In the article it refers to students "who are stuck" How do we determine this? If we are solely using F&P and I am assuming 3x - isn't March to late to determine who is stuck?
 * Management piece - will sticky notes stay sticky enough to stand up to the constant opening and closing? I like Shannon's idea of having it electronic as it would be easy to store and no privacy issues and would end up being longitudinal (guess who is in a research grad class;)) - but unsure what we would use to project - maybe Excel?