As you examine data, remember what is most important: raising student performance. Achieving this goal means tracking data trends over time, setting goals and advocating for community support for high achievement for all students. The rewards for your persistence are a community, even a legislature, focused with you on improving student performance while working with an empowered, motivated and accountable staff.

For more on how to support district efforts for improved student achievement in your community, check out these materials:

Note: For the exception of the PowerPoint presentations, all of the files below are PDF files. To open them you need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Case Study of Board Expectations of Superintendent Using Data: Palisades, PA and Lansing, MI



• What Questions Should You Ask When Presented With Data



• Measuring Student Citizenship, Character and Life Skills: Benchmarks and Data Case Study in Fargo, ND



• Reporting on End Results for Student Achievement in Burlington, KS
  
  
  • Presentation on Math Achievement
    
    
  • Presentation on Reading Achievement
    
    
  • Presentation on Science Achievement
    
    
  • Executive Summary – Academic Scores
    
    
  • Ends Monitoring Cover Document to the Board
    
    

For the agenda for the Four-Hour Training Module on Data Emphasizing Accountability and Linkage Sections (with accompanying PowerPoint presentations), see the Training Materials section of this site.

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